New |
First |
Full |
Last |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
January 19 |
December 27 |
January 03 |
January 11 |
|
February 17 |
January 25 |
February 2 |
February 10 |
|
March 19 |
February 24 |
March 03 |
March 12 |
|
April 17 |
March 25 |
April 02 |
April 10 |
|
May 16 |
April 24 |
May 02 |
May 10 |
|
June 15 |
May 23 |
June 01 |
March 08 |
|
July 14 |
June 22 |
June 30 |
July 7 |
|
August 12 |
July 22 |
July 30 |
August 05 |
|
September 11 |
August 20 |
August 28 |
September 04 |
|
October 11 |
September 19 |
September 26 |
October 03 |
|
November 09 |
October 19 |
October 26 |
November 01 |
|
December 09 |
November 17 |
November 24 |
December 01 |
|
January 08 2008 |
December 17 |
December 24 |
December 31 |
The Moon is in the evening sky and available for viewing from 2 days past new to 4 days past full.
Planet Viewing - Evenings - 2007
Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sep. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
|
Mercury |
 |
|
|
|
||||||||
Venus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Mars |
||||||||||||
Jupiter |
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Saturn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uranus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Neptune |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pluto |
--------------------------------------Photographic Only------------------------------- |
|---|
New |
First |
Full |
Last |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January 8 |
January 15 |
January 22 |
January 30 |
|
February 7 |
February 14 |
February 21 |
February 29 |
|
March 7 |
March 14 |
March 21 |
March 29 |
|
April 6 |
April 12 |
April 20 |
April 28 |
|
May 5 |
May 12 |
May 20 |
May 28 |
|
June 3 |
June 10 |
June 18 |
June 26 |
|
July 3 |
July 10 |
July 18 |
July 25 |
|
August 1 |
August 8 |
August 16 |
August 23 |
|
August 30 |
September 7 |
September 15 |
September 22 |
|
September 29 |
October 7 |
October 14 |
October 21 |
|
October 28 |
November 6 |
November 13 |
November 19 |
|
November 27 |
December 5 |
December 12 |
December 19 |
|
December 27 |
The Moon is in the evening sky and available for viewing from 2 days past new to 4 days past full.
Planet Viewing - Evenings - 2008
Jan. |
Feb. |
Mar. |
Apr. |
May |
June |
July |
Aug. |
Sep. |
Oct. |
Nov. |
Dec. |
|
Mercury |
|
|
|
|||||||||
Venus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Mars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Jupiter |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Saturn |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Uranus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Neptune |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pluto |
--------------------------------------Photographic Only------------------------------- |
|---|
| Saturn's ring system is open by more than 20 degrees this year and is a splendid sight in a telescope. Titan, Saturn's largets moon, is home to the ESA's Huygen's Probe, which landed after a seven year trip from Earth! Casini, NASA's craft which took Huygens to Titan is still orbiting Saturn and collecting data. |
| Mars reaches opposition (nearest to Earth during it's two Earth-year orbit) this November. Don't miss it! |
| Comet Machholtz: See this terrific comet from January to June! |
Deep Space
Winter Highlights
| Orion the Hunter: Rigel, Betelgeuse, M42 (The great Orion Nebula) |
| The Pleides: A beautiful open star cluster |
| M31: The Andromeda Galaxy |
| NGC 834/869: The Persueus double cluster |
Spring Highlights
| The Beehive Cluster (M44) |
| M81 & M82: Gravitationally bound galaxies |
Summer Highlights
| Vega, Deneb, Altair: The Summer Triangle |
| M13: The Hercules cluster |
| M57: The Ring Nebula |
| M11: The Wild Duck cluster |
Autumn Highlights
| The Big Dipper: Young, nearby cluster |
| M31: The Andromeda Galaxy |
| M15: Pegasus globular cluster |
| Albired: Terrific double star gold & aqua color |
