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February 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On February 1, 2016
February 2016 Sky 1 Last Quarter Moon at 3:28 UT. 1 Moon near Mars (87° from Sun, morning sky) at 10h UT. Mag. +0.8. 3 Moon near Saturn (60° from Sun, morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. +0.5. 6 Moon near Venus (30° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. -4.0. 6 Moon near […]
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January 2016 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On January 2, 2016
January 2016 Sky 2 Last Quarter Moon at 5:30 UT. 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 12h UT (distance 404,277 km; angular size 29.6′). 2 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 23h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983304 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) 3 […]
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December 2015 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On December 1, 2015
December 2015 Sky 2 Moon near Regulus (100° from Sun, morning sky) at 11h UT. 3 Last Quarter Moon at 7:40 UT. 4 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. -2.0. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 404,800 km; angular size 29.5′). 6 Moon very near Mars (60° […]
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November 2015 Sky

  • Posted by OCastronomy
  • On November 2, 2015
November 2015 Sky 3 Moon near Beehive cluster (morning sky) at 7h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 3 Venus 0.7° SSW of Mars (46° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mags. -4.3 and +1.7. 3 Last Quarter Moon at 12:24 UT. 5 Moon near Regulus (72° from Sun, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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