Month: April 2017

BioExo 2017

Bioexo in an annual exhibition of exotic animals that are owned by people all across Slovenia. In addition to the exhibition they also prepare different workshops and lectures about exotic animals and how to care for them. As the event was organized in the premises of Biotechnological education center, the visitors were also able to observe their exotic animals and plants. Plant collection consists mainly of small carnivorous plants that are very popular as decoration in the last years.

Official homepage of the event: http://bioexo.si/

Bellow is a gallery of some of the animals that could be observed at the exhibition this year:

Comet P41/Tutttle-Giacobini

Comet P41/Tutttle-Giacobini
Comet P41/Tutttle-Giacobini

A quick shot of a Comet P41/Tutttle-Giacobini that was passing through the constellation of Ursa Major in March 2017.

Image taken on 25th of March 2017 with my Nikon D500 at ISO 5000 and exposures of 40 seconds using SkyWatcher 250/1200 instead of some camera lens.

Some of other images taken at the same astronomical event – annual Messier Marathon observing competition:

M13 in Hercules
M51 in Ursa Major


Sky this month – April 2017

List of events in sky this month – April 2017:

1 – The Moon occults Aldebaran at ~9:13 UT, seen from Asia.

1 – Mercury at greatest western elongation.

6 – Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak at its brightest

7 – Jupiter at opposition. Best time to observe this gas giant.

11 – Jupiter pases less than 2 degrees from Moon.

11 – Full Moon.

13 – Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) at its brightest.

22 – Lyrid meteor shower peak at ~11UT. ZHR can reach 20 meters per hour in dark locations.

23 – Venus pases less than 5 degrees from Moon.

26 – New Moon.

26 – Venus reaches its greatest brightness in the dawn sky.

28 – The Moon occults Aldebaran at 17:42UT.