Sky maps: April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, May 1.ĬHINESE SPACE STATION: On Saturday morning, April 23rd, China's Tiangong Space Station flew over New York. Set your alarm for dawn (60 minutes before local sunrise) and enjoy the show. "Due to the glare from both planets, some observers will see them merge into one very bright, spectacular glow!"īetween now and then, the crescent Moon will glide by Venus and Jupiter, forming a lovely triangle on Tuesday morning, April 26th, and especially Wednesday morning, April 27th. They will "appear to nearly collide into each other," according to NASA. Venus and Jupiter are converging for a tight conjunction on Saturday morning, April 30th. "It was a beauty planetary sequence just before sunrise. "This is a simple 5 second exposure with my Canon EOS 500D camera (ISO 800)," says Mello. Daniel Mello sends this pictue from his garden in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: MORNING PLANETS: This is a great week to wake up early and look at the planets. Nevertheless, there is still a chance of flares: a 40% chance of M-flares and a 10% chance of X-flares on April 26th, according to NOAA. Neutron counts from the University of Oulu's Sodankyla Geophysical Observatory show that cosmic rays reaching Earth are slowly declining-a result of the yin-yang relationship between the solar cycle and cosmic rays.ĬHANCE OF FLARES TODAY: The sun has quieted following some minor decay in sunspot complex AR2993-94. Credit: SDO/HMIĬosmic Rays Solar Cycle 25 is beginning, and this is reflected in the number of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. A new and potentially active sunspot is emerging at the circled location.
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