... May 8 New Moon May 15 Uranus is 1.1° northwest of Mars May 16 First Quarter Moon May 21 Asteroid Ceres passes 1' south of Delta Librae May 23 Full Moon May 30 Last Quarter Moon HISTORIAN: OBSERVING: ...
... J J J J J J J une une une une une une une 7 13 14 21 22 28 29 First quarter Moon Asteroid 12 Victoria (mag 8.8) is 17' north of Eta Ophiuchi Full Moon Last quarter Moon Uranus 3° North of Mars Latest Sunset New Moon HISTORIAN: OBSERVING: ...
... Nov 6 Full Moon Nov 14 Last Quarter Moon (Moonrise at midnight) Nov 17 Leonid meteors peak Nov 22 New Moon Nov 24 Asteroid 139 Juewa occults 2UCAC 45480722 (6:58 UT) Nov 29 First Quarter Moon (Moonset at midnight) Dec 6 Full Moon, Aldebaran 1.4-deg S. of ...
... Saturday program consists of the following talks: "A Rapid, Accurate Method of Determining the Distance to Near-Earth Asteroids" Lisa Glukhovsky; "Lowell Observatory and Mars", Dr. Peter Boyce; "Canals and Craters: Mars and the Limits of Telescopic Vision ...
... Old Business: None New Business: Ken Launie brought in some family archival information about Joel Metcalf, amateur telescope maker, builder of 3 of Harvard University's astrographs and an asteroid discover. ...
... Dr. Lucy McFadden, scientist with NASA's DAWN Mission will tell us about some incredible new science headed towards our very own asteroid belt. ...
... of Comet ISON by the Sun during its passage through perihelion, Comet Lovejoy, the January 3rd Quadrantid meteor shower (which will radiate near the handle of the Big Dipper), and the expected occultation of a named star by an asteroid on January 4 ...
... Brian Marsden announced that in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of spaceflight the 100,000 asteroid discovered would be named "Astronautica" by the IAU committee. ...