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Csillagászati Évkönyv 1979 CSILLAGÁSZATI ÉVKÖNYV 1979 CSILLAGASZATI ÉVKÖNYV az 1979. évre Szerkesztette a TIT Csillagászati és Űrkutatási Szakosztályainak Országos Választmánya az Eötvös Loránd Fizikai Társulat Csillagászati Csoportjának a MTESZ Központi Asztronautikai Szakosztályának közreműködésével A mmnkr wrertun .......... ............. gIihIuL'U Kllldó? Budapest 1978 Címképünk: A Szaturnusz 1974. március 10-én (A Lunar and Planetary Labo ratory felvétele) A hátsó borítón: Az űrrepülőgép (Space Shuttle) ISSN 0526-233X © Gondolat Kiadó 1978 CSILLAGÁSZATI ADATOK AZ 1979. ÉVRE Az adatokat összeállították az MTA Napfizikai Obszervatórium kutatói I. JANUÁR KÖZÉP-EURÓPAI zónaidőben (KözEI) Budapesten A NAP A HOLD napjai A HOLD fény­ hányadik hányadik változásai HÉT kel delel nyugszik kel nyugszik DÁTUM Év A hete Év napja h m h m h m h m h m h m 1 H 1 1 7 32 11 48 16 03 9 13 19 42 2 K 2 7 32 11 48 16 04 9 52 20 57 3 Sz 3 7 32 11 48 16 05 10 25 22 12 4 Cs 4 7 32 11 49 16 06 10 57 23 23 5 P 5 7 32 11 49 16 07 11 27 — D 12 16 6, Sz 6 7 32 11 50 16 08 11 56 0 33 7 V 7 7 31 11 50 16 09 12 28 1 39 8 H 2 8 7 31 11 51 16 10 13 01 2 44 9 K 9 7 31 11 51 16 12 13 38 3 45 10 Sz 10 7 30 11 52 16 13 14 20 4 43 11 Cs 11 7 30 11 52 16 14 15 06 5 37 12 P 12 7 30 11 52 16 15 15 55 6 24 13 Sz 13 7 29 11 53 16 17 16 49 7 08 O 08 09 14 V 14 7 28 11 53 16 18 17 45 7 45 15 H 3 15 7 28 11 53 16 19 18 43 8 19 16 K 16 7 27 11 54 16 21 19 43 8 50 17 Sz 17 7 27 11 54 16 22 20 42 9 17 18 Cs 18 7 26 11 54 16 23 21 43 9 43 19 P 19 7 25 11 55 16 25 22 45 10 09 20 Sz 20 7 24 11 55 16 26 23 48 10 35 21 V 21 7 24 11 55 16 28 _ 11 04 d 12 24 22 H 4 22 7 22 11 56 16 29 0 53 11 36 23 K 23 7 21 11 56 16 31 2 00 12 12 24 Sz 24 7 21 11 56 16 32 3 07 12 55 25 Cs 25 7 20 11 56 16 34 4 14 13 47 26 P 26 7 18 11 57 16 35 5 17 14 48 27 Sz 27 7 17 11 57 16 37 6 14 15 57 28 V 28 7 16 11 57 16 38 7 03 17 13 • 07 20 29 H 5 29 7 15 11 57 16 40 7 46 18 31 30 K 30 7 14 11 57 16 41 8 22 19 49 31 Sz 31 7 13 11 58 16 43 8 56 21 05 Hold: 15-én 04h-kor földtávolban 28-án 1 lh-kor földközelben I HÓNAP Oh világidőkor NAP HOLD Julián Csillagidő dátum (A = 0h-nál) 2443 ... látszó RA D sugara RA D O / h m s h m O / / // h m ...874,5 6 40 12,418 18 43,4 -23 04 16 17 20 49,2 -14 27 875,5 6 44 08,976 18 47,8 22 59 16 17 21 48,7 11 00 876,5 6 48 05,531 18 52,2 22 54 16 18 22 45,5 6 57 877,5 6 52 02,084 18 56,6 22 48 16 18 23 40,0 - 2 36 878,5 6 55 58,636 19 01,0 22 42 16 18 0 32,5 + 1 47 879,5 6 59 55,189 19 05,4 22 35 16 18 1 23,9 5 57 880,5 7 03 51,743 19 09,8 22 28 16 17 2 14,6 9 43 881,5 7 07 48,299 19 14.1 22 21 16 17 3 05,3 12 57 882,5 7 11 44,857 19 18,5 22 13 16 17 3 56,1 15 31 883,5 7 15 41,416 19 22,9 22 04 16 17 4 47,1 17 19 884,5 7 19 37,976 19 27,2 21 56 16 17 5 38,2 18 18 885,5 7 23 34,536 19 31,6 21 46 16 17 6 29,1 18 26 886,5 7 27 31,095 19 35,9 21 37 16 17 7 19,4 17 44 887,5 7 31 27,654 19 40,2 21 27 16 17 8 08,8 16 16 888,5 7 35 24,211 19 44,5 21 16 16 17 8 57,1 14 07 889,5 7 39 20,766 19 48,8 21 05 16 17 9 44,4 11 23 890,5 7 43 17,320 19 53,1 20 54 16 17 10 30,7 8 11 891,5 7 47 13,872 19 57,4 20 42 16 17 11 16,5 4 39 892,5 7 51 10,424 20 01,6 20 30 16 17 12 02,2 + 0 53 893,5 7 55 06,975 20 05,9 20 18 16 17 12 48,6 - 2 57 894,5 7 59 03,527 20 10,1 20 05 16 17 13 36,3 6 45 895,5 8 03 00,080 20 14,4 19 51 16 17 14 26,1 10 21 896,5 8 06 56,636 20 18,6 19 38 16 17 15 18,5 13 33 897,5 8 10 53,194 20 22,8 19 24 16 16 16 14,1 16 08 898,5 8 14 49,754 20 27,0 19 09 16 16 17 12,9 17 50 899,5 8 18 46,316 20 31,1 18 55 16 16 18 14,3 18 25 900,5 8 22 42,878 20 35,3 18 40 16 16 19 17,4 17 45 901,5 8 26 39,438 20 39,5 18 24 16 16 20 20,5 15 48 902,5 8 30 35,995 20 43,6 18 09 16 16 21 22,4 12 44 903,5 8 34 32,549 20 47,7 17 53 16 16 22 22,2 8 50 904,5 8 38 29,101 20 51,8 -17 36 16 16 23 19,6 - 4 27 Föld: 4-én 23h34m-kor napközeiben (KözEI) 5 I. FEBRUÁR KÖZÉP-EURÓPAI zónaidöben (KözEI) Budapesten A NAP A HOLD napjai A HOLD fény­ változásai hányadik hányadik HÉT kel delel nyugszik kel nyugszik A Év DÁTUM hete Év napja h m h m h m h m h m h m 1 Cs (5) 32 7 11 11 58 16 45 9 28 22 17 2 P 33 7 10 11 58 16 46 9 59 23 28 3 Sz 34 7 09 11 58 16 48 10 30 — 4 V 35 7 08 11 58 16 49 11 04 0 34 }) 01 37 5 H 6 36 7 06 11 58 16 51 11 40 1 38 6 K 37' 7 05 11 58 16 52 12 20 2 37 7 Sz 38 7 03 11 58 16 54 13 03 3 32 8 Cs 39 7 02 11 58 16 56 13 52 4 22 9 P 40 7 00 11 58 16 57 14 44 5 06 10 Sz 41 6 59 11 58 16 59 15 39 5 46 11 V 42 6 57 11 58 17 00 16 36 6 21 12 H 7 43 6 56 11 58 17 02 17 34 6 53 O 03 40 13 K 44 6 