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1997 Observer's Calendar (PDF) Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Observer’s Calendar 1997 Cassiopeia’s Milky Way The Milky Way runs through the centre of the constellation s “W, ” which begins in the upper middle of the photo and extends to the right. The Double Cluster lies below the emission regions IC 1805 and 1848. In the west, NGC 7822 also invites the observer with an OIII filter, as does the more compact NGC 281 near alpha Cass. JANUARY Photo by Ian Fisher SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY West East DECEMBER FEBRUARY Set 11:30 11:31 Rise 0:32 0:22 The given times must be adjusted Rise 1:38 1:24 Rise 2:45 2:27 Rise Set 11:55 11:59 Set 12:22 12:30 Set 12:54 13:04 for location. Instructions are given s MT W T F S S M T W T F S 3rd Quarter 20:45 in the back o f the calendar. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Sunrise 8:03 7:38 Sunset 16:08 16:32 Please see back pages for additional information on the 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 photos and this calendar. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 New Year's Day Wilhelm Beer bom 200 years ago, Quadrantid meteors peak 1st to map dark areas of Mars West East Rise 3:54 3:32 Rise 5:02 4:38 6:07 5:41 Rise 7:06 6:41 Rise 7:57 7:35 Rise 8:40 8:23 Rise 9:17 9:04 Set 13:31 13:45 Set 14:17 14:32 Set 15:12 15:28 7 Set 16:18 16:32 8 Set 17:31 17:42 Set 18:50 18:56 10 Set 20:09 20:11 11 New Moon 23:26 Sunrise 7:59 7:37 Sunset 16:17 16:40 West East Rise 9:50 9:41 Rise 10:19 10:16 Rise 10:48 10:48 Rise 11:16 11:21 Set 1:10 0:55 Set 2:19 2:00 3:24 3:02 Set 21:28 21:25 12 Set 22:45 22:38 13 Set 23:59 23:47 14 Set 15 Rise 11:46 11:55 16 Rise 12:19 12:31 17 12:56 13:10 18 1st Quarter 15:02 Sunrise 7:54 7:33 Sunset 16:28 16:49 Saturn 2° S of Moon 23h West East Set 4:24 4:01 Set 5:19 4:55 Set 6:07 5:43 Set 6:49 6:27 Set 7:25 7:06 Set 7:56 7:40 Set 8:24 8:12 Rise 13:38 13:53 19 Rise 14:25 14:40 20 Rise 15:17 15:31 21 Rise 16:13 16:26 22 Rise 17:11 17:22 23 18:12 18:19 24 Rise 19:13 19:17 25 Full Moon 10:11 Sunrise 7:46 7:27 Sunset 16:39 16:58 Aldebaran 0.7° S of Moon Roberta Bondar 1st Canadian woman Occultation in space, 5 years ago Mercury Greatest Elongation W (25°) West East Set 8:49 8:40 Set 9:12 9:08 Set 9:36 9:35 Set 10:00 10:02 Set 10:25 10:31 Rise 0:29 0:13 Rise 20:15 20:15 26 Rise 21:17 21:13 27 Rise 22:20 22:12 28 Rise 23:24 23:12 29 Rise 30 Set 10:54 11:03 31 3rd Quarter 14:40 Mars 3° N of Moon Orion’s Sword A Schmidt camera makes possible this extraordinary and deep image o f Orion from the easternmost belt star (zeta) to M42 itself The familiar Horsehead and NGC 2024 by zeta give way to soaring sheets o f nebulosity which shoot beyond the belt star to the Orion Nebula and show how the entire region is bathed in luminosity. FEBRUARY Photo by John Mirtle SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY JANUARY MARCH Rise 1:35 1:15 1 The given times must be adjusted Set 11:27 11:39 for location. Instructions are given S M T W T F S S M T W T F S in the back o f the calendar. 