Planet Scenes April 2025


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April 1:  Sun with Sunspots

The Sun is pretty active at the moment, sporting more than five sunspots or groups right now ~ a week ago, there was almost no activity!  This image is from just a single snapshot, no stacking used for this unfortunately.

April 1:  Venus in the Morning

In the hour before twilight set in, we checked in on T Coronae Borealis.  A new article in Sky & Telescope magazine suggests that T should either have erupted on or about March 27 or on November 10 of 2025, which are multiples of the orbit times a number that would explain the observed periodicity of the eruptions in the historical record.  An hour before sunrise, I went to Belle Plain on Potomac Creek to catch Venus rising over the Potomac River.

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