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MERCURY Very low in WNW in evening twilight, lost after mid-month VENUS In ENE morning twilight all month MARS Very low in W, sets before 12 am JUPITER Rises after 4 am in ENE, E at dawn SATURN Rises in E before 1 am, high in S at dawn July 1 – Canada Day! JULYContinue reading “Episode 489 – Observer’s Calendar for July 2025”

June 1 – Venus at greatest elongation in morning sky 46-degrees from Sun. Mars is still 30-degrees up but just over 5 arc seconds when the month begins. June 3rd – first quarter Moon June 4th – Lunar Straight Wall Visible this evening June 5th – Eye of Clavius visible on Moon June 6th –Continue reading “Episode 485 – Observer’s Calendar for June 2025 Show Notes”

May 1 Morning  May Comet C2025 F2 SWAN? Passes Pleiades on May 1 & 2 But only 1-2 degrees up in a dark sky for us…likely visibility is going to be a challenge…much fainter than Tsuchen Atlas was back in October, that comet was Mag. 2 and could be tough to see 10-12 degree higher…Continue reading “Episode 480 – The Observer’s Calendar for May 2025 Show Notes”

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*M41: bright, magnitude 4.5, pinpoint stars in the Plossl eyepiece.  A great place to start, and some say, to end on a positive note. The only object viewed with the Plossl eyepiece. Cr121 is a mag 2.6 cluster 60 arcmin diameter.  There were about 2 dozen stars distinguishable in a loose structure characterized by 2Continue reading “Episode 473 – Sirius Observing in Canis Major Show Notes”

The Observer’s Calendar for March 2025 on Episode 472 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars. March 4 th is Pancake Tuesday March 5 –Continue reading “Episode 472 – Observer’s Calendar For March 2025 Show Notes”

Jan 1 – Happy New Year Jan 3- Venus 1.4 degrees N of Moon Quandrantid Meteors Peak ZHR 60 to 200 Jan 4 – Saturn 0.7 S of Moon – Occultation for very southern US and South America Jan 5- Neptune 1.1 S of Moon – Occultation for Central and North EU Jan 6 –Continue reading “Episode 463 – Observer’s Calendar January 2025 Show Notes”

Dec 1 Sunday  – New Moon Asteroid  13 Egeria at opposition m=9.9 Dec 4 Wed. – Early evening Venus 2-degrees above Moon –   Late evening Mars just over 2-degrees from M44 Dec 6th Friday – Moment of Global Darkness occurs when 85% of the global population experience night simultaneously.  According to Date & time .comContinue reading “Episode 458 – Observer’s Calendar for December 2024”

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)  – Will fade from the naked eye view. Mag 6.3 at start of month and 9.3 by end of month.

Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas –