| | Volume 18 -- Issue 7
July 2012
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.
Qué tal is also available in the Adobe PDF version and is readable with an e-reader that can load
PDF files.
Click on the image to the right to view or download the current issue.
For additional useful Earth and Space news, information, and graphics follow my WordPress Blog at Bob's Spaces, my Tweets, or as an RSS feed.
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Mercury will still be visible for the first half of the month, and further to the east are Mars and Saturn. The
best planet viewing may be in the pre-dawn hours before sunrise with 3 planets, Jupiter, Venus, and 1 Ceres amongst the stars of the Hyadeas and Pleiades.
This month is also when Earth reaches its most distant point from the Sun - known as aphelion.
Starwalk Theater this month features some videos about two of the Apollo lunar missions landing during July of their respective mission year.
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