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- From: kwilson@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (Kenneth D. Wilson)
- Subject: JANUARY SKY HAPPENINGS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.224112.16064@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu>
- Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 92 22:41:12 GMT
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- SKY HAPPENINGS FOR JANUARY, 1993
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- JAN. /EVENT (all times are E.S.T.)
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- 3 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks at 6 AM
- Mars closest approach to Earth at 9 AM
- 7 Mars at opposition at 6 PM
- 8 Full Moon at 7:37 AM
- Moon 6 degrees south of Moon at 8 AM
- 11 Richmond Astronomical Society meets at
- 8 PM at Science Museum of Virginia
- 14 Last Quarter Moon at 11:01 PM
- 15 "Live Sky" show at 6 PM at Science Museum
- of Virginia, followed by Skywatch observing
- session at 8 PM
- 19 Venus at greatest elongation east (47 degrees)
- 22 New Moon at 1:27 PM
- 25 Uranus 1.1 degrees south of Neptune
- 27 Moon 5 degrees north of Venus at 12:01 AM
- 30 First Quarter Moon at 6:20 PM
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- PROMINENT CONSTELLATIONS IN THE EVENING SKY:
- Cygnus low in the northeast. Pegasus in the southwest.
- Andromeda high in the west. Orion in the south-southeast.
- Taurus in the south. Gemini and Auriga high in the east.
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- PROMINENT PLANETS IN THE EVENING SKY: Mars, high
- in the East next to the Gemini twins. Venus low in the
- southwest.
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- PLEASE NOTE: If you have any questions about the above
- information, please direct them to the author:
- Ken Wilson
- Director
- Ethyl Universe Planetarium and Space Theater
- Science Museum of Virginia
- 2500 West Broad St.
- Richmond, VA 23220
- (804)-367-0457 (voic
- (804)-367-9348 (FAX)
- kwilson@vdoe386.k12ed.edu (EMAIL)
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