January 2006 Celestial Events
01 Sun Moon 7 deg S of Venus @ 5 AM EST
Moon @ perigee (224,781 miles from Earth), 5:49 PM EST
02 Mon Elara, a moon of Jupiter, discovered in 1902
03 Tue Quadrantid meteor shower peaks
04 Wed Earth @ perihelion (91.4 million miles from Sun), 10 AM EST
(earth closest to the sun)
05 Thu Asteroid Vesta @ opposition, 6 PM EST
06 Fri First Quarter Moon @ 1:56 PM EST
TAS Sidewalk Astronomy @ Lake Ella, dusk
07 Sat Starlab shows @ MOAS, 1 and 2 PM EST
08 Sun Moon 1.3 deg N of Mars @ 3 PM EST
120th birthday, Sir Frank Watson Dyson (1886-1939), Space Timekeeper
12 Thu 1st Anniversary, Deep Impact Launch
13 Fri Venus in inferior onjunction @ 7 PM EST
14 Sat Full Moon @ 4:48 AM EST (Old Moon, or Moon After Yule)
1st Anniversary, Cassini-Huygens Probe Descent
15 Sun Moon 4 deg N of Saturn @ 8 AM EST
Stardust: Earth Sample Return; 5th Anniversary Earth Encounter
16 Mon TAS indoor meeting @ CLC, 7 PM EST
17 Tue Moon @ apogee (252,205 miles from Earth), 2:07 PM EST
20 Fri Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin born, 1930
21 Sat Moon 0.6 deg N of Spica @ 5 PM EST
CCC Beyond the Blackboard Resource Fair @ MOAS, 11 AM – 4 PM EST
22 Sun Last Quarter Moon @ 10:14 AM EST
Mars Equinox; Northern Spring Begins
23 Mon Moon 5 deg S of Jupiter @ 3 PM EST
24 Tue 20th Anniversary, Voyager 2: Uranus Flyby
25 Wed Moon 0.02 deg N of Antares @ 7 AM EST
26 Thu Mercury in superior conjunction @ 5 PM EST
TSS Lecture Prof. Marty Chen, Magnetic Field Effects on Tissues
6:30 PM Engineering Building, Refreshments at 6 PM EST
27 Fri Saturn @ opposition, 6 PM EST
Moon 12 deg S of Venus @ 7 PM EST
28 Sat TAS Observing @ Star Hill, dusk
29 Sun New Moon @ 9:15 AM EST
30 Mon Moon @ perigee (222,313 miles from Earth), 2:51 AM EST
The Milky Way on January evenings crosses overhead diagonally from southeast to northwest.