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[Turtle]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

From NASA
NASA - Eclipses During 2007

From the map I see I'm in the 'All Eclipse Visible' region of the Pacific Northwest US. Looking at a nice waxing crescent Moon tonight with a few clouds. Thanks for the heads up from down under Micha! G'donya mate.

[Pluto]

Hello Turtle

Thank you for the link.

[Michaelangelica]

2007 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE - Your (kid's) Questions Answered!
Next Tuesday evening the heavens are treating us to a total lunar eclipse that will be visible right across Australia. The kids will love it. And then they'll start asking you questions about it. Some mighty tricky ones if kids are true to form. Don't panic - Bernie Hobbs has prepared a cheat sheet for answers to even the hairiest inquiries from your local young mind.
Eclipse of the moon, August 2007 - Features - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science

==== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK === Total Lunar Eclipse!
The Full Moon is Tuesday August 28, and on this night we will see the best Australian total Lunar eclipse since 2000, and the best for some years to come. The eclipse will begin roughly an hour after sunset in eastern and central states, in Western Australia the Moon rises with the eclipse in progress. Maximum eclipse, when the Moon will be a deep copper colour, will be 8:37 pm in eastern States, 8:07 pm in central states and 6:37 pm in WA. Speaking of the full Moon, Mars will NOT be as big as the full Moon on August 27, this is a hoax that has been circulating for years. Mars does look beautiful though. It is in the constellation of Taurus the Bull as the bright red object below the red star Alderbaran.
Southern Sky Watch 2007

[Michaelangelica]

Are you watching the moon elclips?
It is spectacular!
No wonder people believe in God

[Michaelangelica]

Here is a great link /site I just found

ABC NewsRadio: programs: StarStuff

Well worth checking out

ABC NewsRadio: StarStuff
presented by Stuart Gary


NewsRadio's astronomy, space sciences and cosmology program, has the latest discoveries across the universe and space science news from around the world. Hosted by Stuart Gary, StarStuff is available on demand or on the air on Sunday at 12:06pm Eastern Time.
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[Michaelangelica]

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07:57 (14 hours ago)
G'Day All

The suns face remains blank, but the comets keep keeping on.

Comet 17P/Holmes has remained bright and was still around magnitude
2 (easily visible to the unaided eye) around 11 am this morning.
Unfortunately you have to be up around 2:00 am (3:00 am daylight
saving time) to see it very low to the northern horizon, almost due
north. A spotters map can be found here.
http://home.mira.net/%7Ereynella1/as...Holmes_map.pdf
How long it will remain bright. Best seen from northern Victoria and
points north, it currently it looks star like to the unaided eye,
with no tail, but its characteristic cometary fuzziness is visible in
binoculars. See Astroblog for updates.

Comet 2007/F1 LONEOS is (just) visible above the western horizon. It
will only be a fuzzy dot (possibly brighter than predicted at
magnitude at mag 4 or 3.5) and you may need a pair of binoculars to
see it initially . A spotters map is available here.
http://home.mira.net/%7Ereynella1/as...loneos_map.pdf

Tonight (Friday Nov 2) the comet is next to the bright star Graffias,
and on Nov 4 it is next to the bright red star Antares, should be
interesting viewing.

Cheers! Ian

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[Michaelangelica]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

Here is a great link /site I just found

ABC NewsRadio: programs: StarStuff

Well worth checking out

This is such a great show I am amazed I have only just discovered it

NewsRadio's astronomy, space sciences and cosmology program, has the latest discoveries across the universe and space science news from around the world. Hosted by Stuart Gary, StarStuff is available on demand or on the air on Sunday at 12:06pm Eastern Time.

Heaps of old programmes to listen to.
usually the ABC only keep audio for 4 weeks.

[Michaelangelica]

There should be agood naked eye meteor shower starting after 12midnight m in the eastern states tonight.
==== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ====
The First Quarter Moon is Monday December 17. The early evening sky is now devoid of bright planets. Red Mars rises around 10:00 am, and can be seen as the brightest object above the north-eastern horizon at midnight.

On Friday and Saturday morning Mars and the Geminid meteor shower can be seen together - the best time is around 3:00am local daylight saving time Saturday 15 December.

The meteors will appear to come from just under Mars, but looking anywhere to the north-east one should see a meteor every one or two minutes, shooting near the beautiful Pleiades cluster, or up past Orion's belt.

If you wait long enough, Saturn and brilliant white Venus will rise above the eastern horizon for the perfect finish to a night of meteor watching.
Southern Sky Watch 2007

In fact is looks like being visible everywher but especially good in Oz at the moment as there is no moon

Meteor shower expected to light up night

December 14, 2007 04:24pm
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A METEOR shower is expected to turn the skies above Australia into a celestial light show overnight.

The shower, known as the Geminids because it appears to come from the constellation of Gemini, happens in December every year and can be seen from anywhere in the world.

Sydney Observatory curator of astronomy Nick Lomb said conditions were good for Australians to view the shower this year, with no moon expected to be visible.

He said the show was expected to start at about 11pm (AEDT) tonight, with the peak coming just before dawn at about 3.45am (AEDT).

"It will look like streaks of light, like whitish flares,'' Dr Lomb said.

"It could be quite spectacular.''

Meteor shower expected to light up night | NEWS.com.au

[Michaelangelica]

Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue <reynella@mira.net>
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08:00 (11 hours ago)
G'Day All

If you are getting up before sunrise there is a busy and spectacular
week ahead, skywise.

Between the 31st and Feb 2nd Venus and Jupiter come very close, and
are closest on Saturday Feb 2. Venus and Jupiter are reasonably high
above the eastern morning horizon, and should be fairly obvious as
the brightest objects in the sky. The morning of Saturday Feb 2,
between 2-3 am, is also when the waning Moon passes in front of the
bright star Antares, so Saturday is a good day to rise early. The
line up is joined by the crescent Moon on Monday 4 Feb and Tuesday
Feb 5, making a fantastic sight.
Southern Sky Watch 2008

On Thursday Feb 7 there is a partial solar eclipse at around 1:30
pm. It is best seen in the eastern states, and only about 20-30% of
the Sun is covered. NEVER look at the Sun with unprotected eyes, as
severe eye damage may occur, use safe solar projection techniques instead.

For detailed times of the occultation, see here
Southern Sky Watch 2008

For detailed times of the partial eclipse and details of safe solar
projection techniques see here
Southern Sky Watch 2008

Cheers! Ian

[Michaelangelica]

Ian Musgrave & Peta O'Donohue <reynella@mira.net>
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19 Feb (1 day ago)
G'Day All

In my previous message I said "Sadly, Australia wont see the ISS and
the shuttle together." Revised predictions show that some parts of
Australia will see the shutlle and the ISS together on the 20th. See
Heavens above for predictions from your site.
Heavens-Above Home Page

Cheers! Ian

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