APRIL IS POETRY MONTH !

 APOD #5: Sunrise over Manhattan and the Moon is still out. December 2011 photo by Inga Sarda-Sorenson 

EXTRA CREDIT!!

April is National Poetry Month. Write a poem centered around the moon, stars or astronomy and how it connects to NYC! 

First Photo of Earth from the Moon

APOD #4: First photo of Earth taken from the Lunar Orbiter on August 23, 1966. 

A Portrait of a Galaxy

APOD #3- The Sombrero Galaxy is in the constellation Virgo, approximately 28 million light years away from Earth. This photo was taken by the Hubble Telescope in space. 

APOD #2: Venus in Retrograde

Occasionally, Venus appears to be moving backwards in the sky. "Appears" is the key word here, because, technically speaking, no planet actually moves backwards in their orbits around the Sun. In fact, they don't even slow down. Retrogrades are essentially illusions that result from our point of view from Earth, simply because the Earth is also orbiting the Sun at a different speed than the other planets. Venus is Retrograde approximately 40-43 days every 18 months.

If you believe in astrology, be careful of what you try to do when Venus is in retrograde! 

APOD #1!

"This new Hubble image is centered on NGC 5793, a spiral galaxy over 150 million light years away in the constellation of Libra. This galaxy has two striking features: a beautiful dust lane, and an intensely bright center." - phys.org

APOD, or astronomy photo of the day, takes a look at what is happening in the universe around us through photos. Submissions ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED. A photo that qualifies is anything having to do with outside our atmosphere. Photos can be current, but don't have to be.