Skywatching Calendar 2005

January 2005

January 2005 –

“January 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

January 2005 –

“January 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

January 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ January 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

January 01 –

“Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) is approaching Earth – skymap”

January 02 – 01:00 UT –

Earth at Perihelion – closest to the Sun

January 03 –

“The Quadrantids Meteor Shower – skymap”

visible –

Mid-Northern Latitudes

time –

Maximum

04:00 UT

(GMT)

January 03 – 17:46 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

January 07 –

“Tonight, Comet Machholz is gliding by the Pleiades – skymap”

January 10 – 12:03 UT –

New Moon

January 11 –

“Asteroid 1998/DV9 Near-Earth Flyby at 30 LD – Mag. 15”

January 12 –

“Sky surveys reveal cosmic ripples”

January 13 –

“Saturn closet approach to Earth all year – skymap”

January 14 –

“Europe reaches new frontier – Huygens lands on Titan”

January 14 –

“Facts about Titan”

January 14 –

“First images from Titan – ESA gallery updated as they arrive”

January 16 –

“The Discovery of Comet Machholz (Comet 2004 Q2)”

January 17 – 06:57 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

January 17 –

“Green Comet Machholz – Friend, Not Foe”

January 18 –

“Aurora Australis to put on spectacular light show”

January 18 –

“Sunspot 720 is now as wide as Jupiter – safe solar observing tips”

January 19 –

“Aurora Alert: A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth”

January 23 –

“January 2005 Aurora Gallery”

January 25 – 10:32 UT –

Full Moon –

Wolf Moon

January 25 –

“Today there are 669 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

January 26 –

“The great eight are a bright sight in winter sky this week”

January 26 –

“‘Shooting Stars’ On Mars: Messages From A Meteorite”

January 31 –

“Dark Moon days: Easy to see Comet Machholz again – skymap”

January 2005 –

“January 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

 

February 2005

February 2005 –

“February 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

February 2005 –

“February 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

February 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ February 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

February 01 –

“Giant planets light February sky”

February 02 – 07:27 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

February 03 –

“Radar Observations Refine Future Motion of Asteroid 2004 MN4”

February 04 –

“2005 Will Be Good for Stargazers”

February 05 –

“February night sky: Discovering spiral galaxies”

February 08 – 22:28 UT –

New Moon

February 14 –

“Asteroid 2004/EW Near-Earth Flyby at 23 LD – Mag. 16”

February 16 – 00:16 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

February 16 –

“These ‘forgotten’ constellations are worth remembering”

February 24 – 04:54 UT –

Full Moon

Snow Moon

February 25 –

“Man in the moon ready to do the dance with Jupiter”

February 26 –

“Newest Saturn moons given names”

February 27 –

“Asteroid 2004/RF84 Near-Earth Flyby at 23 LD – Mag. 14”

February 27 –

“What’s Up This Week – Feb 27 – Mar 6, 2005”

February 28 –

“Meteor shower seen in South West (England)”

 

March 2005

March 2005 –

“March 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

March 2005 –

“March 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

March 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ March 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

March 01 –

“Comet P/2004 A1 (LONEOS)

Closest Approach To Earth”

March 02 –

“Comet 141P/Machholz 2 Perihelion”

March 03 –

“Comet C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (1.942 AU)”

March 03 – 17:36 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

March 06 –

“Comet C/2005 E3 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.005 AU)”

March 07 –

“Comet C/2004 S1 (Van Ness)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)”

March 08 –

“Comet C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)

Perihelion”

March 10 – 09:10 UT –

New Moon

March 10 –

“Comet C/2005 E4 (SOHO) Perihelion (0.049 AU)”

March 10/11 –

“Leonids-Ursids Meteor Shower”

March 16 –

“Southern Hemisphere Skywatch – March Skies”

March 17 – 19:19 UT –

“First Lunar Quarter”

March 18 –

“Asteroid 2005/FN Near-Earth Flyby at 0.4 LD – Mag. 14”

March 18/19 –

“Eta Virginids Meteor Shower”

