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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 6, 2020 9:31:12 GMT
September 2020
Weds 9th: Epsilon Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak of 5 meteors per hour - best displays just before dawn.
Sat 11th: Neptune in opposition - can be observed with binoculars or a 75mm (or larger) telescope and identifiable as a blue disc.
31° (South) 01:00 BST (00:00 UT)
Sun 12th: Jupiter in the early evening and Ganymede's transit will cast a shadow across Jupiter's mid-line.
12˚ (South to Southwest) From 21:00 BST (20:00 UT) to 22:55 BST (21:55 UT).
Thur 30th: Uranus is at opposition towards the end of Sept - a good placing for observation.
50˚ (South) 02.45 BST (01:45 UT)
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 12, 2020 10:52:07 GMT
Mon 14th: This morning Venus and M44, the Beehive Cluster and a waning crescent Moon. At 04:00 BST (03:00 UT) Wed 16th: Thin waning crescent Moon (only 2% lit) rising E/NE horizon around 05:15 BST (04:15 UT). Thur 17th: Comet 88P/Howell expected to be brightest this evening. 12° above the horizon in the constellation of Scorpius mag. +8.6. 
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 14, 2020 11:43:16 GMT
this week's highlights: Mon Nov 16th: Mars reaches a stationary point today, as western motion comes to a halt. The planet’s apparent motion will resume from tomorrow but now easterly against the background sky. Thurs Nov 19th: A 25%-lit crescent Moon forms a right-angled triangle with Saturn and Jupiter - Saturn at the right-angle. Fri Nov 20th: The Pleiades open cluster (see below) reaches its highest position in the sky due south. with binoculars 15-30 stars should become visible (the cluster contains hundreds).  |
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 29, 2020 11:13:58 GMT
updates:
■ Sun, Nov 29 - Full Moon between Aldebaran below it and the Pleiades above. Aldebaran is easier to see through the moonlight than the Pleiades are.
■ Tue, Dec 1 - Moon tonight is in the middle of the gigantic Winter Hexagon. Orion to its lower right, with orange Betelgeuse and white Rigel; and Gemini with Castor and Pollux to the Moon's lower left. Upper left of the Moon is Auriga with bright Capella*. Upper right of the Moon is orange Aldebaran.
■ Fri, Dec 4 - Jupiter and Saturn, now 1.8° apart, heading toward record-breaking conjunction 0.1° apart on December 21st.
■ Sat, Dec 5 - Vega shines brightly in the west-northwest. Above it is Deneb, the head of the Northern Cross.
■ Mon/Tue, Dec 14/15 - Leonids Meteor Shower - >100 per hour: asteroid 3200 Phaethon
■ Mon/Tue, Dec 21/22 - Ursids Meteor Shower - 10 per hour: comet 8P/Tuttle
The Planets in December:
■ Mercury (mag –0.8) very low in the eastern dawn - will disappear progressively with each day.
■ Venus (mag –3.9) in the eastern dawn the "Morning Star," like Mercury, it's getting lower with each week.
■ Mars (mag –1.1) east-southeast at dusk. Mars is fading and shrinking into the distance, but it's still a nice view in a telescope, big enough to show surface detail during steady seeing.
■ Jupiter and Saturn (mag –2.0 and +0.6, respectively) farther down in the southwest during dusk. Separation shrinks from 2.6° to 1.9° (from November 27th to December 4th).
■ Uranus (mag 5.7) east-southeast after nightfall, about 20° east (lower left) of Mars. Will appear as a tiny fuzzy ball, not a point, in small telescope.
■ Neptune (mag 7.9) about 20° in the south in early evening. Harder to resolve than Uranus except in very good seeing.
* Capella is an excellent winter star - over the north-east horizon, circling around Polaris for a few hours. When low on the horizon, Capella often displays rapid blinking and color (much like Sirius).
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Dec 19, 2020 7:41:37 GMT
Black Wings Chief Mouse ThomasQuinn jon_innuendo HelloDelilah Chopin1995 pg emrabt The Real Wizard Lord Fickle Raf katydyd5Hi all unless you've been living under a rock - you'll know that Monday 21st (around sunset) is a very special date for stargazers. The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn - two giant planets of the Solar System will lie a mere six arcminutes apart. The closest Great Conjunction since 1623 will see gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn so close together in the night sky, they will appear to the naked eye as a single bright 'star' just in time for Christmas - thought to be associated with the "Bethlehem Star".  so, the "usual" crisp/clear/cold December nights have not materialised (as yet) and we've been cloud-covered here for a couple of weeks. so, any chance that everyone could check their skies from today (Saturday til Monday) and grab whatever images you can and post them here: queenchat.boards.net/thread/201/astrophotography?page=2
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Dec 19, 2020 16:35:13 GMT
...talking of conjunction:
2021 will see a few of these:
Date.............................Object1..Object2...Separation
09 Jan 2021 21:14 UTC...Mercury..Saturn.....1°39'
11 Jan 2021 11:06 UTC...Jupiter...Mercury....1°28'
21 Jan 2021 23:34 UTC...Mars......Uranus.....1°43'
05 Mar 2021 06:49 UTC...Jupiter...Mercury....0°19'
29 Mar 2021 19:10 UTC...Mercury..Neptune...1°23'
29 May 2021 05:20 UTC...Venus.....Mercury...0°24'
13 Jul 2021 07:06 UTC.....Venus....Mars.......0°29'
19 Aug 2021 04:06 UTC...Mercury..Mars.......0°04'
29 Dec 2021 01:02 UTC...Venus.....Mercury...4°13'
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Post by Chopin1995 on Dec 19, 2020 22:37:37 GMT
19 Aug 2021 04:06 UTC...Mercury..Mars.......0°04' I'll be waiting for this! |
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Post by The Real Wizard on Dec 19, 2020 23:38:23 GMT
Black Wings Chief Mouse ThomasQuinn jon_innuendo HelloDelilah Chopin1995 pg emrabt The Real Wizard Lord Fickle Raf Hi all unless you've been living under a rock - you'll know that Monday 21st (around sunset) is a very special date for stargazers. The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn - two giant planets of the Solar System will lie a mere six arcminutes apart. The closest Great Conjunction since 1623 will see gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn so close together in the night sky, they will appear to the naked eye as a single bright 'star' just in time for Christmas - thought to be associated with the "Bethlehem Star". so, the "usual" crisp/clear/cold December nights have not materialised (as yet) and we've been cloud-covered here for a couple of weeks. so, any chance that everyone could check their skies from today (Saturday til Monday) and grab whatever images you can and post them here: queenchat.boards.net/thread/201/astrophotography?page=2 Sadly they're calling for heavy clouds for the next few nights, but hoping for the best !!
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Post by katydyd5 on Dec 20, 2020 1:32:53 GMT
Brenski, I've been looking forward to see this all month. Sadly I think we are going to have rain, or at the very least, be overcast.
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