3
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (midnight sky) at 9h UT.
Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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3
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Full Moon at 23:09 UT.
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4
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Moon near Jupiter (midnight sky) at 6h UT. Mag. -2.6.
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5
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Moon near Regulus (morning sky) at 6h UT.
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6
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 6h UT (distance 406,150 km; angular size 29.4').
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6
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Jupiter at opposition at 18h UT. Best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system. Mag. -2.6.
Opposition (Wikipedia)
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9
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 19h UT.
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12
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Last Quarter Moon at 3:50 UT.
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13
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 0h UT. Mag. +0.5.
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17
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Moon near Mercury (26° from Sun, morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. +0.3.
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18
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New Moon at 23:47 UT. Start of lunation 1140.
Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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19
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 7h UT (356,995 km; angular size 33.5').
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21
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Moon, Venus and Mars within circle diameter 2.0° (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 0h UT. Mags. -4.0 and +1.3.
Venus-Mars-Moon Triplet (Skymaps)
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21
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Moon very near Uranus (41° from Sun, evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. +5.9. Occultation visible from southeast Canada and northeast USA.
Occultation of Uranus (IOTA)
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22
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Venus 0.4° SSE of Mars (28° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. -4.0 and +1.3.
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24
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 27° west of Sun (morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag +0.1.
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25
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First Quarter Moon at 17:14 UT.
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25
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Moon very near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 23h UT. Occultation visible from Scandinavia.
Occultation of Aldebaran (IOTA)
Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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The Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up
from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.
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