Astrophiz145-AprilSkyGuide

Published: April 1, 2022, 12:35 a.m.

b'Astrophiz 145: Dr Ian Musgrave\\u2019s April SkyGuide\\n\\nEnjoy your regular monthly treat for all naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers from Dr @IanfMusgrave, amateur astronomer, molecular pharmacologist and toxicologist.\\n\\nIan gives us the dates of the moon phases and the best times to observe planets, clusters and deep sky objects \\n\\nIn Ian\\u2019s Tangent, he continues his theme to discuss the problems with our descriptions of celestial objects, in this case the way the size of these objects are compared with the size of familiar animals. eg recently an asteroid\\u2019s size was expressed as \\u2018the size of a giraffe\\u2019. \\n\\nNot helpful, but Ian suggests an alternative.'