Sky Guide April 2018

What to look out, and up, for in December.


Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month’s
skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to
observers and imagers:


The features visible on Mars

Jupiter visible in the morning sky

Venus in the evening sky

The Lyrid meteor shower



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year.


Ralph – The Beehive and King Cobra open clusters in Cancer

Jen - M82, The Cigar Galaxy, and M81, a starburst galaxy in
Ursa Major

Paul – A tour of the Virgo cluster of galaxies and
Markarian’s Chain



And we finish this sky guide with April’s moon phases.