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Total Lunar Eclipse, Sep 28 2015

0359 IST, 48 minutes into and 24 minutes before conclusion of totality. With (a) mag 6.15 HIP 1421 in Pisces.

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0420 IST; field stars not normally visible adjacent to a full moon.

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0223 IST – 16 minutes after commencement of partial phase                                    0239

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0255                                                                     0311 – Totality

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Comet C/2014 S2 (Panstarrs)

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R Leonis

Famous variable star R Leonis seen 13 days after maximum light at est mag 5.9 (arrowed). The fifth variable to be discovered, by Koch in 1782, it can range from mag 4.4-11.3 (generally 5.5-10) over a 312-day period. Sep 28 2015, 0517 IST.

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Asteroids (15) Eunomia, (13) Egeria, (9) Metis

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Asteroids (14) Irene and (192) Nausikaa

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KIC 8462852

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Triple Planetary Conjunction

Oct 25 2015, 0506 UT; Jupiter (mag -1.8) 1.2° east of Venus (mag -4.4) and 3.1° north-west of Mars (mag 1.7). With (1) sigma Leonis (Mars separation 25′), iota Leo (2), 53 Leo (3) and mag 5.5 p1 Leo (4).

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Three mornings later

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Asteroid (16) Psyche

Discovered by De Gasparis in 1852; mag 10.5 (circled), diameter 160 ml, Earth distance 180m miles. With (z) mag 3 zeta Tauri and the Crab Nebula (blue line). Oct 13 2015, 0048 IST.

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