Early Sunday morning, 26 April 2026, there was a surprise brief rainshower (0.01").

On my previous report I reported on my efforts to image the daytime Occultation of Regulus. I did some additional post-processing to merge the Disappearance and Reappearance images. As I described on the previous report, clouds hampered the imaging of the Disappearance and Regulus was mostly obscured. The sky at the Moon was clear for the Reappearance. Artifacts in the image are due to the clouds during the Disappearance.

Monday, 27 April, I tried to observe Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) low in the western sky. This was the first opportunity to possibly see it in the evening sky. Unfortunately, haze along the western horizon prevented any possibility of seeing the comet. If visible, the comet would have been about a fourth of the way from the left edge in this photo.

Tuesday, 28 April, was mostly cloudy so no attempt was made to try to observe the comet. 28 April 2026 was the 20th anniversary of a visit to Oracle Observatory.

Wednesday night, 29 April, was cloudy. No attempt was made to try to observe Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) low in the western sky. The clouds also prevented viewing the SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

I previously reported that I attended this talk in Oracle:

When the speaker found out who I was she said she would give me two meteorites from her collection. I have now received them. Many thanks to her!!!

Cloudy skies continued on Thursday, 30 April. No attempt to observe Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) low in the western sky.

---

Comments are welcome using Email. Please read the Email Etiquette guidance.

---

Previous report

Cassiopeia Observatory Home Page