- Venus and Mercury in the west after sunset
- Mercury will disappear as the month progresses
- Jupiter high in the southwestern Sky
- Saturn appears in the southeast in the late evening hours
- Virgo will fill the southern sky – thousands of galaxies with the glow of billions of stars
- M104 – The Sombrero Galaxy
- Coma Berenices & M64 Spiral Galaxy
- Canes Venatici, Cor Caroli, and M51 The WhirPool Galaxy
- Eta Aquarids will be hindered by a bright near-full Moon 5/5 – 5/6
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