Sky Chart - September : 2010

Sky chart details in Kannada

Watch out:    

• Venus, Mars and Spica form a close group from 1^st to 10^th 

• Venus occultation on 11^th dusk.

• Mercury maximum elongation on 19^th (dawn)

• Venus brightest on 23^rd

• Jupiter visible all through the night; look out for red spot

 

SUN 

• Moves from Leo to Virgo;  Daily pictures of the sun may be seen at : http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

 

MOON

• New moon on 8^th at 16:00 ; Full moon on 23^rd  at 14:47; Last quarter on 1^st  ; First quarter on 15^th ; Apogee on 21^st ; Perigee on 8^th

 

PLANETS

• Mercury        
  Conjunction on 3^rd ; maximum elongation on 19^th (dawn)

• Venus                       
  brightest on 23: pairs with moon on 11^th (Occultation not visible)

• Saturn            
  Very low near the horizon at dusk in Leo; pairs with moon on 9^th

• Jupiter                       
  Visible at dusk; opposition on 21^st; pairs with moon on 23^rd   

• Mars  
  visible till about 8:00pm

• Uranus                       
  barely visible at dawn in Aquarius

• Neptune       
  barely visible at dawn in Capricorn

Visit www.heavens–above.com  for comets, ISS sightings, ephemeris and other celestial events

Sky map is valid for the month around 7 pm

 

Events of the month

• 1   Last Quarter; Venus pairs with Spica

• 3 Conjunction of  Mercury

• 4 Mars and Spica pair up

• 7 Moon pairs with Mercury

• 1 to 10 Venus, Mars and Spica from a small group

• 8 New moon at 16:00

• 9 Saturn pairs with Moon

• 11 Moon, Mars and Venus form a small group; Occultation of Venus visible from south Indian Ocean

• 15 Last Quarter

• 19 Mercury at maximum elongation

•  20 Neptune pairs with moon

• 21 Jupiter at opposition;

• 22 Uranus pairs with Jupiter

• 23  Autumnal Equinox; Full moon at 04:47;
  Moon pairs with Jupiter; Venus at maximum brilliance

• 29 Venus and Mars pair up

• 25 Moon at apogee (06:03) – Full moon appears smaller than usual

• 29 Venus pairs with Mars

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