October 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 2, 2015

October 2015 Sky 1 Moon near the Pleiades (morning sky) at 20h UT. 2 Moon very near Aldebaran (119° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Occultation visible from Alaska. • Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA) 4 Last Quarter Moon at 21:06 UT. 7 Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 0h UT. • Beehive Cluster […]

September 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2015

September 2015 Sky 1 Moon 1.6° ESE of Uranus (138° from Sun, morning sky) at 16h UT. Occultation visible from New Zealand. Mag. +5.7. • Occultation of Uranus (IOTA) 4 Mercury at greatest elongation, 27° east of Sun (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. +0.2. Brightest object, low in western sky after sunset. 4 Moon […]

August 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 1, 2015

August 2015 Sky 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 10h UT (362,139 km; angular size 33.0′). 7 Last Quarter Moon at 2:03 UT. 7 Mercury, Jupiter and Regulus within a circle of diameter 1.0° (15° from Sun, evening sky) at 17h UT. Mags. -0.6, -1.7 & +1.3. Much brighter Venus is nearby. 8 […]

July 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2015

July 2015 Sky 1 Venus 0.34° SW of Jupiter (42° from Sun, evening sky) at 3h UT. Mags. -4.4 and -1.8. Spectacular! Look to the west after sunset. • Venus aligns with Jupiter (Skymaps) 2 Full Moon at 2:20 UT. The first of two Full Moons this month. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) 5 Moon […]

June 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 1, 2015

June 2015 Sky 1 Moon near Saturn (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. +0.1. 2 Moon near Antares (midnight sky) at 12h UT. 2 Full Moon at 16:19 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) 6 Venus at greatest elongation, 45° east of Sun (evening sky) at 20h UT. Mag. -4.3. 9 Last Quarter Moon at […]

May 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 2, 2015

May 2015 Sky 1 Mercury 1.6° SSE of the Pleiades (20° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Spica (evening sky) at 14h UT. 4 Full Moon at 3:42 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +0.1. • Saturn […]

April 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 1, 2015

April 2015 Sky 1 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 13h UT (distance 406,012 km; angular size 29.4′). 4 Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 11:54 UT and ends at 12:06 UT (only 12 minutes). Mid-eclipse at 12:00 UT. Partial phases begin at 10:15 UT and end at 13:45 UT. The Moon will […]

March 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 1, 2015

March 2015 Sky 2 Moon near Beehive Cluster (evening sky) at 15h UT. • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mag. -2.5. 4 Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 13h UT. 4 Venus 0.09° NNE of Uranus (31° from Sun, evening sky) at 20h UT. Mags. -4.0 and +5.9. Closest planet-planet conjunction of […]

February 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On February 1, 2015

February 2015 Sky 3 Moon near Beehive Cluster (midnight sky) at 9h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 Full Moon at 23:09 UT. 4 Moon near Jupiter (midnight sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -2.6. 5 Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 6h UT. 6 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 406,150 km; angular size […]

January 2015 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 28, 2015

January 2015 Sky 1 Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 17h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) 2 Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 12h UT. • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 2h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12. Produces up to 120 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Boötes. • The Quadrantids (Gary Kronk) 4 Earth at […]

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