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planatery events 2012

  • August 24 - Neptune at Opposition. The blue planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. This is the best time to view Neptune. Due to its distance, it will only appear as a tiny blue dot in all but the most powerful telescopes.
     
     
  • August 31 - Full Moon. The Moon will be directly opposite the Earth from the Sun and will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 13:58 UTC. Since this is the second full moon in the same month, it is known as a blue moon. This rare calendar event only happens once every few years, giving rise to the term, “once in a blue moon.”

  • September 22 - September Equinox. The September equinox occurs at 14:49 UTC. The Sun will shine directly on the equator and there will be nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. This is also the first day of fall (autumnal equinox) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of spring (vernal equinox) in the southern hemisphere.
  • September 29 - Uranus at Opposition. The blue-green planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. This is the best time to view Uranus. Due to its distance, it will only appear as a tiny blue-green dot in all but the most powerful telescopes.
     

  • November 13 - Total Solar Eclipse. The path of totality will only be visible in parts of extreme northern Australia and the southern Pacific Ocean. A partial eclipse will be visible in most parts of eastern Australia and New Zealand.


  • November 27 - Conjunction of Venus and Saturn. These two bright planets will be within 1 degree of each other in the morning sky. Look to the east around sunrise.

  • November 28 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse. The eclipse will be visible throughout most of Europe, eastern Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific Ocean, and North America.
  • December 3 - Jupiter at Opposition. The giant planet will be at its closest approach to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the Sun. This is the best time to view and photograph Jupiter and its moons.
  • December 21 - December Solstice. The December solstice occurs at 11:12 UTC. The South Pole of the earth will be tilted toward the Sun, which will have reached its southernmost position in the sky and will be directly over the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.44 degrees south latitude. This is the first day of winter (winter solstice) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of summer (summer solstice) in the southern hemisphere.

     

    Meteor shower calendar 2012

    Shower        
                      Interval
     Maximum
    June Bootids
    Jun 21 - Jul 01
    Jun 23
    July
    Piscis Austrinids
    Jul 15 - Aug 09
    Jul 27
    South. delta-Aquarids
    Jul 12 - Aug 18
    Jul 28
    alpha-Capricornids
    Jul 02 - Aug 15
    Jul 30
    August
    Perseids
    Jul 16 - Aug 25
    Aug 12
    kappa-Cygnids
    Aug 03 - Aug 26
    Aug 17
    alpha-Aurigids
    Aug 24 - Sep 07
    Aug 31
    September
    September Perseids
    Sep 04 - Sep 17
    Sep 09
    kappa-Aquarids
    Sep 07 - Oct 01
    Sep 21
    October
    Draconids
    Oct 07 - Oct 11
    Oct 08
    Orionids
    Oct 01 - Nov 10
    Oct 21
    Leo Minorids
    Oct 19 - Oct 26
    Oct 23
    November
    Southern Taurids
    Sep 24 - Nov 26
    Nov 05
    Northern Taurids
    Sep 24 - Nov 26
    Nov 10
    Leonids
    Nov 08 - Nov 27
    Nov 17
    alpha-Monocerotids
    Nov 15 - Nov 24
    Nov 21
    December
    December Phoenicids
    Nov 28 - Dec 08
    Dec 06
    Puppid/Velids
    Nov 30 - Dec 14
    Dec 06
    Monocerotids
    Nov 18 - Dec 17
    Dec 07
    sigma-Hydrids
    Nov 29 - Dec 21
    Dec 10
    Geminids
    Nov 30 - Dec 18
    Dec 13
    Coma Berenicids
    Dec 04 - Feb 01
    Dec 19......
    Ursids
    Dec 17 - Dec 25
    Dec 22



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