Sky Guide April 2017

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


Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to
observers and imagers:


A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or
binoculars

The planets Mercury and Jupiter in the evening

The Lyrid meteor shower



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


Ralph – Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major

Paul – The Black Eye Galaxy in Coma Berenices

Jen – The Ring Nebula in Lyra



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