March 18/19 –

“Delta Mensids Meteor Shower”

March 19 –

“Asteroid 2005/FA Near-Earth Flyby at 2.3 LD – Mag. 17”

March 19 –

“Asteroid 2005/ER70 Near-Earth Flyby at 9.2 LD – Mag. 19”

March 20 – 12:33 UT –

Alban Eilir – Vernal (Spring) Equinox

March 20/21 –

“Theta Virginids Meteor Shower”

March 21 –

“Comet 141P/Machholz 2

Closest Approach To Earth (1.467 AU)”

March 25 – 20:58 UT –

Full Moon

Worm Moon

March 26 –

“Comet C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.143 AU)”

March 27 –

“Daylight Saving – Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour” (Europe)

March 27 –

“Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.094 AU)”

March 27 –

“Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)”

March 29/31 –

“Eta Draconids Meteor Shower Peak”

March 30 –

“Comet C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (2.047 AU)”

March 31 –

“Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)”

March 2005 –

“March 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

 

April 2005

April 2005 –

“April 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

April 2005 –

“April 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

April 2005 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – April 2005”

April 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ April 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

April 01 –

“Comet 105P/Singer Brewster

Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)”

April 01 –

“Comet 32P/Comas Sola

Perihelion (1.833 AU)”

April 02 – 00:50 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

April 03 –

“Comet C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (0.850 AU)”

April 04 –

“Hunt For April’s Dogs”

April 05 –

“Asteroid 2005/EU2 Near-Earth Flyby at 6.2 LD – Mag. 18”

April 06 –

“Asteroid 2005/EE169 Near-Earth Flyby at 5.9 LD – Mag. 18”

April 08 – 20:32 UT –

New Moon

April 08 –

“Hybrid Solar Eclipse”

visible –

New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, USA

April 08 –

“Today’s Solar Eclipse: When should you look? Timetable for US Cities”

April 08 –

“Today’s Hybrid Solar Eclipse: Animation of global shadow”

April 08 –

“Today’s Hybrid Solar Eclipse Animation – North America”

April 08 –

“Today’s Hybrid Solar Eclipse Animation – Central America”

April 08 –

“Today’s Hybrid Solar Eclipse Animation – New Zealand”

April 10 –

“Comet C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (0.907 AU)”

April 16 –

“Full Hybrid Solar Eclipse Gallery for April 8, 2005”

April 16 – 14:37 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

April 20 –

“Comet C/2003 O1 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (6.812 AU)”

April 21 –

“Lyrids Meteor Shower – skymap”

April 22 –

“Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak”

April 22 –

“Comet P/2004 DO29

Closest Approach To Earth (3.277 AU)”

April 23 –

“Comet C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)”

April 24 – 10:06 UT –

Full Moon

April 24 –

“Penumbral Lunar Eclipse”

visible –

Australia, Indonesia, S.E Asia, Western Hemisphere

April 28 –

“Jupiter and Arcturus grace our May nights”

April 30 –

“April 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

 

May 2005

May 2005 –

“May 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

May 2005 –

“May 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

May 2005 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – May 2005”

May 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ May 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

May 2005 –

“May 2005: Aurora Gallery”

May 01 – 06:24 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

May 02 –

“Comet P/1998 X1 (ODAS)

Perihelion (1.981 AU)”

May 04 –

“Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Closest Approach To Earth (0.712 AU)”

May 05 –

“Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower from Halley’s Comet – Skymap”

May 05 –

“Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

May 08 – 08:45 UT –

New Moon

May 11 –

“Asteroid 2005/JT1 Near-Earth Flyby at 6.9 LD – Mag. 19”

May 15 –

“Comet 91P/Russell 3

Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)”

May 16 – 08:56 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

May 21 –

“Sky Watch: Snaking across the sky”

May 23 – 20:18 UT –

Full Moon

Flower Moon

May 23 –

“Comet C/2004 K1 (Catalina)

Closest Approach To Earth (2.556 AU)”

