This week’s sky highlights center on the new sungrazing Comet MAPS (C/2026 A1), which makes its perihelion on April 4. Astronomers are watching to see if it survives, brightens by breaking up, or fades away. Starting around April 6, it may be visible with binoculars in the west after sunset, rising daily but dimming over time. Venus gleams in the same region, while the Pleiades descend toward it. Jupiter dominates the evening sky with transits of its moons and the Great Red Spot, while Arcturus, Capella, and the constellations Leo and Boötes offer seasonal stargazing. Mercury remains low, best sought with binoculars. https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-april-3-12/