The Colour Calendar PDF File
The Sky This Month Feb - Mar 2015 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun N Visible at 1x power. GNµ 25 Nµπ 26 27 Nµk 28 1 Best in binoculars. 1st quarter Moon asteroid 88705 Potato RASC Mississauga asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Cool down the telescope. asteroid 3140 Stellafane near earth meeting U of T Miss near earth µ Photo op! near earth ! Jupiter events 07:00 sunrise Europa transits Io π Record an occultation. ! Lunar X Lunar Straight Wall 18:00 sunset Handle on Moon Moon near Aldebaran city observing † Neptune behind the Sun ! Moon occults λ Gem recreational meeting 137 days to Pluto flyby Venus visits Cetus Rosetta manoeuvre 110km Nµπ 2 3 Nk 4 ; 5 'k 6 k 7 N 8 Moon near (3) Juno (am) NOVA course Mercury brightens to Eleonora (354) opposition Iris (7) at opposition solar observing (am) Daylight Saving Time on ! Jupiter events Mars visits Cetus mag 0 (am) full Moon NASA Dawn probe Rosetta manoeuvre 88km Capella overhead Moon near Jupiter Io transit Mercury near (4) Vesta ! Jupiter events arrives (1) Ceres Virgin Galactic Long before sunset PHA 2015 DS53 near earth Io shadow transit Rosetta manoeuvre 88km NYAA meeting Valentina Tereshkova's Beach open house zodiacal light starts Pioneer 10 launch (1972) Venus near Uranus RASC Hamilton meeting birthday DDO members night Europa near Io (am) Saturn close to Jabbah smallest Moon of 2015 measure variables ! Jupiter events split double stars Nµk 9 10 'N 11 ˘N 12 TNµ 13 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751 Capella overhead Mars very near Uranus Douglas Adams's birthday Mars near Uranus Io near Ganymede (am) Einstein's birthday (1879) Beware the Ides of March before sunset Ganymede shadow (am) Moon near Saturn (am) NASA MMS launch ! Moon, Saturn, Antares Saturn stationary (am) Europa near Io (am) Io near Ganymede Mercury leaves Mars very near Uranus Saturn near Antares together (am) ! Jupiter events Saturn begins morning ISS flyover Capricornus speakers night meeting Soyuz returns to earth 3rd quarter Moon split double stars retrograde motion (am) phase begins Io shadow (am) ! Jupiter events Gegenschein begins Callisto transits Io Juno stationary Mercury enters Aquarius measure variables ♣N 16 N 17 ˘N 18 N 19 Z☯Nµ 20 21 22 dark sky observing † dark sky observing † dark sky observing † dark sky observing † equinox ! Moon near Mars Europa near Io (am) St. Patrick's Day Mercury near Neptune first space walk (1965) ! Jupiter events new Moon zodiacal light ends ! Moon near Venus (day) Venus leaves Pisces Venus enters Aries total solar occultation Nysa (44) at opposition comet Halley 1st (Europe) ! Messier Marathon people observed (837) ! very young Moon start your mounts Makemake (136472) after sunset?! ! Jupiter events at opposition 'N 23 Nµ 24 π 25 See pgs 100-103 of 2015 RASC Observer’s Handbook for more astro event info. Ganymede near Callisto ! Moon in Hyades Gegenschein ends † Dark Sky, City Observing Sessions are run on first clear night during week . city observing † city observing † occultation by (397) Visit a dark sky site to view zodiacal light (west) and Gegenschien (south). Wernher von Braun's RASC Mississauga Vienna Globe at Night campaign March 11 to 20. http://www.globeatnight.org/ birthday (1912) observing night recreational meeting All events in evening unless otherwise noted with (am). 06:10 sunrise 110 days to Pluto flyby ISS = International Space Station. See http://heavens-above.com/ for pass information. 18:35 sunset
prepared by Blake Nancarrow (astronomy °@ °computer–ease °.°com) I've never owned a telescope, but it's something I'm thinking of looking into. - George Carlin