dba+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (David Anderson) (01/05/90)
Here are the 1990 (and other) celestial events summarzied from "Sky Gazers Almanac for 1990," Sky and Telescope magazine, January 1990, and other sources (as posted to astro-events) converted to champ format. Enjoy. Including the champ object as an enclosure is probably sheer folly, so here is the raw data: 0 90 0 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Earth perihelion, 91,403,700 miles, 1000 MST 0 90 0 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 #latest sunrise 0 90 0 8 -1 -1 -1 -1 #latest start of morning twilight 0 90 0 18 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Venus at inferior conjunction, 6 deg 7' north of Sun, 1600 MST 0 90 0 26 -1 -1 -1 -1 #annular solar eclipse for Antarctica, Argentina, Chile 0 90 0 28 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury and Neptune 1 deg apart 0 90 1 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, morning, 25 deg 0 90 1 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury and Saturn < 0.5 deg apart, morning 0 90 1 9 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Uranus 20' north of Mars, morning 0 90 1 9 -1 -1 -1 -1 #total lunar eclipse for Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa 0 90 1 17 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Neptune 1.5 deg north of Mars, morning 0 90 1 22 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Venus at greatest brilliancy, morning 0 90 1 28 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Saturn 1 deg north of Mars, morning 0 90 2 20 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Spring begins, 1419 MST 0 90 2 30 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Venus at greatest elongation, morning, 46 deg 0 90 3 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, evening, 20 deg 0 90 4 31 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, morning, 25 deg 0 90 5 14 -1 -1 -1 -1 #earliest sunrise 0 90 5 17 -1 -1 -1 -1 #earliest morning twilight 0 90 5 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Summer begins, 0933 MDT 0 90 5 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #longest day; 15h01m at 40 deg north 0 90 5 24 -1 -1 -1 -1 #latest evening twilight 0 90 5 27 -1 -1 -1 -1 #latest sunset 0 90 5 28 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Uranus at opposition 0 90 6 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Earth aphelion, 94,503,700 miles, 2300 MDT 0 90 6 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Neptune at opposition 0 90 6 14 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Saturn at opposition 0 90 6 22 -1 -1 -1 -1 #total solar eclipse, 2:33, for Finland and Siberia 0 90 7 6 -1 -1 -1 -1 #partial lunar eclipse for Australia, E Asia, W North America 0 90 7 11 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, evening, 27 deg 0 90 7 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Jupiter and Venus < 0.5 deg apart; 3' at Aug 12 1700 MDT 0 90 8 15 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury and Venus 3 deg apart, morning 0 90 8 23 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Fall begins, 0055 MDT 0 90 8 24 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, morning, 18 deg 0 90 10 19 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mars nearest Earth, 2100 MST, 18.1" disk 0 90 10 27 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mars at opposition 0 90 11 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 #earliest end of evening twilight 0 90 11 5 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury at greatest elongation, evening, 21 deg 0 90 11 7 -1 -1 -1 -1 #earliest sunset 0 90 11 18 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Mercury, Venus, Uranus within 1.5 deg, evening 0 90 11 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Winter begins, 2007 MST 0 90 11 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #shortest day; 09h20m at 40 deg north 0 90 0 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Quadrantids, range Jan 1-6, peak 0 3-4, ZHR 100 0 90 3 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Lyrids, range Apr 19-25, peak Apr 21-22, ZHR 12 0 90 4 5 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Eta Aquarids, range May 1-8, peak May 5-6, ZHR 40 0 90 6 28 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Delta Aquarids, range Jul 15 - Aug 15, peak Jul 28-29, ZHR 20 0 90 7 12 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Perseids, range Jul 25 - Aug 18, peak Aug 12, ZHR 60 0 90 9 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Orionids, range Oct 16-26, peak Oct 21, ZHR 20 0 90 10 3 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Taurids, range Oct 20 - Nov 30, peak Nov 3, ZHR 12 0 90 10 17 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Leonids, range Nov 15-19, peak Nov 17-18, ZHR 10 0 90 11 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 #Geminids, range Dec 7-15, peak Dec 13-14, ZHR 60 0 91 0 15 -1 -1 -1 -1 #annular total eclipse 0 91 6 11 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 6:54 solar eclipse 0 92 0 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 #annular total eclipse 0 92 5 30 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 5:20 solar eclipse 0 92 11 24 -1 -1 -1 -1 #84.2% partial solar eclipse 0 93 4 21 -1 -1 -1 -1 #73.6% partial solar eclipse 0 93 10 13 -1 -1 -1 -1 #92.8% partial solar eclipse 0 94 4 10 -1 -1 -1 -1 #annular total eclipse 0 94 10 30 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 4:23 solar eclipse 0 95 3 29 -1 -1 -1 -1 #annular total eclipse 0 95 9 24 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 2:10 solar eclipse 0 97 2 9 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 2:50 solar eclipse; Russia, Arctic Ocean 0 98 1 26 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 4:08 solar eclipse; Pacific Ocean, Venezuela, Atlantic 0 99 7 11 -1 -1 -1 -1 #duration 2:23 solar eclipse; Atlantic, Europe, Mid East, India 0 103 10 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 #lunar + solar eclipse in same month ---- Enclosure ---- [An Andrew ToolKit view (chimpview) was included here, but could not be displayed.]---- Enclosure ----