SKYLINE - Info about Astro events

Important note: The times of the events are for Munich and in MEZ or MESZ, if applicable !!




August 2010



Day Time (MESZ) Event
01 Sun 21h30 Mars (1.5) 2° lower left of Saturn (1.1)
02 Mon 00:11 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
03 Tue- 04 Wed 4h comet 10P/Tempel 2 (ca. 9) near 28 Cet (5.6), 30 Cet (5.7) and eta Cet (3.5)
03 Tue 06:59 Moon: last quarter
05 Thu 04:00 Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins
06 Fri 02:16.3 Moon occults 103 Tau (5.5, multiple) until 03:08.6
08 Sun 21h30 Venus (-4.2) 3° lower left of Saturn (1.1)
09 Mon 02:05 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
09 Mon 22:51 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse ends
10 Tue 05:08 New Moon
13 Fri 4h Perseid meteor shower: best observing conditions
13 Fri 21h Moon 7° lower left of Venus (-4.3) and Mars (1.5), difficult
16 Mon 03:59 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
16 Mon 20:14 Moon: first quarter
16 Mon 23:43 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse until 02:52
17 Tue 22:28 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
19 Thu 21h Venus (-4.3) 2° below Mars (1.5)
22 Sun 22:32 Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins
23 Mon 05:53 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
24 Tue 03:43 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse begins
24 Tue 19:05 Full Moon
25 Wed 00:22 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
27 Fri 01:37.9 Moon occults 19 Psc (5.0) until 02:29.1
27 Fri 5h30 Moon 7° upper right of Jupiter (-2.9)
30 Mon 01:09 Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins
31 Tue 03:06.0 Moon occults 47 Ari (5.8) until 04:16.0
31 Tue 20h30 Venus (-4.4) 1° below Spica (1.1)



Check easily visible satellite passes for Munich.


Visibility of planets in August:

Mercury: in Leo; invisible
Venus: in Virgo; W evening sky
Mars: in Virgo; until mid-August in the western evening sky
Jupiter: in Pisces; almost all the night
Saturn: in Virgo; until mid-August in the western evening sky
Uranus: in Pisces; almost all the night
Neptune: in Aquarius; almost all the night





September 2010



Day Time (MESZ) Event
01 Wed 1h Moon 1° lower right of M45 the Pleiades
01 Wed 02:16 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
01 Wed 05:41.3 Moon occults 33 Tau (6.0, double) at dawn
01 Wed 19:22 Moon: last quarter
02 Thu 20h30 Venus (-4.4), Spica (1.1) and Mars (1.5) form a straight line, difficult at dusk
04 Sat 0h Asteroid (8)Flora (8.3) 3' lower right of NGC 7723 galaxy (11.9)
05 Sun 1h Asteroid (8)Flora (8.3) 8' lower left of SAO 165804 (5.7)
06 Mon 03:47 Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins
08 Wed 04:11 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
08 Wed 12:30 New Moon
09 Thu 22:39 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
10 Fri 1h Comet 103P/Hartley 2 (ca. 11) near 2 And (5.1) and omicron And (3.6)
11 Sat 15h Lunar crescent 1° below Venus (-4.5), difficult, also observe at dusk
13 Mon 3h Comet 10P/Tempel 2 (ca. 9) 5' left of NGC 648 galaxy (ca. 14)
13 Mon 06:24 Jupiter: Europa eclipse begins, difficult at dawn
15 Wed 06:05 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
15 Wed 07:50 Moon: first quarter
17 Fri 00:34 Jupiter: Io eclipse begins
18 Sat International Observe the Moon Night
18 Sat 19:40.1 Moon occults rho Cap (4.9, multiple) until 20:30.0
19 Sun 1h Jupiter (-2.9) 48' below Uranus (5.7)
21 Tue Jupiter's closest approach to Earth between 1963 and 2022
21 Tue 19:48 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse until 22:53
23 Thu 02:29.2 Moon occults 16 Psc (5.7, double) until 03:31.4
23 Thu 6h Moon 6° right of Jupiter (-2.9) and Uranus (5.7)
23 Thu 11:17 Full Moon
24 Fri 01:08 Jupiter: Europa eclipse ends
24 Fri 04:42 Jupiter: Io eclipse ends
25 Sat 23:11 Jupiter: Io eclipse ends
29 Wed 02:53 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse ends
30 Thu 05:05.1 Moon occults 121 Tau (5.4) until 06:26.2



Visibility of planets in September:

Mercury: in Leo; ca. 14.-21.9. eastern morning sky
Venus: in Virgo/Libra; W evening sky
Mars: in Virgo; invisible
Jupiter: in Pisces; almost all the night
Saturn: in Virgo; invisible
Uranus: in Pisces; almost all the night
Neptune: in Aquarius; almost all the night


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