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RE: July 2012

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Mercury is stationary on the 14th July, 2012.

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Aligned sky sights greet early risers

Wake up before dawn the next few days to see a beautiful and changing display of heavenly bodies before the sun comes up. Both Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets, are visible in the east just before dawn. Joining them for the next few days is a waning crescent moon.
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Lunar apogee (distance to moon center: 398368.4 km, apparent diameter: 29'59.9") at 16:50.6 UT, 13th July

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Uranus is stationary: Getting Retrograde on the 13th July.

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Mercury is at aphelion (distance to sun: 0.4667 AU) at 04:20 UT, 12th July.

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Venus is at aphelion (distance to sun: 0.7282 AU) on the 11th July.

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Last Quarter Moon (declination: 10.89°) at 1:47.9 UT, 11th July.

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The Moon occults the magnitude 7.20 star SAO 109145 at 01:14 UT, 10th July, 2012.
End of the occultation at 02:07 UT.

Google earth file: Occultation of SAO109145 2012 Jul 10.kmz (2kb, kmz)

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Eyes on the Sky: July 9 thru July 15

How to find Neptune! Eyes on the Sky takes you step-by-step on how to find the furthest planet in our solar system, star-hopping your way from bright, first magnitude stars visible just about everywhere, all the way to the 8th magnitude planet. Neptune is visible in binoculars from most place, but may require a small telescope in areas with the very worst light pollution. Also, don't miss the fantastic conjunction of Jupiter, Venus, Aldebaran and the Moon, plus, Mars keeps moving methodically towards Saturn.