May 23 –

“Asteroid 2005/ED318 Near-Earth Flyby at 6.3 LD – Mag. 14”

May 24 –

“Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley

Perihelion (3.044 AU)”

May 25 –

“Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1

Closest Approach To Earth (2.196 AU)”

May 25 –

“Hydra appears in the low southern sky”

May 26 –

“Dark Spots on the Moon Show a Turbulent Solar System”

May 30 – 11:47 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

May 30 –

“ESA Rosetta News – Preparing for impact”

May 31 –

“May 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

 

June 2005

June 2005 –

“June 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

June 2005 –

“June 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

June 2005 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – June 2005”

June 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ June 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

June 03 –

“Asteroid 2005/LM3 Near-Earth Flyby at 4.0 LD – Mag. 18”

June 04 –

“Asteroid 2005/LU3 Near-Earth Flyby at 4.9 LD – Mag. 20”

June 04 –

“Comet 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3

Perihelion (2.807 AU)”

June 06 – 21:55 UT –

New Moon

June 07 –

“Daylight Meteors: The Arietids”

June 07 –

“Beware the Mars Hoax: Earth & Mars converging for a close encounter”

June 08 –

“Comet P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (3.359 AU)”

June 11 –

“Spotting ‘faint fuzzies'”

June 15 – 01:22 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

June 15 –

“Lesser-known constellations shine”

June 17 –

“Comet C/2004 X3 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (4.402 AU)”

June 18 –

“Myths from the Skies”

June 19 –

“Asteroid 2005/LD Near-Earth Flyby at 7.1 LD – Mag. 17”

June 19 –

“Comet 72P/Denning-Fujikawa Perihelion (0.797 AU)”

June 20 –

“Comet 37/Forbes

Closest Approach To Earth (0.674 AU)”

June 20 –

“Comet 161P/2004 V2 (Hartley-IRAS)

Perihelion (1.275 AU)”

June 21 – 06:46 UT –

Alban Hefyn –

Summer Solstice

June 22 – 04:14 UT –

Full Moon

June 22 –

“Mercury, Venus and Saturn – spectacular conjunction this weekend”

June 24 –

“Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)”

June 24 –

“Why does the moon look so big now?”

June 25 –

“Planetary Alignment Skymap – looking west at sunset today”

June 25 –

“Comet 82P/Gehrels 3 Closest Approach To Earth (3.603 AU)”

June 26 –

“Planetary Alignment Skymap – looking west at sunset today”

June 26 –

“Comet 91P/Russell 3

Perihelion (2.602 AU)”

June 27 –

“Rare line-up in night sky”

June 27 –

“Planets align in cosmic show”

June 27 –

“Planetary Alignment Skymap – looking west at sunset today”

June 28 – 18:23 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

June 28 –

“On the July 4th, a NASA spacecraft will blast a hole in Comet Tempel 1”

June 29 –

“The Coming Age of Planets”

June 29 –

“Earth is racing toward Mars at a speed of 23,500 mph – skymap”

 

July 2005

July 2005 –

“July 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

July 2005 –

“July 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

July 2005 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – July 2005”

July 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ July 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

July 02 –

“Deep Impact: Observer’s Guide”

July 02 –

“Deep Impact – Skymap”

July 02 –

“Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Perihelion (1.038 AU)”

July 03 –

“First Rosetta OSIRIS image of Comet 9P/Tempel 1”

July 03 –

“NASA’s Deep Impact Mission homepage”

July 03 –

“ESA News – Timeline for Deep Impact events”

July 03 –

“European Southern Observatory: Deep Impact at ESO”

July 04 –

“Watching Comet Tempel 1 — and Deep Impact”

July 04 –

“Deep Impact Live Webcast from Kitt Peak National Observatory”

July 05 – 05:00 UT –

Earth at Aphelion

farthest from the Sun

July 05 –

“Comet 9P/Tempel 1

Perihelion (1.506 AU)”

July 05 –

“NASA’s Deep Impact image gallery”

July 05 –

“Comet C/2004 K1 (Catalina)

