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.

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.
Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers.
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.
September has 3 naked eye planets, 2 binocular visible, and some typical close encounters between the Moon and the planets.