Celestial Events this May

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc.  For those who enjoy gazing skyward, hopefully April proved to be an exciting month, with the emergence of several conjunctions between our planetary neighbors, the appearance of the Paschal Moon, not to mention the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower. As the year continues along its trajectory, May has a couple of pretty exciting celestial events to offer.  The highlight of last month's events was certainly the meteor shower, but for those who were bummed to find cloudy skies on the night of the Lyrid's peak activity, fret not – you'll get another chance to see some shooting stars in May. What's more, where the Lyrids are considered an “averag