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 planet viewing in the evening includes Mercury and venus near each other at sunset over the western horizon. However they are
low over the horizon. At sunset in the east is Jupiter. Just past opposition Jupiter still rises at around sunset and is visible all night.
Mars rises after midnight and is very well placed amongst the stars of Leo, near Regulus. and saturn rises about an hour before the sun rises.
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