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January 2013
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.
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.
To get Bobs-Spaces on your SmartPhone use this address to add this icon to your SmartPhone: http://mobile.dudamobile.com/site/bobs-spaces
Click on the graphic to see what Bobs-Spaces will look like on your phone.
Click here to watch some of my video work posted on You Tube.
At A Glance: During January Mercury will be at superior conjunction and not visible, while its
companion inner planet Venus will slowly but steadily be rising earlier and earlier catching up with the the Sun - bottom line is that
this is probably the last month to get an easy view of Venus as a morning planet. The other morning planet is Saturn which at sunrise is
over the south-southwest horizon. Look for Mars low in the southwest at sunset, and like Venus, this is probably the last month to see
Mars as an evening planet. The only other visible planet is Jupiter, and to find the largest planet look above the west-southwest horizon at sunset
to see it shining brightly near the two open star clusters in Taurus.
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