Tue, 2 January 2007
 Download this month's sky map!Kym Thalassoudis does a wonderful job creating accurate and easy to use star maps every month! Visit his site at www.skymaps.com for skymaps and links to other useful astronomical sites. Also a great portal for astronomical gifts! Northern hemisphere sky
map Those in the Southern Hemisphere should also visit James Barclay's site for a great tour of the Southern Hemisphere December sky.
Another great site for Southern Hemisphere viewers is the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand's Southern Hemisphere Calendar found at the RASNZ site Download "What's up 2007: 365 days of Skywatching" by Tammy Plotner, published by Universe Today (Faser Cain) it is a fantastic and it is free! Planets for January 2007Mercury will be in superior conjunction (behind the sun) on Jan 7th and not easily visible until late in the month as an evening planet. The first week of February marks it's greatest elongation and better viewing. -1.0 Mag peaking at -1.3 Mag mid-month. Venus sits low on the SW horizon in the evening twilight. By mid month Venus is setting after twilight in full dark. An almost fully illuminated disk shines at -3.8 mag. Mars starts off the month in Ophiuchus rising just 1.5 hours before the Sun the 1.5 mag planet competes with 1.06 variable star Antares (which means "like" Mars) and together with Jupiter they make a nice trio. By the end of the month Mars has moved into Sagitarrius. Jupiter starts the month rising 1 hour before the sun. Jupiter, at -1.8 mag, spends the first 11 months of the year in Ophiuchus! Saturn spends the entire year in Leo. Rising mid-evening at the beginning of the month and by the middle of the month is rising in the early evening making the 0.2 mag planet easy to share with friends. Uranus at 5.9 mag spends the entire year in Aquarius starting the month almost on top of Lambda Aquarii but by the end of the month it is 1 deg E of Lambda. Neptune another happy camper this 8.0 mag planet will camp out in Capricorn all year long. He starts the month out 1 deg North of Iota Capricorni. On the 25th of the month use Mercury to help you find Neptune Mercury will be less than .25 degs from Iota and much easier to see. After mid-month Neptune (mid latitudes NH) will be setting in twilight getting more difficult to see. Key Dates for January 2007Days and Times in UT (help with time) Observations are for 8pm for the mid-northern latitudes and for 10pm for the mid-southern latitudes. Great site for sunrise and sunset times and a downloadable toolbar application by Steve Edwards Astronomical Highlights
Astronomical Highlights for 2007Earth's major motions for 2007 Planet Positions for 2007 Eclipses for 2007 March 19 - partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and animation!): The first solar eclipse of 2007 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in Pisces and is visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska September 11 - partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and animation): The last eclipse of 2007 is a partial solar eclipse at the Moon's descending node in southern Leo. Its visibility is confined to parts of South America, Antarctica and the South Atlantic March 3-4 - total lunar eclipse (see map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in the Arctic region, Africa, Europe, Asia except for extreme eastern region, most of Indonesia, western Australia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, extreme eastern South America, Greenland, the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in Africa, Europe, western Asia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica and Antarctic Peninsula, South America, eastern North America, Greenland, the Arctic region, the Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean, and the extreme eastern South Pacific Ocean. August 28 - total lunar eclipse (see map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in North America, South America except extreme east, Antarctica except for Enderby Land, New Zealand, eastern Australia, extreme northeastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the western Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in New Zealand, Australia, most of Antarctica except Queen Maud Land, Indonesia, eastern Asia, western North America, the Pacific Ocean, and the southeastern Indian Ocean. Eclipse information from: NASA Eclipse Homepage, Eclipses Online (HM Nautical Almanac Office, UK in coordination with the U.S. Naval Observatory)Meteor Showers for 2007 As luck would have it, all the major meteor showers reach their peaks in 2007 with the Moon out of the sky. Any of these showers can produce dozens of shooting stars each dark hour leading up to dawn. Mark your calendar to look for...
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