The month of April holds some spectacular sights in the night sky.
Also, the International Space Station lies at an altitude of 250 miles above the Earth. By the way, that is 1.32 million feet. Most commercial airplanes fly between 33,000 to 42,000 feet.Right after sunset, look in the western sky to see three planets. Mercury at 6 degrees above the west-northwestern horizon will appear the lowest. On April 11th, Mercury will be at its highest above the west-southwestern horizon as evening twilight ends at 7:41 p.m. CDT.
Mercury's distance from the Earth varies from 48 million miles to 137 million miles. Venus's distance from the Earth varies from 24 million miles to 162 million miles. Mars averages a distance from the Earth of 140 million miles. The closest recorded distance to Mars from Earth was recorded in August 2003 when the two were 34.8 million miles apart. According to NASA, the two will not be that close again until the year 2237.
At their most distant, when they lie on opposite sides of the Sun from one another, they are just over a billion miles apart, or 11 times the distance between the Earth and the sun.The April Lyrids are expected to be active between April 16th and 25th, peaking on 11:45 p.m. CDT. on April 22nd. The peak will make about 18 meteors per hour visible.
The Lyrids will appear to radiate out from near the Lyra Constellation, which contains the bright star Vega. Look above the northeastern horizon after about 10:30 p.m. CDT.
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