Jupiter Looms Large and 9 More Can’t-Miss Sky Events in April
This month, see the moon join up with constellations and planets and Jupiter at its brightest.
The smallest and largest and planets in the solar system put on their best sky shows this month, the moon makes a host of stunning celestial visits with neighboring worlds, and a meteor shower lights up the sky.
So dust off those binoculars, and mark your April calendar!
Don’t wait to hunt down this most elusive of naked-eye planets, because by a week later it will be significantly dimmer and lower in the twilight sky, making it much trickier to observe.
As dusk approaches, look for a waxing crescent moon pairing up with the bright orange star Aldebaran in the high southwest sky. The 66 light-year distant red giant marks the red eye Taurus the bull in the constellation of the same name.
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