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Monday, July 21, 2008

Sky Calendar -- July 2008

1	Mars 0.67° from Regulus at 15h UT (50° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. +1.6 and +1.3. Closest a planet gets to a Mag. 1 star all year.
1	Mercury at greatest elongation, 22° west from Sun (morning sky) at 18h UT. Mag. +0.5. Look low in the east-northeast about 30 minutes before sunrise.
1	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 21h UT (359,513 km; 33.2').
3	New Moon at 2:19 UT. Start of lunation 1058.
4	Earth at Aphelion (farthest from Sun) at 8h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 1.01675 a.u. or about 152.1 million km. • Photographic Size Comparison (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
4	Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) at 21h UT (24° from Sun, evening sky). • Messier 44 (Wikipedia)
6	Moon near Regulus at 11h UT (evening sky).
6	Moon near Mars at 16h UT (evening sky). Mag. +1.7.
6	Moon near Saturn at 20h UT (evening sky). Mag. +0.8.
9	Jupiter at opposition at 8h UT (mag. -2.7). The best time to observe the largest planet in the solar system.
10	First Quarter Moon at 4:35 UT.
10	Moon near Spica at 16h UT (evening sky).
10	Mars 0.64° from Saturn at 16h UT (47° from Sun, evening sky). Mags. +1.7 and +0.8.
14	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 4h UT (distance 405,452 km; angular size 29.5').
14	Moon very near Antares at 12h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from Southern Australia and New Zealand. • Occultation of Antares (IOTA)
17	Moon near Jupiter at 14h UT (midnight sky). Mag. -2.7.
18	Full Moon at 7:59 UT. The full Moon of July is called the "Thunder Moon" or "Hay Moon". • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
25	Last Quarter Moon at 18:42 UT.
27	Moon near the Pleiades at 17h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
29	Mercury at superior conjunction at 20h UT (not visible). Passes into the evening sky. • Superior Conjunction (Wikipedia)
29	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 23h UT (363,883 km; 32.8').
All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Hello Young Scholars, unfortunately the Young Scholars pictures I took are not uploading. So you can go to myspace.com/prophotography to view them, simply click on view pics when you get to the site. Also come back to the site you are on right now for a free sky calendar every month!!!!

Pictures should be up by 6:00 P.M. Today

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Saturday, December 08, 2007