This Months Events
| Date(s) |
Event Description |
| 2 |
Evening: Saturn is 8° left of the rising Moon |
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| 2-17 |
Evening: The zodiacal light is visible from dark sites at mid-northern latitudes. A tall pyramid of pearly light should appear above the fading western twilight starting about 80 minutes after sunset. |
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| 12 |
The Moon is at apogee |
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| 13 |
The Moon passes 4° north of Neptune |
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| 14 |
Daylight Savings Time begins at 2am |
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| 16 |
Dusk: A thin crescent Moon passes 7° to the lower right of Venus |
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| 17 |
Dusk: A thin crescent Moon passes 10° above Venus |
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| 20 |
Spring is here: Vernal equinox occurs at 11:32am MDT |
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| 20 |
Evening: The waxing crescent Moon is very close to the Pleiades |
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| 21 |
Saturn is at opposition |
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| 21 |
Saturn's rings tilt 3.2° to our line of sight |
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| 25 |
The Moon passes 5° south of Mars |
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| 29 |
The Moon passes 8° south of Saturn |
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| 30 |
Mercury is easy to see 30-45 minutes after sunset |
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Source: Sky & Telescope, Astronomy Magazines
Keeper of Secrets
| Object Name |
Const |
Type |
RA |
Dec |
Mag |
Size |
| &iota Cancri |
Can |
DS |
8h 46.7m |
+28° 46' |
4.1, 6.0 |
31" |
| 57 Cancri |
Can |
DS |
8h 54.2m |
+30° 35' |
6.1, 6.4, 9.2 |
1.5",5.5" |
| IC 2233 |
Lyn |
Gal |
8h 14.0m |
+45° 45' |
12.6 |
4.7' x 0.5' |
| Inchworm |
Lyn |
Ast |
9h 05.9m |
+38° 16' |
4.3 |
46' |
| JnEr 1 |
Lyn |
PNe |
7h 57.9m |
+53° 25' |
12.1 |
6.8' x 6.0' |
| NGC 2419 |
Lyn |
GC |
7h 38.1m |
+38° 53' |
10.4 |
5.5' |
| NGC 2424 |
Lyn |
Gal |
7h 40.7m |
+39° 14' |
12.6 |
3.8' x 0.5' |
| NGC 2537 |
Lyn |
Gal |
8h 13.2m |
+45° 59' |
11.7 |
1.7' x 1.5' |
| NGC 2537A |
Lyn |
Gal |
8h 13.7m |
+46° 00' |
15.4 |
0.6' |
| NGC 2683 |
Lyn |
Gal |
8h 52.7m |
+33° 25' |
9.8 |
9.3' x 2.1' |
| NGC 2782 |
Lyn |
Gal |
9h 14.1m |
+40° 07' |
11.6 |
3.5' x 2.6' |
Sky & Telescope, Deep-Sky Wonders by Sue French, March 2010, p. 61