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Mercury: at magnitude -0.0, starts the month in the constellation of Virgo. The planet is in inferior conjunction on the 1st. Mercury is at perihelion on the 8th. Mercury is at dichotomy (Half phase) at 15.00 UT, 15th November. Mercury is at its greatest western elongation on the 18th. The planet is...
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Kappa Ursae Majorids
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The Kappa Ursae Majorids are a newly discovered meteor shower, peaking between November 1 and November 10. Source
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Omicron Eridanids
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The Omicron Eridanids meteor shower peaks between November 1 and 10 Radiant: 04:06 (061) -03 Velocity: 27km/sec ZHR: 1 Read more
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Mercury: at magnitude -0.0, starts the month in the constellation of Virgo. The planet is in conjunction with Saturn (5.0° separated) on the 8th. Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation (East 25.3°) at 10:10 UT, 9th October. The planet is at Dichotomy (Half phase) at 16:00 UT, 14th October, 2...
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Torontohenge
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Torontohenge: When a City's Grid Aligns with the Sun "Torontohenge" is the artificial name for the times when sunrise or sunset is aligned with the streets of Toronto. "Torontohenge" happens four times every year, around February 16-17, April 17-18, August 23-24 and Octob...
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Penumbral lunar eclipse, October 18, 2013
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A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on October 18, 2013, the last of three lunar eclipses in 2013.
It will be visible from the Americas (for the end), Europe, Africa, and most of Asia (the beginning of the eclipse will be visible in east Asia). The western part of the Philippines (including wes...
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Lunar eclipse of 2005 October 17
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A partial lunar eclipse took place on October 17, 2005, the second of two lunar eclipses in 2005. It was visible from Southeast Asia, the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand after sunset, and in the western side of North America before sunrise. Read more
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Lunar eclipse of 1921 October 16
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Title: Occultations of stars observed during the lunar eclipse of 1921 October 16 Authors: Merton, G. & Steavenson, W. H. The following occultations were observed by us at Woldingham during the large partial eclipse of I921 October 16. The instrument used was the 6-inch Cooke refractor, wi...
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Forked Lightning
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Title: Forked Lightning Authors: Smith, C. Michie BY papers received by last mail I see that Mr. W. C. Gurley claims to have shown, by photographing a flash of lightning, that the ordinary notion of forked lightning must be given up. I do not know whether this conclusion has been drawn from the photogr...
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Lunar Eclipse of October 4, 1884
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Title: Out of Old Books- The Lunar Eclipse of October 4, 1884) Authors: Sawyer Hogg, H. Last month we reprinted descriptions of several lunar eclipses of the past three hundred years during which the moon became totally invisible, even in a telescope. The eclipse of October 4, 1884 is frequently c...
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October 2, 1959 solar eclipse
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The Museo de la Ciencia y el Cosmos is looking for anyone who witnessed the solar eclipse that took place on October 2, 1959. The idea is that everyone gets together to share in that astronomical memory, which is on the verge of its 50th anniversary and during October, the Museum and the Canaries Astrop...
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Mercury: at magnitude -1.1, starts the month in the constellation of Leo. The planet is close to Spica on the 25th. Mercury is at Aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) on the 25th. (On September 1st, RA= 7h23m04s Dec=+20°32.8' (J2000) Distance=0.920AU Phase k=44% Diameter=7.3") Venus: is at...
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Patrick Moore Event
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Patrick Moore Event, Leicester On 28 September 2013 the Royal Astronomical Society, in collaboration with the National Space Centre, will be holding an event to commemorate Sir Patrick Moore and celebrate his life and legacy. Read more
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Mars planetary conjunction, 1253
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On 13 September 1253, an entry in the astronomical report Koryo-sa indicated that Mars had hidden the star to the south-east of the twenty-eight mansions sign Ghost (Chinese constellation) (Delta Cancri), while in reality, it approached the star north-west of the asterism (Eta Cancri). Source
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Marathon
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Bristol team to mark 2,500th anniversary of the first marathon A team of runners, sponsored by the Institute of Greece, Rome and the Classical Tradition at the University of Bristol, will be running the Bristol Half Marathon this Sunday [11 September] to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary year of t...
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