Sky Guide April 2017

What to look out, and up, for in April.

Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planets on offer to observers and imagers:

A pair of comets to observe with amateur telescopes or binoculars The planets Mercury and Jupiter in the evening The Lyrid meteor shower

Next up, we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:

Ralph – Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major Paul – The Black Eye Galaxy in Coma Berenices Jen – The Ring Nebula in Lyra

And we finish this sky guide with April's moon phases.