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    November 2020 Sky

    November 2020 Sky 2 Moon near the Pleiades at 12h UT (morning sky). 3 Moon near Aldebaran at 6h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia) 6 Moon near Castor at 15h UT (morning sky). 6 Moon near Pollux at 20h UT (morning sky). 7 Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (morning sky) at 22h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive...

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    October 2020 Sky

    October 2020 Sky 1 Mercury at greatest elongation east (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 16h UT. Mag. 0.1. 1 Full Moon at 21:06 UT. 3 Venus 0.1° S of Regulus (morning sky) at 0h UT. Mags. −4.1 & 1.4. 3 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 5h UT. Mag....

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    September 2020 Sky

    September 2020 Sky 2 Full Moon at 5:22 UT. 6 Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mag. −1.9. Occultation visible from central South America. • Mars (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Mars (IOTA) 6 Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 405,607 km; angular size 29.5'). 9 Moon near the Pleiades at 0h...

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    Perseid meteor shower 2020

    Perseid meteor shower 2020 will peak between August 11th and 12th The Perseids are named after the constellation Perseus and are made of space debris from comet Swift-Tuttle. The Perseids can be found in the north-eastern part of the sky....

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