The Night Sky

So much for clear skies to celebrate the Messier Marathon! Clouds, clouds and more clouds! The finder scope on my new telescope is now broken—I must say this is one thing Meade did not do well with their ETX 125 PE. I will not be able to use my telescope until it is fixed. Sniff.

If you happen to have clear skies and be in parts of Africa and Turkey this week, you should experience a total solar eclipse on the 29^th. The rest of us will simply experience New Moon early on that morning. On April 1^st, the small crescent moon should be near the Pleiades; on the 3^rd it should be just above Mars; and the 6^th, above Saturn.

Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead on the evening of Saturday, April 2^nd if you have Daylight Savings Time.

This is a photo taken by Nasa of a spiral
galaxy, M101. For more, stop by their
Web site.