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    Capture

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    Capture

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    orion 3

    From the album: Orion

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    orion high

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    orion

    From the album: Orion

  6. until
    If conditions permit, and you have good views of the SW horizon, then January 13th/14th 2015 gives an opportunity to view all the planets and Comet Lovejoy. On January 13th just after 1700 Mercury and Venus will be close together and VERY low on the SW horizon. Next move up a little to Mars and Neptune also in the SW. Then onto Uranus in the South and as an aside have a look for Lovejoy in the SE. Lovejoy will make a nice triangle with Alderbaran and the Pleiades. Jupiter rises later in the evening followed by the Moon and Saturn before dawn. This can be repeated over the next 3-4 days, before Mercury starts to fall below the horizon.
  7. The Full Moon passes close to Alderbaran and Callisto, Europa and Io play a merry dance with Callisto occulting Europa in the early hours of the 6th Dec.
  8. The peak of the Geminid meteor shower (100 to 120 per hour) occurs at 12:00.
  9. A double Galilean satellite shadow transit begins at 6:12 UT. Duration: 50 minutes. 0409-0702 Europa 0612-0829 Io
  10. A double Galilean satellite shadow transit begins at 4:20 UT. Duration: 5 minutes. 0133-0425 Europa 0420-0638 Io
  11. THIS WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE UK (conditions permitting). From 0628 to 0652 UT there will be a very rare triple shadow transit of Jupiter by Io, Europa and Callisto when Jupiter will be c20deg above the Western horizon. Shadow times are: Callisto: 0311-0800 Io: 0435-0652 Europa: 0628-0922 There is some interesting reading on triple transits here: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?bibcode=2002JBAA..112..287M&db_key=AST&page_ind=0&data_type=GIF&type=SCREEN_VIEW&classic=YES For info: you can find the times of all the transits and occults of Jupiter's moons in 2015 in the attachment (source skyandtelescope.com).
  12. Io will occult Europa at 0716 UT (this is just before dawn in the UK).
  13. The Walther Sunset Ray appears at 0319UT. Located in the Walther crater this is a special treat that occurs monthly for a matter of a few hours. On the western rim of the crater there’s a notch and when the Sun is setting low on the lunar horizon (when the crater is near the terminator) light penetrates the notch, creating a vast triangle or “V” shaped light ray across the craters floor that ends as it illuminates the central peak of the crater. This ray is rarely viewable from the UK and is top of my list of lunar targets.
  14. If you considering a pre-dawn session then this will be a good opportunity to view the last quarter moon and Jupiter in the SW sky. The Moon and Jupiter will be 7 deg apart at 0425UT.
  15. The Moon occults Uranus at 1707UT. In the UK Uranus will almost 'touch' the moon with a separation of <20'.
  16. The Moon's Straight Wall is visible.

    1. faulksy

      faulksy

      never seen it, dam cloud

    2. stevend

      stevend

      It was right on the terminator this evening so should be visible tomorrow night as well.

    3. AndyWB

      AndyWB

      Very visible tonight.

  17. Clear night on Halloween ?

    1. RT65CB-SWL

      RT65CB-SWL

      Not where I am. Damn fireworks going "whee", "whizz", "whoop", "bang" etc.

  18. Maginus Sunrise Ray at 15:23 UT ??

  19. Hoping it stays clear for the Lunar X

    1. JB80

      JB80

      It was medium clear here.

    2. stevend

      stevend

      Clear early on, but soon clouded over. Tonight looks good though.

  20. Just started Andy Weir's book The Martian.

  21. The Full Moon will occur at 10:50 UT.
  22. New Moon (Lunation 1136) occurs at 21:56 UT.
  23. The Moon reaches first quarter at 02:48 UT.
  24. The Lunar X is scheduled to begin at 1830 UT.
  25. October stargazing in a tshirt = win

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