The Moon is going near Antares in Scorpius this week, which also includes the Red Planet, Mars.kredit on this previous photo:H. Raab (Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DECT)
Friday, May 17
The moon reaches Apogee, the furthest point of the earth in its track, Op.02: 59.et.Luna is then approximately.251,432 miles (404,641 km away.
In the evening the moon is close to the 4th-Magnitude Zavijava (Beta [β] virginis) in the Virgo.
Note that the timing and duration of every occult is dependent on your location.Some will show the event on the 17th, while it takes place for others in the early hours of the 18th.Those times will take place in many major cities of the International Occultation Timing Associations (IOTA)Homepage.Recording that the times on this page are indicated in universal times.
While we are focused on the girl, let's also stop with a favorite double star: Gamma (γ) VIR, also known as Porrima.3 ″ from each other, that is half the distance they will be on their greatest separation.65 and 3.56 and ASAstronomyParticipant Raymond Shubinski writes: "Looks like two small headlights in the room."
Sunrise:5:43 am
Sunset:8:11 pm
Moonrise:2:37 pm
Moonset:2:58 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (71%)
*Times for sunrise, sunset, moon and moonlight are given in the local time of 40 ° N 90 ° W. The lighting of the moon is given in the room of the same place.
Saturday, May 18
Jupiter is in connection with the sun at the KL, making the gas giant invisible for the time being.
Comet 13P/Olbers is currently approximately 8. Size and sinking in the west within the borders of Aurfa, the halie tonight after sunset.4.5 ° on the right north of Beta (β) Tauri, a star on the border with the bull and the bull andAurfa.
Astrophotographers: pull out your biggest scope and favorite camera and see approximately 1.2 ° northwest of Olbers.11 ′.This young couple of stars is embedded in the Rumpet Roll -Tåge (IC 410), also known as Rumphholes.IC 410 is named after the two gas streamers comparable to tails in the northeastern region of Teen.Dust there, especially in astrophotos.In the evening you can catch both a comet and this amazing mist complex in one shot!
Sunrise:5:42 am
Sunset:8:12 pm
Moonrise:3:37 pm
Moonset:3:18 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (79%)
Sunday, May 19
Asteroid 2 Pallas was the second world that was discovered in the main feat between Mars and Jupiter.11.00 hrs, shiny in the order of 9. You can find it in the middle of the stars of Hercules, near the Keystone -asterism of the constellation.
Let's start with Keystone, who is 45 ° high in the east tonight at room day light.ca.6.3 ° southwest of size 2.8 Zeta, the southwestern tip of Keystone.
Back to Keystone, let's use it to find a famous spherical cluster: M13, also known as Hercules Globular Cluster or the Great Sferic Cluster in Hercules.About 2.5 ° south of Eta Her.
As the name suggests, M13 is both a light 5.8 and large, with 20 ′ (145 light years in the room at the distance of us).With the naked eye, when there is no moon, you probably need your binoculars or telescope to enjoy the M13 tonight - or it will look great, even with lower magnification.From a weak, Y-shaped lack of stars that are often called the propeller.
Sunrise:5:41 am
Sunset:8:13 pm
Moonrise:4:36 pm
Moonset:3:37 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (86%)
Monday 20 May
Let's continue from no. 2 to no. 1: Early rising pipes This morning the ruler can catch the rim in the wealthy aircraft 1 CER, which flows from the teapot -Leasterism in the south.25 ° High.Csesare the order of size 8.2, a relatively light catch with binoculars.Down to the basics.
Thanks to the location in the direction of the galactic bulging, the shooter is rich in deep sky-sky objects, including various spherical clusters.South-Southeast for Ceres.100,000 members who are approximately.12.5 billion years old.Test intensifying gradually the enlargement of this, from lower driven okular to higher, and see how individual stars burst into increasing numbers while you walk.
Sunrise:5:40 am
Sunset:8:13 pm
Moonrise:5:38 pm
Moonset:3:57 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (92%)
Tuesday 21 May
The ringed planet Saturn climbs in the east in the few hours before dawn and flows the water carrier under the stars of Waterman.17 ″ on transformation.The rings are almost edge-on, with just a little visible from their northern side.We are approaching the following intersection plan in 2025.
If you can catch the Rinkelwereld around 1 p.m. 04:30.edt (depending on your location and whether the planet has risen), you will find that the largest moon, Titan, is just northwest of the disc.Zones vest for longer) to see the moon close in the disc.Titan disappears behind Saturn in an occult just after 5 hours.Behind the northeastern limb of the planet until 7 in the morning, long after sunrise on the west coast.
Tomorrow morning Titan will have moved far beyond the planet and sit around.1 ′ towards the east.
Sunrise:5:40 am
Sunset:8:14 pm
Moonrise:6:42 pm
Moonset:4:19 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (96%)
Wednesday 22 May
Because we have a 2D view on the 3D sky, they do not take all the objects they appear.
You will find these 6th-strong pair of stars, approximately.2.8 ° on the right east of comparable clear 6.-Magnitude alpha (α) CVN. The two are just less than 5 'from each other and fairly close to the size (6, respectively, respectively, respectively, respectively,3 and 5.9 for 15 and 17).Wider version of Porrima in the Virgin, which we observed earlier this week.
But you may wait for the catch, and here it is: these two stars are not in a binary system.In fact, they are not close together!From approximately.200 light years, 15 CVN is much further than that, about 1,100 light years removed!The "pair" we only see a projection in the air, as is the case with many star pairs visible in our air.
Sunrise:5:39 am
Sunset:8:15 pm
Moonrise:7:49 PM
Moonset:4:45 am
Moon phase:Gibbous grow (99%)
Thursday, May 23
Full moon comes this morning before 9:53 am.Easily visible in the eastern half of the United States, although the longer West may have to wait an hour or two for the pair to get up high enough in the air.
When the moon is above your horizon.11.00edt, look at the southwest to see the net below Antares, Scorpius' 1st -magnitude alpha star.plus, a bonus - AotherOccultation for parts of the United States this week.Observators in the southeastern region of the country will now see the occult Antares of the Moon pass for the star between approximately.IOTA's webpage for the eventTo see if your location falls into the viewing area and find out when you want to see the star disappear and appear again.
Antares is a red giant in the later phases of his life - although it is padded in size, the temperature has fallen, which gives the star its reddish tint.Red Planet, Mars.If you want to compare the two, wait more hours until around.4: 15 hour local daylight tomorrow morning - that is when Mars will rise more than 5 ° above the eastern horizon and you can see if you think the brightness and shade matchWith Antares, now in the southwest and good free of the moon!
Sunrise:5:38 am
Sunset:8:16 pm
Moonrise:8:57 pm
Moonset:5:18 pm
Moon phase:Vol
Friday, May 24
Last night we saw Antares, a red gigantic star in Scorpius.In the evening, let's take a look at another special red star: MU (µ) Cephei, also known as Herschel's Garnet Star or only the Garenster.
This 4th-magnitude-sun is approximately.20 ° above the northern horizon shortly after the room of the room tonight.The milky way.
The Garenster is one of the largest and most luminous stars in the air.800 to 1000 days.In the course of this time frame, the brightness can dive again and get up again- certainly noticeable for most observers!
Because it is such a huge star, MU CEP will explode one day as a brilliant Supernova.
Sunrise:5:37 am
Sunset:8:17 pm
Moonrise:22:03 hours
Moonset:5:58 am
Moon phase:Dropping Gibbous (98%)
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