October 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On October 2, 2021

October 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 16h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 2 Mercury 1.5° SSW of Spica at 10h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. 1.9 and 1.0. • Mercury (Wikipedia) • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon near Regulus at

September 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On September 1, 2021

September 2021 Sky 2 Moon near Castor at 23h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Pollux at 5h UT (morning sky). 4 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 7h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) 5 Venus 1.6° NNE of Spica at 21h UT (evening sky). Mags. −4.1 &

August 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On August 2, 2021

August 2021 Sky 2 Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 6h UT. The ringed planet is at its closest and brightest at mag. +0.2. Saturn’s rings are spectacular even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia) 2 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 8h UT

July 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On July 1, 2021

July 2021 Sky 1 Last Quarter Moon at 21:11 UT. 3 Venus 0.35° NNE of Beehive cluster M44 (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −3.9. 4 Mercury at greatest elongation west (22° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.5. 5 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 405,341 km

June 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On June 1, 2021

June 2021 Sky 1 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −2.4. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 2 Last Quarter Moon at 7:25 UT. 8 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 2h UT (distance 406,228 km; angular size 29.4′). 8 Moon near the Pleiades (18° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h

May 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On May 2, 2021

May 2021 Sky 3 Last Quarter Moon at 19:51 UT. 3 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.7. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 5 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −2.2. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 5 Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks at 19h UT. Most active for 7 days around this date. Associated with

April 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On April 2, 2021

April 2021 Sky 2 Moon near Antares at 0h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 4 Last Quarter Moon at 10:03 UT. 6 Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. 0.8. • Saturn (Wikipedia) 7 Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. −2.1. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) 11 Moon near Mercury (8°

March 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On March 2, 2021

March 2021 Sky 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5:17 UT (distance 365,423 km; angular size 32.7′). 2 Moon near Spica at 12h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 4 Mars 2.6° SE of the Pleiades at 16h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.0. 5 Mercury 0.3° N of Jupiter at 7h UT (27° from Sun, morning sky)

February 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 31, 2021

February 2021 Sky 3 Moon near Spica at 6h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:48 UT (distance 370,116 km; angular size 32.3′). 4 Last Quarter Moon at 17:38 UT. 6 Moon near Antares at 12h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 8 Mercury at inferior

January 2021 Sky

Posted by OCastronomy
On January 2, 2021

January 2021 Sky 2 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 14h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983257 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) 3 Moon near Regulus at 2h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower

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