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Yuri’s Night is a global non-profit organization that celebrates the power of space to bring the world together. Yuri’s Night was founded on a set of guiding principles, grounded in a call from the planet’s first space explorer to come together to enhance and protect Earth:
“Circling the earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet.
People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!”
Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space
We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
We feel it is important to recognize that this war was chosen by the leader of Russia
and that many brave Russian citizens are protesting against the war every day, often at grave personal risk.
Our event honors Yuri Gagarin as the first human to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961.
Yuri’s Night also celebrates the cosmic coincidence of the first launch of the United States Space Shuttle
happening 20 years later, to the day, on April 12, 1981.
In 2011, the United Nations declared April 12 as the International Day of Human Spaceflight also to honor this historic conjunction, or sharing, of a space anniversary between former cold war rivals.
Yuri’s Night celebrates all that humanity brings with us
as we explore the Cosmos: music, art, science, culture, and the best in each of us.
Events around the world are powered by independent event organizers
from all political backgrounds, nationalities, and ethnicities.
We encourage everyone to celebrate in a way that resonates for them
there is no specific program, theme, or name required.
We use space to bring the world together, empower the best parts of who we are
and give vision to where we are going. Sometimes, that future is harder to imagine than others.
This is why we set aside a time each year to remind ourselves as a species, of our unlimited potential.
We invite everyone, everywhere to pause in April to mark the importance of peace on Earth and in space
and to celebrate the potential of the human spirit.
Space has been an opportunity to show the possibility of peaceful human cooperation
and we hope that it continues into the future.
Thank you for your support,
Loretta Whitesides, Tim Bailey, and Chris Lewicki
Yuri’s Night Board of Directors
March 23, 2022
Yuri’s Night is a global non-profit organization that celebrates the power of space to bring the world together. Yuri’s Night was founded on a set of guiding principles, grounded in a call from the planet’s first space explorer to come together to enhance and protect Earth:
“Circling the earth in my orbital spaceship I marveled at the beauty of our planet.
People of the world, let us safeguard and enhance this beauty — not destroy it!”
Yuri Gagarin, 1st human in space
We condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
We feel it is important to recognize that this war was chosen by the leader of Russia
and that many brave Russian citizens are protesting against the war every day, often at grave personal risk.
Our event honors Yuri Gagarin as the first human to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961.
Yuri’s Night also celebrates the cosmic coincidence of the first launch of the United States Space Shuttle
happening 20 years later, to the day, on April 12, 1981.
In 2011, the United Nations declared April 12 as the International Day of Human Spaceflight also to honor this historic conjunction, or sharing, of a space anniversary between former cold war rivals.
Yuri’s Night celebrates all that humanity brings with us
as we explore the Cosmos: music, art, science, culture, and the best in each of us.
Events around the world are powered by independent event organizers
from all political backgrounds, nationalities, and ethnicities.
We encourage everyone to celebrate in a way that resonates for them
there is no specific program, theme, or name required.
We use space to bring the world together, empower the best parts of who we are
and give vision to where we are going. Sometimes, that future is harder to imagine than others.
This is why we set aside a time each year to remind ourselves as a species, of our unlimited potential.
We invite everyone, everywhere to pause in April to mark the importance of peace on Earth and in space
and to celebrate the potential of the human spirit.
Space has been an opportunity to show the possibility of peaceful human cooperation
and we hope that it continues into the future.
Thank you for your support,
Loretta Whitesides, Tim Bailey, and Chris Lewicki
Yuri’s Night Board of Directors
March 23, 2022
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Ross Hockham's April Sky Guide:
it's April, so that officially means one thing, its British summer time.
This means that each day the Sun will be rising a couple of mins earlier each day and setting a couple of mins later
so the days are getting longer as the month goes on.
On the first of the month sunrise is at 06:38 and sunsets at 19:37.
By the end we will have a full hour of extra daylight with it rising at 05:36 and setting at 20:26.
So with most of the planets being up in the morning sky, this may help us get to view them better.
We start the month with a new Moon so it will be out of the way for a while.
Venus, Saturn and Mars all rise together in the morning around 05:25
giving us a lovely morning view an hour or so before the Sunrise.
Jupiter is too close to the Sun, to see at the moment.
As is Mercury and I’m afraid, Neptune.
Uranus is up but again is closing in on the Sun in the evening sky
between the constellations Aries (The Ram) and Cetus (The Sea Monster), setting around 10pm.
On the 3rd, very thin crescent Moon will be sitting just to the left of Uranus
although you will need a telescope to see this planet
and its not in a favourable position due to the Sun not setting far from it.
On the 4th, an area known for its host of galaxies reaches its highest point at midnight
between the constellation Virgo (The Virgin), Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) and Leo (The Lion)’s star Denebola.
We will look at this in our Telescope object of the month.
