Date: 21/01/2015 20:27:37
From: Aquila
ID: 664543
Subject: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/01/21/4162326.htm

A lunar eclipse, planetary encounters, comets and meteor showers top Ian Musgrave’s list of what to see in the sky this year.

The night sky is always good for quiet contemplation, but sometimes our sky is the occasion for excitement. 2015 is no exception: this year we have a total lunar eclipse; some nice planetary encounters, two binocular-viewable comets that may become visible to the unaided eye and couple of meteor showers.

After last year’s three rare occultations of Saturn, 2015 isn’t quite as exciting in terms of planets blocking other bodies from view. But we do have a very good occultation of Venus by the crescent Moon.

So here’s a quick rundown:

Total lunar eclipse

more at link…

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Date: 21/01/2015 20:29:04
From: Bubblecar
ID: 664545
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

Ta.

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Date: 21/01/2015 20:48:09
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 664557
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

2015 will be a very good year for Pisceans.

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Date: 21/01/2015 20:52:50
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 664560
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

> The night sky is always good for quiet contemplation

Not with the light pollution we have around here. As in: “is that really the Southern Cross, it has only three stars”.

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Date: 21/01/2015 20:55:13
From: OCDC
ID: 664566
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

mollwollfumble said:

> The night sky is always good for quiet contemplation

Not with the light pollution we have around here. As in: “is that really the Southern Cross, it has only three stars”.

Not really. My burb is as light polluted as yours, and I can see the comet without visual aids.

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Date: 21/01/2015 21:11:31
From: Aquila
ID: 664580
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

mollwollfumble said:


> The night sky is always good for quiet contemplation

Not with the light pollution we have around here. As in: “is that really the Southern Cross, it has only three stars”.

yup, sad but true

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Date: 21/01/2015 21:17:56
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 664582
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

In the late eighties I was working night shift when I got a very good look at a comet to the east at dawn, I think it was Halley’s comet, it was about for a good week or so.

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Date: 21/01/2015 22:58:48
From: dv
ID: 664619
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

This year, the stand out event is the occultation of a three-quarter full phase (gibbous) Venus by the thin crescent Moon, visible in the early morning everywhere except Western Australia.
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D’oh

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Date: 21/01/2015 23:00:12
From: JudgeMental
ID: 664620
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

did you buy that telescope DV?

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Date: 21/01/2015 23:03:53
From: dv
ID: 664622
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

JudgeMental said:


did you buy that telescope DV?

It went to auction and I didn’t have time to get out there.

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Date: 21/01/2015 23:19:47
From: Michael V
ID: 664624
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

OCDC said she could see the comet unaided where she is (Melbourne suburbs, with light pollution). I tried here tonight, but too many clouds.

There’ll be too many clouds tomorrow night too, I think – with 70% chance of rain predicted tomorrow.

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Date: 21/01/2015 23:27:16
From: dv
ID: 664626
Subject: re: 2015 Aussie Sky Guide

I had a go here but the sky is too bright. I am going to head south on the weekend and have another go.

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