amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich) (10/09/84)
Cosmic Events For: November, 1984
Day | Event
03 | Taurid Meteor Shower Peaks! Best Viewing After Midnight
04 | Moon farthest from Earth at 17:39 pm EST; Dist=252,085 miles.
08 | Full Moon at 12:43 pm EST
11 | Saturn at Conjunction with Sun. Moves to Morning Sky.
15 | Best Time to View Summer & Winter Constellations Together!
16 | Last Quarter Moon at 01:59 am EST
17 | Leonid Meteor Shower at Peak Activity. Best View after 00:00
20 | Moon Closest to Earth at 15:52 EST; Dist= 225,449 miles.
22 | New Moon at 17:57 EST. Total Solar Eclipse in western S. Pacific
25 | Mercury at Greatest eastern elongation. Mercury low in Night Sky.
30 | First Quarter Moon at 03:00 am EST
Planetary Data For: November, 1984
Distance
Angular From (AU)
Planet | Date | Mag. | Size | % Illum. | Earth/Sun | R.A. | Dec
Mercury | 01 |-0.5 | 4.9" | 94% | 1.38/0.47 |15h17.0m|-19*30.4'
Mercury | 15 |-0.4 | 5.5" | 83% | 1.22/0.43 |16h42.0m|-24*38.6'
Mercury | 30 |-0.2 | 7.3" | 50% | 0.92/0.36 |17h56.6m|-25*29.2'
Venus | 01 |-4.0 | 13.3" | 80% | 1.25/0.73 |16h52.0m|-24*03.1'
Venus | 15 |-4.0 | 14.3" | 77% | 1.63/0.73 |18h06.3m|-25*27.5'
Venus | 30 |-4.1 | 15.7" | 72% | 1.07/0.73 |19h25.4m|-24*19.1'
Mars | 15 | 0.6 | 6.5" | 88% | 1.43/1.38 |20h08.8m|-21*54.2'
Jupiter | 15 |-2.0 | 34.1" | 100% | 5.77/5.17 |18h50.3m|-23*07.7'
Saturn | 15 | 0.5 | 15.2" | 100% |10.89/9.90 |15h11.4m|-15*42.4'
Uranus | 15 | 5.7 | 3.5" | 100% |19.97/19.04|16h45.2m|-22*19.5'
Neptune | 15 | 8.0 | 2.2" | 100% |31.04/30.26|18h00.0m|-22*19.0'
Pluto | 15 |13.8 | 0.1" | 100% |30.68/29.80|14h25.6m| 2*47.0'
--> EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS/TERMINOLOGY <--
1) Mag.: Magnitude; degree of brightness of star/object/etc.
Magnitude 1 is brightest, although some stars/planets/
etc have Negative Magnitudes (These Are VERY BRIGHT)
2) Angular Size: Size of object as viewed through telescope
Measured in degrees of arc.
3) % Illum.: Percentage of surface illuminated by solar light.
4) Earth/Sun (AU): Distance to object (planet) as measured from
either Earth or Sun. An "AU" is Astronomical
Units (distance of Earth from Sun). Roughly
this figure is rounded to 93 Million Miles.
5) R.A./Dec.: Right Ascention/Declination of star/planet/object;
Right Ascention is measured in time units where 24
hours equals 360 degrees. When the first point of
Aries culminates the time is 00h 00min.
Declination; Celestial Latitude. North Celestial
Pole has a declination of N 90 degrees (*)
Satellites of Jupiter (4:00 UT)
(As Seen Through Refracting Telescope)
[ Jupiter=0, Io=1, Europa=2, Ganymede=3, Callisto=4 ]
| Date | Order | | Date | Order |
| 01 | 32401 | | 16 | 3024 |
| 02 | 34102 | | 17 | 30142 |
| 03 | 4301 | | 18 | 23410 |
| 04 | 4210 | | 19 | 4013 |
| 05 | 4013 | | 20 | 41023 |
| 06 | 41023 | | 21 | 4013 |
| 07 | 4203 | | 22 | 4210 |
| 08 | 4230 | | 23 | 4302 |
| 09 | 3102 | | 24 | 43012 |
| 10 | 30214 | | 25 | 43210 |
| 11 | 21304 | | 26 | 2031 |
| 12 | 0134 | | 27 | 10234 |
| 13 | 10234 | | 28 | 0134 |
| 14 | 20134 | | 29 | 21034 |
| 15 | 204 | | 30 | 304 |
| 31 | ----- | | ---- | ----- |
That's all for this time!
Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihuxj!amra)
"The Universe is Far-Out!!" :-)