Sunset at 7:39 pm. The planets Mercury and Uranus will be visible near each other low in the West for a few minutes shortly after sunset. Mercury will be a fairly large crescent, while Venus will show a gibbous phase. The Orion Nebula will still be visible in the southwest.  The double star Cor Caroli and wonderful globular cluster M3 will also be visible. Galaxies M51 (the Whirlpool), M101 (The Pinwheel) will also be excellent. The Beehive, an open cluster in Cancer, will be observable as well as the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus. Planetary nebulae, like the Ghost of Jupiter and the Cats Eye Nebula will be visible. These are exploded star remnants.

We have moved the day from 4-15-23 because of rain.

4-22-2023 cancelled because of snow!