SKYLINE - Info about Astro events

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




May 2013



Day Time (MESZ) Event
02 Thu 13:14 Moon: last quarter (topocentric: 14:55)
02 Thu 22h Jupiter (-2.0) 3' right of SAO 76962 (7.1)
07 Tue 0h asteroid (40)Harmonia (10.7) 4' upper left of M61 galaxy (9.7)
07 Tue 4h asteroid (22)Kalliope 811.4) 5' lower left of M87 galaxy 88.6)
07 Tue 05:04.3 Moon occults delta Psc (4.4, double) until 05:49.8
07 Tue 05:32.7 Moon: end of occultation of 62 Psc (5.9)
07 Tue 14h maximum of eta-Aquariids meteor shower (observe earlier and later)
08 Wed 2h asteroid (22)Kalliope (11.4) 5' lower left of NGC 4487 galaxy (11.2)
09 Thu 16:44.6 Moon occults Mars (1.3) until 17:55.9, daytime event
10 Fri 02:28 New Moon (topocentric: 02:18), annular solar eclipse in Australia and Pacific
10 Fri 21h Moon 4° below Venus (-3.9), difficult
12 Sun 21.3h Moon 3° right of Jupiter (-2.0)
13 Mon 21:15.6 Moon occults SAO 95485 (7.0) until 22:10.8
13 Mon 23h comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) (ca. 7.5) 12' upper right of gamma Cep (3.2)
18 Sat 06:34 Moon: first quarter (topocentric: 06:07)
21 Tue 23:09.3 Moon occults psi Vir (4.8, double) until 00:17.9
22 Wed 21:24 Jupiter: Io eclipse ends
24 Fri 21.6h Mercury (-0.9) 1.4° upper left of Venus (-3.9) - observe the Mercury-Venus-Jupiter triangle until 28.05.
25 Sat 00:10.6 Moon occults lambda Lib (5.0, double) until 00:40.2
25 Sat 06:25 Full Moon (topocentric: 07:04), penumbral lunar eclipse
27 Mon 0h asteroid (25)Phocaea (10.1) 6' upper left of 14 Ser (6.5)
27 Mon 21.7h Mercury (-0.7) 2.4° upper right of Jupiter (-1.9)
27 Mon 22.5h dwarf planet (1)Ceres (8.8) 11' above iota Gem (3.8)
28 Tue 21.7h Venus (-3.9) 1.0° upper right of Jupiter
29 Wed 22.6h dwarf planet (1)Ceres (8.8) 4' lower left of 65 Gem (5.0)
30 Thu 21:17 Jupiter: Ganymede eclipse ends
31 Fri 20:58 Moon: last quarter (topocentric: 21:11)



Visibility of planets in May:

Mercury: in Taurus, end of May in the western evening sky
Venus: in Taurus, end of May in the western evening sky
Mars: in Aries/Taurus, invisible
Jupiter: in Taurus; western evening sky
Saturn: in Libra/Virgo; almost all the night
Uranus: in Pisces; invisible
Neptune: in Aquarius; invisible







June 2013



Day Time (MEZ) Event
07 Fri 14h maximum of daytime Arietids meteors (ZHR = 54)
08 Sat 17:56 New Moon (topocentric: 17:48)
09 Sun 13h maximum of daytime zeta-Perseids (ZHR = 20)
10 Mon 3h comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) (8.5) 5° upper right of M31 the Andromeda Galaxy
10 Mon 22h Moon 7° lower left of Venus (-3.9) and Mercury (0.4), difficult
11 Tue 0h Saturn (0.4) 1' left of TYC 5558 475 (10.5), with Rhea (9.9) below it
14 Fri 22:21.0 Moon occults 14 Sex (6.2, double) until 23:03.5
15 Sat 23:52 Moon occults 55 Leo (5.9) until 0:09
16 Sun 19:10 Moon: first quarter (topocentric: 18:15)
16 Sun 23:25 Saturn rings occult TYC 5558 359 (11.1), difficult
18 Tue 23h Moon 50' lower left of Spica (1.1)
19 Wed 0h comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS) (9.5) 0.5° lower left of beta UMi
19 Wed 1h Moon: Golden Handle visible
19 Wed 22h Moon 5° below Saturn (0.4)
20 Thu 22h Mercury (1.3) 2° lower left of Venus (-3.9), difficult
21 Fri 07:04 Sun: Northern solstice
23 Sun 13:32 Full Moon (topocentric: 13:17)
27 Thu 02:38.5 Moon occults 46 Cap (5.1) until 03:52.0
30 Sun 06:54 Moon: last quarter (topocentric: 07:56)



Visibility of planets in June:

Mercury: in Gemini, begin of June in the western evening sky
Venus: in Gemini/Cancer, western evening sky
Mars: in Taurus, invisible
Jupiter: in Taurus; invisible
Saturn: in Virgo; almost all the night
Uranus: in Pisces; eastern morning sky
Neptune: in Aquarius; eastern morning sky




For more information please consult Heavens Above or Calsky.

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