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February 2006 Celestial Events
02 Thu Groundhog Day
03 Fri Venus stationary @ 2 AM EST
TAS sidewalk astronomy @ Lake Ella, dusk
40th Anniv. (1966), Luna 9 Landing on Moon (1st Moon Landing)
04 Sat Starlab shows @ MOAS, 1 & 2 PM EST
LAST Hayride and Stargaze event, St. Marks (7 – 9 PM)
TAS in Thomasville
Clyde Tombaugh's 100th Birthday (1906)
05 Sun First Quarter Moon @ 1:29 AM EST
Moon 2 deg N of Mars @ 5 PM EST
06 Mon Neptune in conjunction with Sun @ 1 AM EST
09 Thu First Boeing 727 flight, 1963
15th Anniv. (1991), Salyut-7 Burnup In Earth's Atmosphere
11 Sat Moon 4 deg N of Saturn @ 10 AM EST
First joint US – Russian space shuttle mission complete, 1994
12 Sun Full Moon @ 11:44 PM EST
13 Mon Moon @ apogee (252,500 miles from Earth), 7:47 PM EST
14 Tue Valentine’s Day
17 Fri Venus @ greatest brilliancy (magnitude —4.6), 3 PM EST
Moon 0.4 deg N of Spica @ midnight EST
18 Sat Mag Lab Open House, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m
20 Mon Moon 5 deg S of Jupiter @ 3 AM EST
TAS indoor meeting @ CLC, 7 PM EST
21 Tue Last Quarter Moon @ 2:17 AM EST
22 Wed 45th Anniv. (1966), Kosmos 110 Launch (Carried Two Dogs)
Moon 0.2 deg S of Antares @ 4 PM EST
23 Thu Mercury @ greatest eastern elongation (18 deg), midnight EST
24 Fri Moon 10 deg S of Venus @ 4 PM EST
25 Sat TAS observing @ Star Hill, dusk
26 Sun Moon 4 deg S of Neptune @ 8 AM EST
27 Mon Moon @ perigee (221,757 miles from Earth), 3:25 PM EST
New Moon @ 7:31 PM EST
28 Tue Moon 4 deg S of Mercury @ 9 PM EST
TSS Einstein Lecture @ 101 Mag Lab, 6:30 PM EST
Einstein in Switzerland, by Hans Plendl (goodies @ 6)
Many asteroid and comet closest approaches, orbital adjustments, and other space events are at: http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0602
Late February, on clear Moonless nights, is the best time to look for the zodiacal light, from 1 to 2 hours after sunset, around the part of the ecliptic near the sun; and the Gegenschein or counterglow, around midnight and around the part of the ecliptic high in the sky. They are caused by sunlight reflected from meteoric dust lying in the plane of the solar system and extending far out beyond the Earth.
Provided as a public service
Tallahassee Astronomical Society
http://www.stargazers.org/
From Barry
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