I’ve been having a pretty rough time since the recent loss of my brother – thank you for the kind thoughts. I’ve been an avid computer gamer ever since the first computer games existed; I’ve recently started playing No Man’s Sky, a futuristic space exploration and survival game with more worlds than I could explore in my lifetime – it’s providing the distraction my mind needs right now. The conjunction of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn continues in the southeastern predawn sky – Mars has pulled far away from Saturn and Jupiter. Venus appears in the western sky at dusk accompanied by Betelgeuse and Capella. The Moon appears between the stars Regulus and Pollux high in the southwestern sky after sunset on April 30th, and very near the star Regulus on May 1st. The Moon is a waxing crescent, visible toward the southwest in early evening. The first quarter Moon occurs on May 1st, it will be visible high in the … Continue reading →