Mars – Neptune Conjunction
Mars (mag 1.1) 65 arcminutes from mag 7.8 Neptune (N) on Jan 2 2017, 1836 UT. The planets were 1 arcminute apart but below the horizon on Jan 1, 0700UT.
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Moon, Venus – Daylight
Venus 2.5° from a 4-day moon at 1316 UT on Jan 2 2017. Below at 1847 UT.
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Comet C/2016 U1 NEOWISE
Jan 3 2017, 0716 UT; 10 days before perihelion. Est mag of 7.8 (comp mag 7.6 HIP 86494) in Ophiuchus. 0.75° from globular cluster M14, Earth distance 85 million miles. It is believed the comet did survive its perihelion passage. [16th observed comet]
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Solar System Geometry
Moon Venus Mars Triangle Jan 31 2017 from Finbarr C on Vimeo.
The Moon, 235 thousand miles distant; Venus 50 million miles distant; Mars 172 million
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Aldebaran – Moon Conjunction
The 9-Day Moon, 225 thousand miles distant, 3 arcminutes from Aldebaran – 392 trillion miles distant; Feb 5 2017, 2213 UT.
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Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson
Feb 8 2017, 0259 UT; est mag 12.5. Distance 180 million miles, perihelion June 12. With (a) mag 8.9 HIP 77368 in Bootes. Image radius 24 arcminutes. [17th observed comet]
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KIC 8462852 III
As it appeared on Feb 7 2017, 2004 UT – apparently unchanged.
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Deep Penumbral Eclipse
Feb 11 2017, 0037 UT – umbra just 100 miles from the Moon’s northern limb.
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2P/ Comet Encke
Famously the second calculated cometary orbit, after 1P/Halley. Discovered by Mechain in 1786, reobserved by C Herschel in 1795 with periodicity deduced by J.F. Encke in 1819. Here located 12 arcminutes from mag 9.5 HD 224627 in Pisces, 23 days before perihelion and 100 million miles distant. [18th observed comet]
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