2020 April 11 Venus and the Pleiades in April Image Credit & Copyright: Antonio Finazzi Explanation: Shared around world in early April skies Venus, our brilliant evening star, wandered across the face of the lovely Pleiades star cluster. This timelapse image follows the path of the inner plane […]
2020 April 10 Full Moon of Spring Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Dai (TWAN) Explanation: From home this Full Moon looked bright. Around our fair planet it rose as the Sun set on April 7/8, the first Full Moon after the vernal equinox and the start of northern hemisphere spring. April’s fu
2020 April 9 A Flow of Time Image Credit & Copyright: Paul Schmit Explanation: This surreal timelapse, landscape, panorama spans predawn, blue hour, and sunrise skies. Close to the start of planet Earth’s northern hemisphere spring, the flow of time was captured between 4:30 and 7:00 am f
2020 April 8 Country Sky versus City Sky Image Credit & Copyright: Tomas Slovinsky; Text: Matipon Tangmatitham (NARIT) Explanation: Dark skies are disappearing from the world. With modernization comes artificial lighting that brightens the night. While these lights allow modern humans to see, m
2020 April 7 A Path North Image Credit & Copyright: Mario Konang Explanation: What happens if you keep going north? The direction north on the Earth, the place on your horizon below the northern spin pole of the Earth — around which other stars appear to slowly swirl, will remain the same
2020 April 6 NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble Image Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, NASA, ESA; Processing & Copyright: Daniel Nobre Explanation: Many spiral galaxies have bars across their centers. Even our own Milky Way Galaxy is thought to have a modest central bar. Prominently barre
2020 April 5 Color the Universe Image Credit: Unknown Explanation: Wouldn’t it be fun to color in the universe? If you think so, please accept this famous astronomical illustration as a preliminary substitute. You, your friends, your parents or children, can print it out or even color it digit
2020 April 4 Venus and the Sisters Image Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory) Explanation: After wandering about as far from the Sun on the sky as Venus can get, the brilliant evening star is crossing paths with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster. Look west
2020 April 3 The Traffic in Taurus Image Credit & Copyright: Lionel Majzik Explanation: There’s a traffic jam in Taurus lately. On April 1, this celestial frame from slightly hazy skies over Tapiobicske, Hungary recorded an impressive pile up toward the zodiacal constellation of the Bull
2020 April 2 Venus and the Pleiades in April Digital Illustration Credit & Copyright: Fred Espenak (Bifrost Astronomical Observatory) Explanation: Venus is currently the brilliant evening star. Shared around world, in tonight’s sky Venus will begin to wander across the face of the lovely
