Astronomical agenda for 2017
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REMARKABLE EVENTS 2017 | | "Total Solar Eclipse" (21/08/2017) |
| | "Asteroid 2014 J025" (19/04/2017) |
| | Annular Eclipse of the Sun (26/02/2017) |
| | Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (10-11/02/2017) |
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Remarkable events
| Total Solar Eclipse 21/08/2017 |
| | Asteroid 2014 J025 19/04/2017 |
| | Penumbral Lunar eclipse 10-11/02/2017 | |
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Annular Eclipse of the Sun, 26/02/2017 In a narrow corridor cutting across the southern reaches of Chile and Argentina, and stretching across the Atlantic to Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia in Africa, the Moon crossed the sun dead-center. Yet it only covered 99% of the solar disk. ( A video illustration of the path of the eclipse ) Image taken by Enzo De Bernardini a Facundo, Chubut, Argentina. |
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Astronomy Days
| 11 February, International Day of the girl and woman in Science |
| | 12 April, International Day of Human Space Flight |
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| 4-10 October World Space Week |
| | 11 November Week, Internatiol Science Week |
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Historical Anniversaries
| July 2007, Gran Telescopio de Canarias undergoes first light, becoming the largest telescope in the world |
| | Julio 1997, Mars Pathfinder and its rover, Sojourner, land on Mars, with the latter becoming the first rover to successfully travel the planet |
| | February 1987, SN 1987A, is detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It was the closest observed supernova to Earth since the invention of the telescope. |
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| September 1977, Voyager 1 was launched to Jupiter & Saturn. The human object most distant from the Earth until now. |
| | November 1967, pulsar PSR B1919+21 Jocelyn Bell & Antony Hewish discover the first radio pulsar. |
| | October 1957, Spútnik 1 It was launched the firs artificial satellite of the history |
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| November 1917, Hooker Telescope the largest telescope in the world from 1917 until 1948, sees first light. It was used many times by Hubble. |
| %C3%A6_Naturalis_Principia_Mathematica'" style="cursor: pointer;" class='TMLhtml' > | July 1687, Newton's Principia Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica was first published. |
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Tables
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Earth-Sun
Changes of season
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Date |
Exact hour |
Spring |
20 March |
10 h 28 m UT |
Summer |
21 June |
04 h 24 m UT |
Autumm |
22 September |
20 h 02 m UT |
Winter |
21 December |
16 h 28 m UT |
Sunrise and sunset hours for any place (Calculation tool in javascript).
Earth's orbit
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Date |
Distance to the Sun |
Perihelion (minimum distance) |
4 January |
147101033 km |
Afhelion (maximum distance) |
3 July |
152092474 km |
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Moon
Lunar phases ( UT ):
New Moon |
Crescent Moon |
Full Moon |
Waning Moon |
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05/01/2017 |
12/01/2017 |
19/01/2017 |
28/01/2017 |
04/02/2017 |
11/02/2017 |
18/02/2017 |
26/02/2017 |
05/03/2017 |
12/03/2017 |
20/03/2017 |
28/03/2017 |
03/04/2017 |
11/04/2017 |
19/04/2017 |
26/04/2017 |
03/05/2017 |
10/05/2017 |
19/05/2017 |
25/05/2017 |
01/06/2017 |
09/06/2017 |
17/06/2017 |
24/06/2017 |
01/07/2017 |
09/07/2017 |
16/07/2017 |
23/07/2017 |
30/07/2015 |
07/08/2015 |
15/08/2015 |
21/08/2017 |
29/08/2017 |
06/09/2017 |
13/09/2017 |
20/09/2017 |
28/09/2017 |
05/10/2017 |
12/10/2017 |
19/10/2017 |
27/10/2017 |
04/11/2017 |
10/11/2017 |
18/11/2017 |
26/11/2017 |
03/12/2017 |
10/12/2017 |
18/12/2017 |
26/12/2017 |
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Moon's orbit
Perigee (minimum distance) |
Apogee (maximum distance) |
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02 January |
10 January |
06 February |
03 March |
22 January |
18 February |
18 March |
30 March |
27 April |
26 May |
15 April |
12 May |
08 June |
23 June |
21 July |
18 August |
06 July |
02 August |
30 August |
13 September |
09 October |
06 November |
27 September |
25 October |
21 November |
04 December |
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19 December |
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Information about the planets ( UT ):
Mercury
Day |
Hour |
Event |
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19 January |
09:59 h |
Max. West elong |
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01 April |
09:59 h |
Max. East elong |
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17 May |
22:59 h |
Max. West elong |
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30 July |
03:59 h |
Max. East elong |
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12 September |
09:59 h |
Max. West elong |
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23 November |
23:59 h |
Max. East elong |
Venus
Day |
Hour |
Event |
12 January |
12:59 h |
Max. East elong |
03 June |
10:59 h |
Max. West elong |
Mars
Day |
Hour |
Event |
26 July |
23:59 h |
Conjunction |
Jupiter
Day |
Hour |
Event |
07 April |
20:58 h |
Opposition |
26 October |
18:02 h |
Conjunction |
Saturn
Day |
Hour |
Event |
15 June |
09:15 h |
Opposition |
21 December |
20:18 h |
Conjunction |
Uranus
Day |
Hour |
Event |
14 April |
05:43 h |
Conjunction |
19 October |
17:24 h |
Opposition |
Neptune
Day |
Hour |
Event |
02 March |
02:22 h |
Conjunction |
05 September |
04:18 h |
Opposition |
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Eclipses
Solar Eclipses
Tipo |
Day |
Hour máximo |
Visibilidad |
Anular |
26 February |
14:54 TU |
Visible from s. S. America, Atlantic, Africa, Antarctica (Annular: Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa) map |
Total |
21 August |
18:26 TU |
Visible en N. America, n S. America (Total: n Pacific, U.S., s Atlantic) map |
Lunar eclipses
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Meteors Shower
Name |
Days |
Maximum aprox |
Constelation around the radiant |
Meteors per hour (aprox) |
Quadrantids |
1-5 January |
3 January- 14:10 |
Bootes |
120 |
Lyrid |
15-28 April |
22 April - 11:40 |
Lyra |
20 |
Eta-Aquarid |
19 April - 28 May |
5 May -00:54 |
Aquarius |
60 |
Arietid |
22 May-2 July |
7 June |
Aries |
54 |
Delta Aquarid |
12 July-19 August |
28 July - 02:41 |
Aquarius |
20 |
Perseids |
17 July - 24 August |
12 August- 18:35 |
Perseus |
90 |
Orionids |
2 October-7 November |
21October- 10:54 October |
Orion |
20 |
Leonids |
14 - 21 November |
17 November- 16:56 |
Leo |
variable |
Geminids |
7 17 December |
14 December - 06:07 |
Gemini |
120 |
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Links
- Ephemerids from Observatorio Astronómico Nacional
- NASA Sky events calendar
- Space calendar
- Ephemerids from ROA
- Eclipse Homepage
from NASA
- http://olympus.umons.ac.be/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ephemerides-olympus-2012.pdf
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