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Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes…
Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes very close to the first magnitude star Hamal in Aries.
31 Mar 2024 - 1 Apr 2024
More details about visibility of the comet here: **https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/comet-12p-20240221/**
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Do you use this diary and find…
Do you use this diary and find it useful? Is there anything that can be improved? Have you spotted a mistake? If so, please let me know, otherwise I won't get to know. Cheers. Dave Dave@star-gazing.co.uk
1 Apr 2024
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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Last Quarter Moon
Last Quarter Moon
2 Apr 2024
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Space Oddities. Astronomy Discussion Group
2 Apr 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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Anniversary of Luna 10 arrivin…
Anniversary of Luna 10 arriving in Lunar orbit in 1966.
3 Apr 2024
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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International Dark Sky Week
International Dark Sky Week
2 Apr 2024 - 8 Apr 2024
**International Dark Sky Week** is a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night.
For many, the dark night is often misunderstood, unfamiliar, and frightening. But the natural night is filled with wonder and awe, and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our planet.
We invite you to join us as we discover the night together and learn about the harmful effects of light pollution and what we can do to embrace the dark and save the night.
**https://idsw.darksky.org**
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New Moon
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Total Eclipse of The Sun. Visi…
Total Eclipse of The Sun. Visible from Mexico, across the US and Canada. Not visible from the UK, although a partial eclipse will be visible from the very north of the UK at sunset.
8 Apr 2024
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Space Oddities. Astronomy Disc…
Space Oddities. Astronomy Discussion Group
9 Apr 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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Anniversary of Black Hole imag…
Anniversary of Black Hole image by Event Horizon Telescope in 2019
10 Apr 2024
![](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/blackhole.png?itok=THJrwcHP)
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Anniversary of Luna 14 reachin…
Anniversary of Luna 14 reaching Lunar orbit in 1968.
10 Apr 2024
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The Moon passes close to Jupit…
The Moon passes close to Jupiter
10 Apr 2024
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The Moon passes north of Uranu…
The Moon passes north of Uranus.
10 Apr 2024
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Anniversary of Shuttle Columbi…
Anniversary of Shuttle Columbia's orbital flight in 1981
12 Apr 2024
![](https://scitechdaily.com/images/Astronauts-John-Young-and-Robert-Crippen.jpg)
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Anniversary of Uri Gagarin…
Anniversary of Uri Gagarin's Flight in Vostok 1 - 1961
12 Apr 2024
![](https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/146084main_yurig_516.jpg)
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Comet 12P (Pons-Brook) passes …
Comet 12P (Pons-Brook) passes south of Jupiter.
12 Apr 2024
More details about visibility of the comet here: **https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/comet-12p-20240221/**
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International Day of Human Spa…
International Day of Human Spaceflight
12 Apr 2024
The **International Day of Human Space Flight** is the annual_celebration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_secular_observances#April "List of minor secular observances", held on 12 April, of the anniversary of the first human space flight by Yuri_Gagarin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin "Yuri Gagarin" (USSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union"). It was proclaimed at the 65th session of the United_Nations_General_Assembly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly "United Nations General Assembly" on 7 April 2011, a few days before the 50th anniversary of the flight.
Also commemorated on this date is the first Space_Shuttle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle "Space Shuttle" launch, STS-1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-1 "STS-1" of *Columbia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia "Space Shuttle Columbia"* on 12 April 1981, exactly 20 years after the first human spaceflight.
## https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_Day\_of\_Human\_Space\_Flight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Human_Space_Flight
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The Moon passes north of the b…
The Moon passes north of the bright 1st magnitude star Aldebaran and The Hyades star cluster in Taurus.
12 Apr 2024
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Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes…
Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes south of Uranus.
13 Apr 2024 - 14 Apr 2024
More details about visibility of the comet here: **https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/comet-12p-20240221/**
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Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes…
Comet 12P / Pons-Brooks passes south of Uranus.
13 Apr 2024 - 14 Apr 2024
More details about visibility of the comet here: **https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/comet-12p-20240221/**
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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First Quarter Moon
First Quarter Moon
15 Apr 2024
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright stars Castor & Pollux in Gemini
15 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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Space Oddities. Astronomy Disc…
Space Oddities. Astronomy Discussion Group
16 Apr 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright star Regulus in Leo
18 Apr 2024
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Venus and Mercury are in conju…
Venus and Mercury are in conjunction with one another, but do not rise quickly enough to be viewed.
18 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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Anniversary of Ingenuity helic…
Anniversary of Ingenuity helicopter's first successful test flight in the atmosphere of Mars in 2021.
19 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Anniversary of the successful …
Anniversary of the successful landing of Surveyor 3 on The Moon in 1967. Visited by Apollo 12 in November 1969.
20 Apr 2024
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Jupiter passes very close to t…
Jupiter passes very close to the south of Uranus.
20 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Comet 12P (Pons-Brook) reaches…
Comet 12P (Pons-Brook) reaches peak brightness (Magnitude +4.) and at perihelion. But it will be extremely low down in the western evening twilight after dark.
21 Apr 2024
More details about visibility of the comet here: **https://www.star-gazing.co.uk/WebPage/comet-12p-20240221/**
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Maximum of the April Lyrid Met…
Maximum of the April Lyrid Meteor shower. ZHR predicted at 15 meteors an hour.
22 Apr 2024
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The Moon passes very close to …
The Moon passes very close to the bright star Spica in Virgo
22 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Full Moon
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The Moon passes north of the b…
The Moon passes north of the bright 1st magnitude star Spica in Virgo.
23 Apr 2024
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Space Oddities. Astronomy Disc…
Space Oddities. Astronomy Discussion Group
23 Apr 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Anniversary of Cosmonaut Vladi…
Anniversary of Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov killed in Soyuz 1 Crash in 1967.
24 Apr 2024
![](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2011/03/17/komarov_funeral_custom-863499cd066f8cd4d7e6060526aa20be4a1a3501.jpg)
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Anniversary of the release of …
Anniversary of the release of The Hubble Space Telescope from space shuttle Discovery in 1990.
25 Apr 2024
![](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/callouts/KSC-90PC-1027h.jpg)
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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The Moon passes close to the b…
The Moon passes close to the bright 1st magnitude red giant star Antares in Scorpius
26 Apr 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
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19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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The April Lyrid meteor shower …
The April Lyrid meteor shower is active.
14 Apr 2024 - 30 Apr 2024
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The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower…
The Eta-Aquarius meteor shower is active.
19 Apr 2024 - 28 May 2024
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Space Oddities. Astronomy Disc…
Space Oddities. Astronomy Discussion Group
30 Apr 2024 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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