Best Night Sky Events for April
Image courtesy of John Taylor and the Rimrock Observatory
Image courtesy of John Taylor and the Rimrock Observatory
This trajectory simulation shows the track of comet C/2026 R3. Starting on the right side of the track it shows the date of April 8th, the time of 4:45am, and the brightness level of magnitude 5.2. Notice as the dates advance the brightness numbers get smaller meaning the comet is getting brighter. This is happening because it is moving closer to the Sun. Image courtesy of John Taylor and Cartes du Ciel.
Image courtesy of John Taylor and Sky Safari Pro 6
Image courtesy of John Taylor and Stellarium
As days lengthen and nights warm, April promises an exciting display of celestial events for astronomy enthusiasts. This month will give us an engaging list of planetary and lunar alignments, a meteor shower, a potentially bright comet, and our standard moon phases, to include the “Pink” Full Moon.
But first, a short recap showing last month’s, March 3rd total lunar eclipse. We were lucky enough to have clear skies all night long to observe this eclipse whose maximum eclipse occurred at 3:33 am. Here is what the moon looked like locally from the Rimrock Observatory.
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