May will be a month for 4 out of the 5 naked eye planets, with Venus and Jupiter visible early each night and Mars and Saturn visible in the mornings, along with close encounters between each of these and the Moon.
April brings us plenty of Jupiter time, a close encounter between Mars and Saturn, and a potentially decent Lyrid meteor shower. And MAYBE some better weather.
What to look out, and up, for in April.
What to look out, and up, for in March.
Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers.
What to look out, and up, for in November.
A eulogy for Cassini, VIRGO detects some merging black holes, and of course listener questions!
And now Cassini is gone. Let’s look back at some of the science gathered by Cassini so far and what we could still learn from this epic journey.