Tonight’s Sky – April 2015 (from hubblesite.org)

• Venus in the west after sunset
• Mercury low against the horizon soon after sunset
• Jupiter Prime Viewing high and early
• Ursa Major including the Big Dipper
• Mizar/Alcor double star
• M81 & M82 Galaxies
• Leo the Lion
• M65, M66, and NGC3629 Leo Triplet of Galaxies
• M95 and M96 – Galaxies
• The Three Leaps of the Gazelle (three pairs of double stars)
• Saturn in the South at midnight
• Saturn Close Pass to the Moon on April 8th
• Lyrid Meteor Shower peak on 4/22
• April 4th Total Lunar Eclipse – From the Western US

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