54 11 58 17 03 18 35 7 22 14 Sz 45 6 53 11 58 17 05 19 35 7 48 15 Cs 46 6 51 11 58 17 07 20 37 8 14 16 P 47 6 50 11 58 17 08 21 39 8 40 17 Sz 48 6 48 11 58 17 10 22 43 9 07 18 V 49 6 46 11 58 17 11 23 47 9 37 19 H 8 50 6 44 11 58 17 13 — 10 11 20 K 51 6 43 11 58 17 14 0 53 10 50 d 02 18 21 Sz 52 6 41 11 58 17 16 1 56 11 36 22 Cs 53 6 39 11 58 17 17 2 59 12 29 23 P 54 6 37 11 58 17 19 3 57 13 33 24 Sz 55 6 35 11 57 17 20 4 48 14 44 25 V 56 6 34 11 57 17 22 5 35 16 00 26 H 9 57 6 32 11 57 17 24 6 15 17 18 • 17 46 27 K 58 6 30 11 57 17 25 6 51 18 36 28 Sz 59 6 28 11 57 17 27 7 24 19 52 Hold: 11-én O4h-kor földtávolban 25-én 23h-kor földközelben 6 HÓNAP Oh világidőkor NAP HOLD Julián Csillagidő dátum ú “ 0h-nál) 2443 ... látszó RA D sugara RA D h m s h m O / h m O / ...905,5 8 42 25,651 20 55,9 -17 20 16 16 0 14,9 + 0 06 906,5 8 46 22,202 21 00,0 17 03 16 15 1 08,4 4 29 907,5 8 50 18,753 21 04,1 16 45 16 15 2 00,8 8 30 908,5 8 54 15,306 21 08,1 16 28 16 15 2 52,5 11 58 909,5 8 58 11,861 21 12,2 16 10 16 15 3 43,8 14 46 910,5 9 02 08,418 21 16,2 15 52 16 15 4 34,9 16 47 911,5 9 06 04,975 21 20,2 15 33 16 15 5 25,9 18 00 912,5 9 10 01,533 21 24,2 15 15 16 14 6 16,6 18 22 913,5 9 13 58,090 21 28,2 14 56 16 14 7 06,8 17 55 914,5 9 17 54,646 21 32,2 14 37 16 14 7 56,3 16 41 915,5 9 21 51,201 21 36,1 14 17 16 14 8 44,8 14 44 916,5 9 25 47,754 21 40,1 13 58 16 14 9 32,4 12 10 917,5 9 29 44,306 21 44,0 13 38 16 14 10 19,1 9 05 918,5 9 33 40,856 21 47,9 13 18 16 13 11 05,2 5 38 919,5 9 37 37,405 21 51,8 12 57 16 13 11 51,0 + 1 56 920,5 9 41 33,954 21 55,7 12 37 16 13 12 37,2 - 1 53 921,5 9 45 30,503 21 59,6 12 16 16 13 13 24,2 5 40 922,5 9 49 27,053 22 03,5 11 55 16 13 14 12,6 9 16 923,5 9 53 23,605 22 07,4 11 34 16 12 15 03,1 12 32 924,5 9 57 20,159 22 11,2 11 13 16 12 15 56,0 15 14 925,5 10 01 16,715 22 15,0 10 51 16 12 16 51,7 17 12 926,5 10 05 13,274 22 18,9 10 29 16 12 17 50,0 18 13 927,5 10 09 09,832 22 22,7 10 08 16 12 18 50,4 18 06 928,5 10 13 06,391 22 26,5 9 46 16 11 19 51,9 16 47 929,5 10 17 02,947 22 30,3 9 23 16 11 20 53,4 14 17 930,5 10 20 59,500 22 34,1 9 01 16 11 21 53,9 10 48 931,5 10 24 56,050 22 37,9 8 39 16 11 22 53,0 6 35 932,5 10 28 52,598 22 41,6 - 8 16 16 10 23 50,3 - 2 00 7 I.
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