Welcome to this issue of Qué tal. Here you will find useful observing information
about the visible planets, our Moon and other
moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among
these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern
or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout. Animated
images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital
motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects or apparent
and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular
features include plotting the monthly positions of the visible planets
using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's
apparent motion and the Earth's real motion along the ecliptic.
This month the Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks and may be worth the early morning
viewing; there is a solar eclipse visible from the other side of the world, not from North America; and
the Earth reachers perihelion also this month.
Click here to read more about perihelion and the shape of the Earth's orbit.
Tell someone about Qué tal?
in the Current Skies. Click here.
