EarthSky News - Apr 6 - Hey Bird-Lovers!

April 6 Hey Bird-Lovers! by:

Use zip code to attract birds to your yard Audubon website lets you enter your zip code to see a list of the best bird-friendly plants for your yard. Plus a free app to help you identify the birds you see. Red ring of light over Eastern Europe The enormous ring of light that appeared in the night sky on April 2 - above a thunderstorm in the Czech Republic - was a rare and fleeting lightning phenomenon. Tonight … Moon meets up with star Regulus Enjoy the close pairing of the moon and Regulus tonight. From the southern tip of South America, the moon will occult - or pass in front of - this star. Earth will pass between Jupiter and sun tomorrow   Astronomers will call it Jupiter's opposition because the planet will be opposite the sun in our sky. Help EarthSky stay an independent voice Nearly to 40%! Donate here. Or if you'd like to use PayPal or send us a check, go here. Thank you!

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Red ring of light over Eastern Europe The red ring was approximately 60 miles (100 km) wide. It happened when a pulse of electromagnetic radiation from lightning propagated up toward space and hit the base of Earth's ionosphere. Martin Popek caught this image with a low-light video camera on April 2. Used with permission.

Moon meets with star Regulus And then, after tonight, the moon gets farther from Regulus again. Why? Because the moon is always moving in its orbit around Earth. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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