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Sky happenings for the month of December 2015
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Sky happenings for the month of January 2016
  
 
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|Last Quarter || 03 December 2015 || 07:40
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|Last Quarter || 02 January 2015 || 05:30
 
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|New || 11 December 2015 || 10:29
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|New || 10 January 2016 || 01:31
 
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|First Quarter || 18 December 2015 || 15:14
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|First Quarter || 16 January 2016 || 23:26
 
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|Full || 25 December 2015 || 11:11
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|Full || 24 January 2016 || 01:46
 
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==  Meteor Showers<ref name="RASC"/>==
 
==  Meteor Showers<ref name="RASC"/>==
Geminids - 14 December 2015
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Quadrantids - 04 January 2016
 
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Ursids - 23 December 2015
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== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
 
== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
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02 January 2016 - Earth at perihelion
  
 
==Night Sky==
 
==Night Sky==
Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 December 2015 at 22:30 MST. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.<br>
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Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 January 2016 at 22:30 MST. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.<br>
We now have the winter constellations overhead with [[Taurus]] and [[Orion]] being prominent. This brings up the unaided eye clusters of the [[Hyades]] and the [[M45|Pleiades]] over head. Both of these clusters are best either unaided eye or with binoculars. Also prominent is the [[M42|Orion Nebula]] just under the belt of Orion. All of these are worth a look.
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We now have the winter constellations overhead with [[Taurus]] and [[Orion]] being prominent. This brings up the unaided eye clusters of the [[Hyades]] and the [[M45|Pleiades]] over head. Both of these clusters are best either unaided eye or with binoculars. Also prominent is the [[M42|Orion Nebula]] just under the belt of Orion. All of these are worth a look. The magnificent open cluster [[M44]] in the constellation of [[Cancer]] is also coming overhead later in the evening. If you have a telescope the fainter open cluster [[M67]] is also in Cancer.
  
 
A little off the beaten path are three nice [[open cluster|open clusters]] [[M36]], [[M37]], and [[M38]]. These three clusters are in the constellation of [[Auriga]] which is directly north of Orion (on top of Orion for those in the Northern Hemisphere].
 
A little off the beaten path are three nice [[open cluster|open clusters]] [[M36]], [[M37]], and [[M38]]. These three clusters are in the constellation of [[Auriga]] which is directly north of Orion (on top of Orion for those in the Northern Hemisphere].
  
[[Image:sky_dec_2015.png|15 Dec 2015 Sky]]
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[[Image:sky_jan_2016.png|15 Jan 2016 Sky]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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[[Category:Astronomical]]
 
[[Category:Astronomical]]

Revision as of 19:30, 3 January 2016

Sky happenings for the month of January 2016

Note all times and dates in UTC unless otherwise specified.

Contents

Lunar Phases[1]

Phase Date (UTC) Time (UTC)
Last Quarter 02 January 2015 05:30
New 10 January 2016 01:31
First Quarter 16 January 2016 23:26
Full 24 January 2016 01:46

Meteor Showers[1]

Quadrantids - 04 January 2016

Other events[1]

02 January 2016 - Earth at perihelion

Night Sky

Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 January 2016 at 22:30 MST. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.
We now have the winter constellations overhead with Taurus and Orion being prominent. This brings up the unaided eye clusters of the Hyades and the Pleiades over head. Both of these clusters are best either unaided eye or with binoculars. Also prominent is the Orion Nebula just under the belt of Orion. All of these are worth a look. The magnificent open cluster M44 in the constellation of Cancer is also coming overhead later in the evening. If you have a telescope the fainter open cluster M67 is also in Cancer.

A little off the beaten path are three nice open clusters M36, M37, and M38. These three clusters are in the constellation of Auriga which is directly north of Orion (on top of Orion for those in the Northern Hemisphere].

15 Jan 2016 Sky

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information from the RASC Observer's Handbook
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