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Scientific
Frontline®
Sky
Maps are produced using
Cartes
du Ciel Sky Charts Version 3.4.1
Northern Hemisphere
uses Oklahoma City as the observation point. Southern Hemisphere
uses Rio de Janeiro as the observation point
unless
otherwise indicated. All times are UT Evening Twilight
Astronomical. The Sky Maps will be
updated daily for the following day.
They
are a close representation of what you would see in the sky for
this time period. Yet slight variation could be possible
depending on your exact location. All
maps are using Alt/Az
Coordinate System, unless
otherwise indicated.
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| The Following Sky Maps are for January 28, 2012 – UT Evening Twilight Astronomical | |
| Northern Hemisphere | Southern Hemisphere |
| Full Color North | South | East | West | Zenith | Black and White North | South | East | West | Zenith | Full Color North | South | East | West | Zenith | Black and White North | South | East | West | Zenith |
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| Celestial Notes for January 2012 |
| Venus, Jupiter, and Mars — three of our four Virgo closest planetary neighbors — adorn the evening sky as the new year breaks. Venus is the dazzling “evening star” in the west at sunset, with only slightly fainter Jupiter high in the south at the same hour. Orange Mars rises by around 05:00 UTC. as January opens, but about two hours earlier at month’s end. Some Information provided by: The University of Texas McDonald Observatory. Purchase their 2012 Sky Almanac for a year review of upcoming events. |
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| Upcoming Celestial Events |
| January 2012 |
| Celestial Events maps are produced by Scientific Frontline® using the ESO VirGo® 1.4.4 Beta program All Celestial Events maps are using Alt/Az Coordinate System and Oklahoma City (Northern Hemisphere) as the observation point. All celestial event Times / Dates are listed by UTC time |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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Moon at Apogee 20:20 UTC 404579 km F-6d11h |
03 MAP The giant planet Jupiter close to the Moon this evening. Jupiter is the brilliant “star” below the Moon at nightfall. They set in late evening. | 04 MAP The Quadrantid meteor shower is at its peak. About 01:00 local time or 07:00 UTC | 05 Earth is at perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun for the year, at a distance of about 91.5 million miles (147 million km), or about 1.5 million miles (2.4 million km) closer than average. | 06 | 07 |
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Full Moon 07:32 UTC |
10 | 11 | 12 | 13 MAP Mars, which looks like a bright orange star, stands well to the lower left of the Moon as they rise in late evening on the 13th, and a little closer to the upper left of the Moon on the 14th. | 14 MAP Mars, which looks like a bright orange star, stands well to the lower left of the Moon as they rise in late evening on the 13th, and a little closer to the upper left of the Moon on the 14th. |
| 15 | 16 MAP | MAP The star Spica stands just above the Moon as they rise around 07:30 UTC, with the slightly brighter planet Saturn a little farther to the left of the Moon. |
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Moon at Perigee 21:29 UTC 369882 km N-5d10h |
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New Moon 07:42 UTC |
24 Mars is stationary, which means that it appears to stand still against the background of stars. It actually is moving forward in its orbit at its normal speed, but the relative motions of Mars and Earth make the planet appear to stand still. | 25 | 26 MAP Venus, the dazzling “evening star,” is to the upper left of the Moon on the evening of the 26th, and closer to the lower left of the Moon on the 27th | 27 MAP Venus, the dazzling “evening star,” is to the upper left of the Moon on the evening of the 26th, and closer to the lower left of the Moon on the 27th | 28 |
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MAP
Jupiter,
the solar system’s largest planet, is close to the left of
the Moon at nightfall on the 30th, and to the lower right of the
Moon on the 31st.
Moon at Apogee 17:43 UTC 404324 km N+7d10h |
31 MAP Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet, is close to the left of the Moon at nightfall on the 30th, and to the lower right of the Moon on the 31st. | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 |
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| Information |
| Alt/Az Coordinate System. The Alt/Az Coordinate System. is a celestial coordinate system that uses the observer's local horizon as the fundamental plane. This conveniently divides the sky into the upper hemisphere that you can see, and the lower hemisphere that you cannot (because the Earth is in the way). The pole of the upper hemisphere is called the zenith. The pole of the lower hemisphere is called the nadir. Alt/Az Coordinate are: * altitude (Alt), sometimes referred to as elevation, that is the angle between the object and the observer's local horizon. * azimuth (Az), that is the angle of the object around the horizon, usually measured from the north point towards the east. In former times, it was common to refer to azimuth from the south, as it was then zero at the same time the hour angle of a star was zero. This assumes, however, that the star (upper) culminates in the south, which is only true for most stars in the Northern Hemisphere. The Alt/Az Coordinate System. is sometimes also called the az/el or Horizontal Coordinate System. UT Evening Twilight Astronomical Astronomical Twilight begins when the Sun's center is 18 degrees below the horizon. Civil Twilight begins when the Sun's center is 6 degrees below the horizon; Nautical Twilight begins when the Sun's center is 12 degrees below the horizon. |
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