The planets Jupiter and Venus are visible soon after sunset. Io, Jupiter's innermost moon will be transiting during the early evening. Io's eclipse shadow can be observed moving across Jupiter's cloud tops from 8:30-10:30PM. Other objects to view incklude the globular cluster M5 (a giant sphere of stars), La Superba (a red, super giant star), M13 (Hercules Cluster) and M92 also globular star clusters and among the ones most easily visible in the northern hemisphere. NGC4563 the Cat's Eye Nebula will be excellent as will The Ring Nebula after 10:00pm. Both of these are beautiful remnants of sunlike stars which have died and blown off glorious shells of gas. We might also target galaxies such as M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy and M104 The Sombrero Galaxy.
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Earlier Event: April 18
April Astronomy Night
Later Event: June 20
June Astronomy Night