April 29, 2008

The sky on May

May 1: Watch Saturn's rings before they disappear from our view later this year.
May 5: Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
May 6: The Moon and Mercury
May21-23: Mars travels through the Beehive cluster (M44) in Cancer.

April 25, 2008

Next viewing of the International Space Station

April 28
5:23-5:28am (SW-NE)
April 30
4:41-4:45am (NW-NE)

April 18, 2008

Lyrid Meteor Shower

The Lyrids peeks on the night of April 21/22, but you can still see meteorites several days before and several days after the peak.

April 14, 2008

International Space Station

The International Space Station will be seen again from Puerto Rico this week several times. The ISS will be brighter than the brightest star in the sky every evening: Sirius (αCMa) glowing
at -1.46.
April 15 @ 7:53pm (NW-NE) 30°
April 17 @ 7:05pm (NW-SE) 30°
April 18 @ 7:25pm (W-SE) 36°