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The Night Sky Guide for April 2012 | meteorwatch.org - 0 views

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  • The Lyrid meteor shower will be best seen in the early morning hours of April 22nd. Under a dark sky, you can expect to see up to 20 bright meteors per hour.
  • Evening Planets
  • In early April, four planets grace the sky at nightfall
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  • In the west, Jupiter hangs low on the horizon. Around mid-month, the planet disappears into the sunset
  • Venus blazes just above Jupiter in the west. Use a telescope to see its crescent phase.
  • In the south, Mars is already climbing high. It will remain visible into the early morning
  • Saturn will shine low in the east in the evening but climb higher during the night. On April 15th, Saturn reaches opposition, meaning it is opposite the Sun in Earth’s sky. It is also closer to Earth than it’ll be the rest of the year, making it appear slightly bigger and brighter
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Tonight's Sky: April 2012 - YouTube - 0 views

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  • For those inspired by Roger's look for the day, you can participate by adding a Johannes Kepler (the namesake of the mission) likeness to your personal photo and sharing with the NASA Kepler mission community on Facebook and Twitter.
  • identification of potentially habitable planets requires deep thought. To think deeply, we must dress as deep thinkers have dressed in the past. There is nothing that speaks of deep thought more plainly than a formal neck-ruff
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