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The Sky This Week from December 27 to January 3: The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks
or about 5.3° northwest of Elnath (Gamma [γ] Aur), the tip of Taurus' northwestern horn. The small, dark blot of B29 is less ...
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The Sky This Week from January 10 to 17: Mars reaches opposition
The Red Planet comes closest to Earth, disappears behind the Moon in an occultation, and finally reaches opposition in the ...
January’s Night Sky: See A Total Eclipse Of Mars By A ‘Wolf Moon’
Exciting January sky events include Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Moon occulting Pleiades, Venus at dichotomy, a full “Wolf Moon” ...
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The Sky This Week from January 3 to 10: Earth's closest approach to the Sun
Asteroid 14 Irene reaches opposition at 2 A.M. EST within northwestern Gemini the Twins. The magnitude 9.6 main-belt world is ...
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Night sky, January 2025: What you can see tonight [maps]
is climbing the southeastern sky. The stars of its home constellation Taurus, the Bull, will be below the cluster. This year, the brilliant planet Jupiter will be shining about 1.3 fist diameters ...