1 2 3 4 1 Sunrise 7:36 7:20 Sunset 16:52 17:08 Please see back pages for additional information on the 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 photos and this calendar. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Venus 1.0° S of Neptune 5h West East Rise 2:41 2:18 2 Rise 3:45 3:21 3 Rise 4:46 4:21 Rise 5:41 5:18 5 Rise 6:29 6:09 Rise 7:10 6:54 7 Rise 7:46 7:35 8 Set 12:07 12:21 Set 12:56 13:11 Set 13:54 14:09 4 Set 15:02 15:15 Set 16:18 16:27 6 Set 17:39 17:43 Set 19:00 19:00 New Moon 10:06 Sunrise 7:25 7:11 Sunset 17:04 17:18 Venus 0.2° S of Uranus 6h Venus 0.3° S of Jupiter 18h Mercury 1.4° S of Neptune 14h West East Rise 8:18 8:12 9 Rise 8:49 8:47 1 0 Rise 9:18 9:21 1 1 Rise 9:49 9:56 1 2 Set 0:07 1 3 Set 1:14 0:54 1 4 Set 2:17 1:54 1 5 Set 20:21 20:16 Set 21:39 21:30 Set 22:55 22:41 Set 23:49 Rise 10:21 10:32 Rise 10:58 11:11 Rise 11:38 11:53 1st Quarter 3:57 Sunrise 7:12 7:01 Sunset 17:17 17:28 100-ton Sikhote-Alin meteorite, largest this century, 50 years ago Mercury 1.0° S of Jupiter 8h Valentine's Day Saturn 1.8° S of Moon 11h Mercury 0.9° S of Uranus 18h Aldebaran 0.6° S of Moon 5h West East 1 6 Set 3:14 2:50 Set 4:04 3:41 1 7 Set 4:48 4:26 1 8 Set 5:26 5:06 1 9 Set 5:58 5:42 2 0 Set 6:27 6:14 2 1 Set 6:53 6:44 2 2 Rise 12:23 12:39 Rise 13:13 13:28 Rise 14:07 14:21 Rise 15:05 15:16 Rise 16:04 16:12 Rise 17:05 17:10 Rise 18:07 18:08 — Full Moon 5:27 Sunrise 6:59 6:50 Sunset 17:29 17:38 John Glenn: 1st US manned orbital Ian Shelton discovers 1st "Canadian" Jupiter 0.2° N of Uranus 2h flight, 35 years ago supernova, 10 years ago West East 2 3 Set 7:18 7:12 Set 7:41 7:39 2 4 Set 8:05 8:06 2 5 Set 8:30 8:35 2 6 Set 8:57 9:05 Rise 19:09 19:06 Rise 20:12 20:05 Rise 21:15 21:04 Rise 22:19 22:05 Rise 23:24 23:05 2 7 S e t 9:28 9:39 28 The March of Comets In March o f 1996, Hyakutake 1996B most closely approached Earth, just as Hale-Bopp will do one year later. The top left portrait o f 1996B shows the spike emanating from the nucleus. That comet s fluorescence and tail structure dominate the photos at top right and bottom left. The bottom right photo comes from April when our perspective changed to show both gas and dust tails to best advantage. MARCH Photo credits (clockwise from bottom left): John Mirtle, Murray Paulson, Leo Enright, Murray Paulson SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY FEBRUARY APRIL Rise 0:28 0:07 The given times must be adjusted Set 10:04 10:18 1 for location. Instructions are given S M T W T F S S M T WTFS in the back o f the calendar. Sunrise 6:44 6:38 1 1 2 3 4 5 Sunset 17:41 17:48 Please see back pages for 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 additional information on the photos and this calendar. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 West East Rise 1:31 1:08 Rise 2:32 2:07 Rise 3:27 3:03 Rise 4:17 3:55 Rise 5:01 4:42 Rise 5:39 5:25 Rise 6:13 6:04 Set 10:48 11:03 Set 11:40 11:55 Set 12:41 12:55 Set 13:51 14:01 Set 15:07 15:14 6 Set 16:27 16:29 Set 17:48 17:46 8 3rd Quarter 4:38 New Moon 20:14 Sunrise 6:29 6:25 Sunset 17:53 17:57 V.
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