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October 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.
This web site, for some reason, does not format properly when viewed with Internet Explorer browser.
For additional useful Earth and Space news, information, and graphics follow my WordPress Blog at Bob's Spaces, or as Tweets, or as an RSS feed.
Click on an image to the right.
Click here to watch some of my video work posted on You Tube.
At A Glance: This month starts with an extremely close conjunction with Venus and Regulus on the morning of the 3rd.
With Venus coming within about 1/10th of a degree, and given the extreme brightness of Venus the two should look as one. Mars and Jupiter are the
only evening planets easily visible with Mercury and Saturn rather low over the western horizon at sunset. Actually Jupiter is near a transition
of sorts as it rises before midnight this month, and by early December will be rising at sunset.
There will be a couple of meteor showers this month that may be worth staying up for. Both the Taurids and the Orinids can produce fireballs, (bolides).
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