Sky Chart - September : 2008

Sky chart details in Kannada

Get ready for

• Venus, Mercury and Mars group at dusk  in the first week; watch Mercury dancing together throught the month

• Jupiter (bright and large angular size) visible till about midnight  

 The Sun:

• Sun moves from  Leo to Virgo:  Right Ascension changes from 10:42 to 12:26; declination changes from   +8 35’ to -2 51’. Equinox occurs on22nd.  Daily images of the sun can be seen at http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

The Moon:

• Moon occults  Antares on 7^th   ; Neptune on 12^th   – none of these are visible from Bangalore

•  First Quarter 7^th 19:34; Full moon 15^th 14:43; Last Quarter 22^nd 09:34; New moon at 13:42 on 29^th .  Apogee at 20:27 on 7^th;  Perigee at 08:57 on 20^th .

The Planets

• Mercury  -  visible in the first week  at dusk – small group with Mars and Venus.

• Venus –  visible at dusk; next to moon on 1^st  – pairs with Mercury, moon and Mars on 1^st and 2^nd .

• Mars – visible at dusk  – moves through  Libra  dia 4” ,  magnitude +2.4

• Jupiter -  visible from dusk to midnight – in Sagittarius  dia 45”,  magnitude -2.5 – pairs with moon on 9^th

• Saturn – visible at dusk in the first week – magnitude +1.0 , dia 16”, pairs with moon on 27^th

• Uranus –   in Pisces – visible at dawn – magnitude 5.7

• Neptune – in Aquarius – visible at dawn – magnitude 7.8 – occultation on 13^th

• Dwarf Planets:

• Ceres – in Gemini - magnitude 8.8

• Pluto – Sagittarius – magnitude 13.9

• Eeris – Pisces – magnitude 18.7

• Meteor showers and comets :

  Visit www.heavens-above.com for interesting events, ISS sightings, bright comets and so on

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