Night skies in the month of April will be congested as Jupiter, Mars, the Lyrid meteor shower and the year’s best views of Mercury will all become visible.

Jupiter, which will soon be orbited by NASA’s Juno mission in July, will continue to shine as bright as it had last month. Those with a close eye on the massive planet will be treated to few different events in a short period of time.

In the span of a few hours during the night of April 6-7, telescope viewers will witness a transit, a shadow transit, an occultation and an eclipse of Jupiter’s moons, according to NASA.

This long-exposure photo shows the Lyrid meteor shower bolting through the night sky on April 23, 2015.

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Jupiter’s moon Io will be seen passing in front of the planet at 9:52 p.m. EDT, with its shadow accompanying it less than an hour later. At 10:48 p.m. EDT, Jupiter will eclipse another one of its moons, Europa, as the moon slips behind the gas giant before emerging from its shadow at 3 a.m. EDT. Finally, Ganymede will be seen transiting the planet beginning at 1:01 a.m. EDT.

447,648,234 miles from Jupiter, Mercury will appear in the evening sky, resting about 10 degrees above the horizon. Normally a difficult planet to catch a glimpse of, Mercury’s phases can be seen through a telescope, appearing as a miniature crescent moon.

As for one of Earth’s next-door neighbors, Mars will come into sight before midnight in April. Though it will rise in the southeast around 10 p.m., the best time to look for Mars will be when it’s highest in the sky right before dawn. Mars will also appear to dramatically grow in size and brightness, showing twice as large and bright come the end of April.

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Around the halfway point of April, Mars will near its look-alike Antares, a similar-colored red supergiant star. Meaning “anti-Mars,” Antares was likely named by ancient astronomers who thought the star resembled the red planet. The supergiant star is nearing its life, which will result in a collapse and explosions into a supernova, says Space.com.

April’s skies will also feature a meteor shower, the Lyrids, despite the moon’s best efforts to conceal it. The shower can be seen best just before dawn on April 23, when the constellation Lyra is overhead and the moon will be close to setting.

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