May 4 - What a Weekend!

May 4 What a Weekend! by:

Ready for the InSight Mars mission? More than 10 million Californians - from Santa Maria to San Diego - should be able to see tomorrow's early morning launch, if the weather cooperates. For the rest of us … NASA TV will offer live coverage. Click in for more details. Wall-E and Eva are going to Mars, too The 2 briefcase-sized CubeSats are designed to demonstrate nearly real-time communications between worlds. This weekend … Moon, Saturn, Mars Watching the Insight Mars launch? Look outside! Mars is one of 2 bright planets near Saturday morning's moon.  This weekend … Eta Aquariid meteors Here's the bad news. The bright moon will interfere with meteor-watching. Here's the good news. There are some tricks to watching in moonlight. Find the radiant point for the Eta Aquariids Eta Aquariid meteors radiate from the Y-shaped group of stars called the Water Jar in the constellation Aquarius. Here are 2 ways to find it.

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This weekend … Moon, Saturn, Mars Remember … Mars is the planet to watch in 2018. Earth is now catching up to Mars in our smaller, faster orbit. By July, Mars will be brighter in our sky than it's been since 2003.

This weekend … Eta Aquariid meteors This shower is always best from the Southern Hemisphere. Here's an image from 2015's Eta Aquariid shower, taken over the Atacama Desert by Yuri Beletsky.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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