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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 […]
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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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