The Sky This Month Feb - Mar 2014 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun N Visible at 1x power. N 19 Nµk 20 N 21 TN 22 N 23 Best in binoculars. GLOBE At Night starts Glenn orbited Earth 1962 comet C/2012 X1 LINEAR members night DDO Mars near Antares Cool down the telescope. asteroid 274301 Wikipedia closeMoon to near Earth Mars at perihelion SpaceX ISS resupply Neptune behind Sun Photo op! close to Earth NEO 2014 BR57 Jupiter fun: transit, GRS, mission Vesta and Ceres 3.5° Record an occultation. Copernicus's b-day 1473 very near Earth shadow, Amalthea third quarter Moon apart u Double star target. Moon near Spica & Mars! zodiacal light continues Moon near Saturn (am) Mars is closer again! (2) Pallas at opposition ISS flyovers continue Sun in Aquarius Mars is getting closer! watch SN 2014J dim 24 25 N 26 N 27 NÖ 28 ZRNk 1 2 zodiacal light continues Mars moons at elongation Moon near Venus (am) Moon near Mercury (am) GLOBE At Night ends solar observing (am) Mars begins moving dark sky observing † dark sky observing † dark sky observing † dark sky observing † asteroid 246247 Sheldon- Mars is stationary retrograde GLOBE At Night continues Jupiter fun: Ganymede, day-time viewing of cooper close to Earth new Moon Saturn begins moving Amalthea, GRS Mercury? Jupiter fun: transit, GRS, (none in Feb.) retrograde ISS evening flyovers end shadow, Amalthea Wakata takes command Moon near (3) Juno Mars is 12" in size of ISS Pioneer 10 launch 1972 N 3 N 4 5 ' 6 N 7 GN 8 N$ 9 city observing † city observing † lecture night meeting city observing † Jupiter fun: transit, GRS, first quarter Moon Cosmos 2 starts! zodiacal light ends Cassini Titan flyby shadow, Amalthea Mars moons (am) Mars moon Jupiter stops moving Moon near Aldebaran u ι Ori Moon near Jupiter retrograde u γ And Daylight Saving Time start Valentina Tereshkova's u Trapezium E and F birthday 10 ' 11 # 12 N 13 ' 14 15 ;N 16 GRS = Great Red Spot Douglas Adams's b-day asteroid 9885 Linux Mercury at greatest Einstein's birthday Beware the Ides of March double shadows on Jupiter ISS = International Jupiter fun: shadow, close to Earth separation from Sun (am) Pi Day Mars moons (am) & Amalthea elongation Space Station Amalthea, elongation, Sun moves into Pisces asteroid 8080 Intel Jupiter fun: transit, GRS, u σ Ori Space X launch occultation close to Earth shadow, elongation u 42/45 Ori to ISS (am) ISS flyovers begin (am) u α UMa full Moon 17 N 18 Nπ 19 first space walk (1965) 163 Erigone occults See pgs 100-103 of 2014 RASC Observer’s Handbook for more astro event info. Moon, Mars, Spica in Regulus (P.E. county) Watch http://spaceflightnow.com for more human spaceflight. a 5° triangle recreational meeting All events in evening unless otherwise noted with (am). zodiacal light begins, Moon nearing Saturn † Dark Sky, City Observing Sessions are run on first clear night during week . continues for 2 weeks equinox tomorrow See http://aerith.net and http://cometchasing.skyhound.com for current comet info. prepared by Blake Nancarrow (astronomy °@ °computer–ease °.°com) Normally there'd be a clever quote by an astronomer or scientist here….