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*** Due to the number of people
doing imaging at the Bootleg Star Parties, Bootleg Management is indicating that
Green Lasers will not be permitted starting one hour after sunset ***
Moon
near Saturn
(28° from Sun, morning sky) at 8h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn
(Wikipedia)
4
New
Moon
at 21:04 UT. Start of lunation 1189.
5
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 9h UT (distance 406,555 km; angular size
29.4').
10
Moon
near Mars
(evening sky) at 22h UT. Mag. 1.0.
• Mars
(Wikipedia)
12
First
Quarter Moon
at 22:26 UT.
13
Mars
1.0° NNW of Uranus
(65° from Sun, evening sky) at 6h UT. Mags. 1.0 and 5.8.
• Mars
(Wikipedia)
• Uranus
(Wikipedia)
13
Moon
near the Pleiades
(96° from Sun, evening sky) at 11h UT. The Hyades nearby.
• The
Pleiades (Wikipedia)
14
Moon
near Aldebaran
(evening sky) at 4h UT.
• Aldebaran
(Wikipedia)
17
Moon
near Pollux
(evening sky) at 6h UT.
18
Venus
1.1° N of Saturn
(43° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Mags. −4.1 and 0.6.
19
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 8:51 UT (356,761 km; angular size 33.5').
19
Moon
near Regulus
(midnight sky) at 15h UT.
• Regulus
(Wikipedia)
19
Full
Moon
at 15:54 UT. Perigee 7 hours earlier.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia)
23
Moon
near Spica
(morning sky) at 6h UT.
• Spica
(Wikipedia)
26
Last
Quarter Moon
at 11:28 UT.
26
Moon
near Antares
(morning sky) at 17h UT.
• Antares
(Wikipedia)
27
Mercury
at greatest elongation east
(18° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mag. −0.3.
• Mercury
(Wikipedia)
27
Moon
near Jupiter
(morning sky) at 16h UT. Mag. −2.0.
• Jupiter
(Wikipedia)
30
Moon
near Spica
(morning sky) at 15h UT.
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All
times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)
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)