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Centaurus A is well placed Centaurus A (NGC 5128; mag 7.0) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 13 Apr 2019 (1,922 days ago) in Centaurus

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Close approach of the Moon and M44 The Moon and M44 pass close to each other. Sat, 13 Apr 2019 at 16:46 EDT (1,922 days ago) in Cancer

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 21:22 EDT (1,923 days ago) in Aquarius

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Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 15:06 EDT (1,923 days ago) in Gemini

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 11:45 EDT (1,924 days ago) in Aquarius

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Jupiter enters retrograde motion Jupiter reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 12:52 EDT (1,925 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 at 03:53 EDT (1,925 days ago) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of Venus and Neptune Venus and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 18'. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 at 23:46 EDT (1,926 days ago) in Aquarius

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Supernova SN2019dfa discovered A new supernova has been discovered in IC 582. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 (1,925 days ago)

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 at 04:49 EDT (1,926 days ago) in Taurus

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°43'. Tue, 09 Apr 2019 at 02:39 EDT (1,926 days ago) in Taurus

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Sat, 06 Apr 2019 (1,929 days ago) in Aquarius

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The Jewel Box cluster is well placed The Jewel Box open star cluster (NGC 4755, also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster; mag 4.2) in Crux culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 (1,930 days ago) in Crux

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Messier 94 is well placed M94 (mag 8.2), a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 (1,930 days ago) in Canes Venatici

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Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition Asteroid 2 Pallas makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 10:22 EDT (1,930 days ago) in Bootes

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 04:51 EDT (1,930 days ago) in Cetus

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Asteroid 7 Iris at opposition Asteroid 7 Iris makes closest approach to the Earth. Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 00:46 EDT (1,930 days ago) in Corvus

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The Sombrero Galaxy is well placed The Sombrero Galaxy M104 (NGC 4594; mag 8.6) in Virgo culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 (1,933 days ago) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°37'. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 19:02 EDT (1,933 days ago) in Aquarius

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Conjunction of Mercury and Neptune Mercury and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 23'. Tue, 02 Apr 2019 at 14:39 EDT (1,933 days ago) in Aquarius