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- Sat Jan 02, 2021 5:25 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: January 2021 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 3
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Re: January 2021 Celestial Calendar
You're welcome, Jeff!
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 1:54 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: January 2021 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 37
January 2021 Celestial Calendar
January Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times are UT (subtract five hours, and one calendar day when appropriate, for EST) 1/2 The Earth is at perihelion (147,093,463 kilometers or 91,399,454 miles distant from the Sun) at 13:51 1/3 The peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower (40 to 120 or more p...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:58 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: December 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 2
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Re: December 2020 Celestial Calendar
You're welcome, Brian!
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: Observing
- Topic: Geminids 2020
- Replies: 21
- Views: 214
Re: Geminids 2020
Here's my report on this year's Geminids. The Naylor Observatory is located near Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. I've posted a report on the bright fireball that I witnessed at https://amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/report/217706 The weather forecasts for Sunday night varied but some were promising for a...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 4:02 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: December 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 50
December 2020 Celestial Calendar
December Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract five hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EST) 12/1 The Moon is at the ascending node (longitude 79.9 degrees) at 8:00 12/2 Mars is at the ascending node through the ecliptic plane at 3:00; th...
- Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:27 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: November 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 0
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November 2020 Celestial Calendar
November Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times are UT (subtract five hours after DST ends and, when appropriate, one calendar day) 11/1 Daylight Saving Time (DST) ends today; asteroid 8 Flora (magnitude +8.1) is at opposition in the constellation of Cetus at 6:00; Mercury is 4.0 degrees northe...
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:53 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: October 2020 Celestial Calendar
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October 2020 Celestial Calendar
October Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 10/1 Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (25.8 degrees) at 16:00; Full Moon, known as the Blood or Sanguine Moon, and this year's Harvest Mo...
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 8:39 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: September 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 0
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September 2020 Celestial Calendar
All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 9/1 The equation of time, which yields the difference between mean solar time and apparent solar time, equals 0 at 2:00 9/2 Full Moon (known as the Barley, Corn, or Fruit Moon) occurs at 5...
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 7:55 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: August 2020 Celestial Calendar
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August 2020 Celestial Calendar
August Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 8/1 Mercury is at the ascending node through the ecliptic plane at 12:00; Venus is at its southernmost latitude from the ecliptic plane (-3.4 degre...
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 5:50 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: July 2020 Celestial Calendar
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- Views: 614
July 2020 Celestial Calendar
July Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 7/1 Mercury is in inferior conjunction with the Sun (0.563 astronomical units from the Earth; latitude -5.5 degrees) at 3:00 7/2 The Moon is 6.3 degr...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: June 2020 Celestial Calendar
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June 2020 Celestial Calendar
June Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 6/1 Mars and Saturn are at heliocentric conjunction (longitude 297.1 degrees) at 18:00 6/2 The Moon is 6.8 degrees north-northeast of the first-magni...
- Sat May 02, 2020 7:45 pm
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: May 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 2
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Re: May 2020 Celestial Calendar
You're welcome, Jeff!
- Fri May 01, 2020 8:33 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: May 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 801
May 2020 Celestial Calendar
May Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 5/1 Today is May Day or Beltane, a cross-quarter day; Mercury is 0.3 degrees southeast of Uranus at 5:00 5/2 The Moon is 4.0 degrees north-northeast o...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:43 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: April 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 0
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April 2020 Celestial Calendar
April Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT) 4/1 First Quarter Moon occurs at 10:21 4/2 The Moon is 8.5 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Castor (Alpha Geminorum) at 4:00; the Moon is 4...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:58 am
- Forum: General chat
- Topic: March 2020 Celestial Calendar
- Replies: 0
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March 2020 Celestial Calendar
March Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract five hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EST and four hours for EDT as of March 8th) 3/1 The Moon is 0.1 degree south of asteroid 4 Vesta, with an occultation occurring in Hawaii, Micronesia, no...