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AURORA OBSERVED (Yellowknife, Canada)

 

 COSMIC CALENDAR
Planets in View: Mercury (Twilight SW), Venus (Dawn SE), Mars (Evening E, Dawn W), Jupiter (Dawn SE), Saturn (Evening E, Dawn W), Uranus (Twilight SW), Neptune (Twilight SW)
Meteor Showers: Quandrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 8 p.m. on January 3
Other Activities: Earth reaches periheliaon (147, 093,600 km) on January 3

 
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AURORA OBSERVED (Yellowknife, Canada)

 

 COSMIC CALENDAR
Planets in View: Mercury (Twilight WSW), Venus (Twilight WSW), Mars (Morning SE), Jupiter (Dawn SE), Saturn (Evening E, Dawn W), Uranus (Twilight W)
Meteor Showers: None.

Other Activities: The six-day-old moon will appear 1 degree above the Pleiades star cluster in the evening sky on February 23.

 
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AURORA OBSERVED (Yellowknife, Canada)

 

 COSMIC CALENDAR
Planets in View: Venus (Twilight WSW), Jupiter (Dawn SE), Saturn (Evening E, Dawn W)
Meteor Showers: None.
Other Activities: At moonrise on March 3 Yellowknifers will see the final stages of a lunar eclipse. This eclipse is best seen from Asia.

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AURORA OBSERVED (Yellowknife, Canada)

 

 COSMIC CALENDAR
Planets in View: Venus (Dawn WNW), Mars (Twilight ESE), Jupiter (rises in ESE near midnight, low in South at dawn), Saturn (Twilight SSW, sets at 4 a.m. in WNW)
Meteor Showers: The Lyrid Meteor Shower will peak on April 22 producing 18 meteors per hour.
Other Activities: International Astronomy Day is April 21

 

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