About the only time of year that the skies are transparent are in December and January. When I’m looking at the skies through my binoculars, I sometimes think how nice it would be to have a telescope again, but then I come to my senses and realize that having one here would be a lost cause, so to speak. ![]() ![]() I could see the event OK, but the spectacle was dimmed quite a bit due to the pollution. We had clear skies, meaning no clouds, but the pollution these days from brushfires nearby and from farmers burning the stubble off their fields in preparation for monsoon season planting, makes sky viewing very difficult. Venus sat right next to the Pleiades star cluster in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. ![]() There was a nice astronomical conjunction last night, April 3, after sunset.
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