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DG LIBRARY ASTRONOMY NIGHT NOTES





CELESTIAL EVENTS OF 2004

  • HAPPENING NOW!! [3/3/04] See Jupiter, Saturn, Pleiades, Orion Nebula, Moon, Andromeda Galaxy ALL in One Night!


  • 04 March 2004 12:00 AM Jupiter at Opposition in Leo. Mag -2.5


  • 29 March 2004 Evening Mercury is a good evening sky object


  • 29 March 2004 Evening Venus at greatest elongation in Aries. Mag -4.4


  • 19 April 2004 Partial Solar Eclipse from Southern Africa


  • 21 April 2004 Night Lyrid meteor shower ( max. either 21 / 22 Apr ) radiant near Vega


  • 22 April 2004 Night Lyrid meteor shower ( max. either 21 / 22 Apr ) radiant near Vega


  • 04 May 2004 07:52 PM Total Lunar Eclipse visible from Europe. Totality ends 21:08 GMT


  • 15 May 2004 07:52 PM Comet NEAT Visable from the US..


  • 08 June 2004 08:20 AM Transit of Venus


  • 01 July 2004 Morning Venus is brilliant in Taurus at Mag -4.5


  • 27 July 2004 Evening Mercury is a good evening sky object


  • 12 August 2004 Midnight + Perseids meteor shower peaks. Visible for a week either side of peak.


  • 03 November 2004 Night Taurid meteor shower peaks. Slow and bright. ( Comet Encke debris ). Several days either side


  • 17 November 2004 Midnight + Leonids meteor shower. Temple-Tuttle debris, orbital period = 33 years


  • 21 November 2004 Evening Mercury is a good evening sky object


  • 13 December 2004 All Night Geminid meteor shower peaks around Dec 13-14. Radiant near Castor. Asteroid Phaethon.