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Moon and Jupiter
Published on 7 Feb 2011 at 18:04.
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Monday 7th February 2011
Click here for enlarge image – Jupiter 6 degrees from Crescent Moon tonight. The photo was captured by Derekscope (Derek Rowley).
Thin Crescent Moon
Published on 2 Feb 2011 at 00:21.
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Friday 4th February 2011 @ 17:00 / 5pm
Good opportunity for photo!
Keep your eye on the western twilight sky just after sunset, waxing crescent Moon – only 2% sunlit that should be an amazing slight, if your skies are clear.
Moon
Moon age :- 0.57 day old
Moon sets :- 17:42 / 5.42pm
Constellation :- Capricornus (The Sea Goat)
Disk [...]
Venus and Moon
Published on 28 Jan 2011 at 00:00.
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Sunday 30th January 2011
The Crescent Moon, only 13% sunlit, lies just over 4 degrees south of brilliant white planet, Venus in the early morning at the SouthEast, best view from around 06.45 / 6.45am.
Catch Venus and Antares (orange star) in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion) rising in the SouthEast just after 05:00 / 5am.
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Triangle (Moon, Saturn & Spica)
Published on 24 Jan 2011 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 25th January 2011
Click here for the SkyMap to diagram for triangle.
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Moon :- Sea of Crises
Published on 18 Nov 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 18th November 2010
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Sea of Crises
Watch night fall across the Sea of Crises on the Moon that a basalt-filled impact basin in 376 miles in diameter and more than 3.8 billion years old. It’s got some killer mountains around it – good place for exploring right after a Full Moon on [...]
The First Sunrise of Autumn
Published on 24 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 24th September 2010
Autumn Sunrise
Yesterday if you saw a sun rise in the morning that the first sunrise of Autumn where the photo was showed above and captured by Monika Landy-Gyebnar woke up early and went outside at dawn to photograph the first sunrise of autumn!
The sight of this Super Harvest Moon beaming
through the trees
Above a [...]
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Harvest Moon
Published on 23 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 23rd September 2010
If you saw a Full Moon last night that the action begun at sunset last night (Sept 22nd), the last day of northern summer. As the sun sunk in the west, bringing the season to a close, the full Harvest Moon will rise in the east, heralding the start of Autumn. The two sources [...]
Moon – Lunar Maria
Published on 20 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 20th September 2010
Can you see the image of “the Man in the Moon”?
Have a look as the Moon approaches full - The eyes are made from Mare Imbrium and Mare Tranquilitatis, the nose from Sinus Aestuum, and the mouth from Mare Nubium (see image above). The map helps you figure out which maria is which.
Though [...]
International Observe the Moon Night (InOMN)
Published on 17 Sep 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 17th September 2010
Did you know?
Tomorrow on Saturday 18th September 2010 will mark the first ever International Observe the Moon Night!
This year’s InOMN will be used as our pilot year to inform us on how to make it better and more interactive. They are testing the waters and would love to hear from you about [...]
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Moon – Did you know?
Published on 25 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 25th July 2010
Could people live on the Moon?
There is no atmosphere on the Moon, so you would not be able to breathe. It is possible to set up scientific bases there, but anyone walking on the Moon would need a spacesuit.
Moon Facts:-
An astronaut last walked on the Moon in 1973.
The Moon is bigger than [...]
