Planetary array The image above represents the position s of Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter on Monday April 6, at 6 am. You'll need a clear view of the southeastern horizon to see them in all their glory this week.
Full moon Tuesday, April 7
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Nearby Stellar Nurseries Ride a Giant Wave
A new computer map of the Milky Way shows a gigantic “wave” of stellar nurseries riding just outside (500 light-years) the Sun’s orbit within the spiral disk of our galaxy. Its expanse stretches some 9,000 light-years. The wave looks like a straight line from above; it is only when seen from the side that the crest and troughs appear, rising some 500 light-years above and below the disk’s midplane and include star-forming regions in Orion, Perseus and the North American Nebula. Astronomers do not yet know how old this structure is or how it formed.
George Drake, M.D.
Kingman Observatory Volunteer
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