On the 5th, Saturn and Mars appear very close in the morning sky, literally on top of each other.
With Saturn above the red planet, Venus will be seen off to their left.
On the 8th, just before 22:00 there’s a great chance to see the fabled Lunar X and V
On tonight’s Moon, an effect caused by the sun rising on the Moon and glinting of craters edges.
Grab your binoculars and telescopes and see if you can snap a pic using you phone.
On the 9th, Go back to the Moon tonight and you’ll get a chance to see the cool trench line known as the Rupees Recta
also known as the straight wall.
There is a full Moon on the 16th. Watch it rise up from the horizon around 19:49
Known as the Pink Moon by Native Americans after a species of early blooming wildflower called Phlox .
In other cultures, this moon is called the sprouting grass moon, the egg moon, and the fish moon
all representing spring growth.
On the 22nd, The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks over the space of a couple of nights .
Although active from 14th to 30th of April they are at their best on the 22nd
and are best viewed after midnight as the area they radiate from climbs higher.
They radiate just to the right of the bright blue star Vega in the constellation Lyra (The Harp)
and peak at around 10-15 per hour.
The quarter phased Moon shouldn’t interfere to much with seeing them.
We move back to the morning planets on the 24th.
Around 5am, low on the horizon you may get a chance to see four in a cool line in the morning sky
as Jupiter has moved towards Venus.
meaning you can see Jupiter, Venus, Mars then Saturn from left to right in a celestial line.
Topped off by a crescent Moon and the end farther right.
On the 25th Pop back to the morning planets and they will be joined with a thin crescent Moon,
so you can see how it has moved being now just below Saturn in-between it and Mars.
The Moon will have moved past Mars on the 26th.
This will be harder to spot but still possible if you missed it the last few days it will be sitting just below it.
On the 27th, It’s the turn of Venus to be visited by a thinning Moon.
This will be a tough spot but well worth a peek to see the slender Moon.
On the 29th, Mercury has shot back up into the evening sky and reaches its farthest point
before it will move back towards the Sun,so this evening is a great time to see if you can spot the tiny planet.
On the 29th, Mercury has shot back up into the evening sky and reaches its farthest point
before it will move back towards the Sun,so this evening is a great time to see if you can spot the tiny planet.
On the 30th, Jupiter has caught up with Venus being pretty close in our morning sky
it will be just to the left of the planet Venus meaning you may get both in the field of view of your binoculars
again be careful of the rising sun.
NAKED EYE OBJECT OF THE MONTH:
From the 20th onwards you should be able to see the morning planets by eye on the horizon
with the Moon joining them a few days later.
A lovely celestial line to greet you around 5am, so pop out and see how many you can spot
and watch as Jupiter catches up with Venus but...
Please Be Very Careful When Looking Near The Sun!
BINOCULAR OBJECT OF THE MONTH:
Find the bright star Vega, just above right is the constellation Hercules (The Legendary Hero).
Here lies one of the best globular clusters you can see.
Between two stars that make the square of his body lies M13 an awesome globular cluster
which is a clump of some of the oldest stars in the Milky Way.
Using you binoculars you should at first see a small fuzzy spiderweb, let your eyes adjust a bit and hold them steady and slowly you will be able to make out the thousands of stars that make up this cool cluster.
TELESCOPE OBJECT OF THE MONTH:
At midnight go to the darkest sky that you can find.
Use your telescope to look around the gap between
the constellations Virgo (The Virgin), Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair) and Leo (The Lion)’s star Denebola.
Here lies a whole host of galaxies some are quite easily seen others may take a bit of Averted Vision or time for your eyes to adjust, or a bigger scope. There are actually so many in this area I can’t name them all!
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The Virgo Supercluster is a mass concentration of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster, Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies.
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY OBJECT OF THE MONTH:
Slap bang in the middle of the group of the galaxies that we just spoke about
is a string of galaxies called The Markarian Chain Of Galaxies.
When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line.
Charles Messier who we spoke about Last Month discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781.
They are located about 50 million to 55 million light-years away from Earth.
This impressive sight is really seen best when captured in photos and the Images that I have seen of them
in the UK Astronomy Facebook Group are stunning.
So why not try your hand at snapping a string of galaxies to wow your Astro buddies!
Slap bang in the middle of the group of the galaxies that we just spoke about
is a string of galaxies called The Markarian Chain Of Galaxies.
When viewed from Earth, the galaxies lie along a smoothly curved line.
Charles Messier who we spoke about Last Month discovered two of the galaxies, M84 and M86, in 1781.
They are located about 50 million to 55 million light-years away from Earth.
This impressive sight is really seen best when captured in photos and the Images that I have seen of them
in the UK Astronomy Facebook Group are stunning.
So why not try your hand at snapping a string of galaxies to wow your Astro buddies!