Eadsy Astronomy Weekly Newsletter April 5th to April 11th, 2026

 

Lots going on this week as we have Comet C/2026 MAPS passing through perihelion on April 4th and we are hoping it survives its close encounter with the Sun! We also have Comet C/2025 R3 (Panstarrs) which also is brightening in the early morning sky! We move from a wanning gibbous moon at 86% past last quarter to a wanning crescent by next Saturday, April 11th. Some wonderful lunar craters are available this week as are some great double stars. Look for some fun objects to observe outside of the galaxies so common in spring such as M44 the Beehive, NGC 3242 The Ghost of Jupiter Planetary Nebula and Messier 3 a truly wonderful globular cluster. 

Then of course as the moon come up later and later in the week, it's galaxy time! So head over to Eadsy Astronomy for the PDF Or Google Doc Link if you wish to have a copy or read this week's newsletter! Thanks for stopping by! Here is the LINK to Eadsy Astronomy. 

 

Giovanni Battista Riccioli was a premier Italian astronomer, Jesuit priest, and experimental physicist of the 17th century. While he is often historically overshadowed by his contemporary Galileo Galilei—partly due to his defense of a geocentric universe—Riccioli was a pioneer of the scientific method. His work provided the first precise measurements of Earth's gravity and established the system of lunar nomenclature still used by NASA and astronomers today.

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