Perihelion (3.399 AU)”

July 06 – 12:02 UT –

New Moon

July 06 –

“Capturing the Flash: The Deep Impact/Tempel 1 impact movie”

July 07 –

“On 7 Jul 2005 there were 706 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

July 09 –

“Weekend Planets: Looking West at Sunset today – skymap”

July 11 –

“Morning Mars: Looking East before Sunrise in Mid-July – skymap”

July 11 –

“Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS

Closest Approach To Earth (1.477 AU)”

July 12 –

“Comet P/2004 F3 (NEAT)

Closest Approach To Earth (2.050 AU)”

July 13 –

“Comet P/2000 G1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (0.998 AU)”

July 13 –

“Jupiter and the Moon: Looking West at Sunset today – skymap”

July 13 –

“Comet P/2003 L1 (Scotti)

Closest Approach To Earth (4.895 AU)”

July 14 – 15:20 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

July 19 –

“Comet 138P/Shoemaker-Levy 7

Perihelion (1.707 AU)”

July 21 – 11:00 UT –

Full Moon

July 22 –

“Asteroid 2000/AG6 Near-Earth Flyby at 8.7 LD – Mag. 20”

July 22 –

“The 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower – skymap for August 12, 2005”

July 28 – 03:19 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

July 29 –

“Distant object found orbiting Sun”

July 29 –

“South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

July 31 –

“July 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

 

August 2005

August 2005 –

“August 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

August 2005 –

“August 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

August 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ August 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

August 2005 –

“Here Come the Perseids – with a crescent moon”

August 01 –

“Dog star on ascent in the sky of August”

August 01 –

“Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 01 –

“Comet 37P/Forbes

Perihelion (1.572 AU)”

August 05 – 03:05 UT –

New Moon

August 05 –

“Meteor shower to light up summer sky August 12”

August 7-12

“IAU Symposium #229, Brazil – Asteroids, Comets, Meteors”

August 08 –

“Comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (3.313 AU)”

August 08 –

“Asteroid 1992 UY4 Near-Earth Flyby at 16 LD – Mag. 12”

August 12 –

“The 2005 Perseid Meteor Shower – skymap for August 12 before dawn”

August 12 –

“Perseids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 13 – 02:38 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

August 13 –

“Comet C/2005 E2 (McNaught)

Closest Approach To Earth (2.911 AU)”

August 16 –

“2005 Perseid Meteor Images & Video Gallery”

August 19 – 17:53 UT –

Full Moon

August 25 –

“Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 25 –

“Sunset Planets: Looking West at Sunset today – skymap”

August 25 –

“August 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

August 26 – 15:18 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

 

September 2005

September 2005 –

“September 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

September 2005 –

“September 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

September 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ September 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

September 2005 –

“September 1, 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

September 01 –

“Asteroid 5554 Keesey (1985 TW1) Near-Earth Flyby – 0.915 AU”

September 01 –

“Star Watch: Mars at its brightest”

September 01/04 –

“3rd Annual Iowa Star Party, near Coon Rapids, Iowa”

September 01/04 –

“18th Annual Oregon Star Party, Ochoco National Forest, Oregon”

September 01/05 –

“Ark-La-Tex Star Party, near Nashville, Arkansas”

September 01/05 –

“ICStars Star Party, near Warrensburg, Missouri”

September 02 –

“Comet P/2004 VR8 (LONEOS)

Perihelion (2.376 AU)”

September 02/04 –

“5th Annual RASCALS Star Party, Malahat, Canada”

September 02/04 –

“Black Forest Star Party, Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania”

September 02/05 –

“Nova East 2005 Star Party, near Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada”

September 02/05 –

“Fall Star Quest 2005, near Merritt, British Columbia, Canada”

September 03 – 18:45 UT –

New Moon

September 03 –

“Sunset Planets: Looking West at Sunset today – skymap”

September 03 –

“Comet P/1998 W1 (Spahr)

Perihelion (1.730 AU)”

September 06 –

“Scientists baffled by changes in Saturn’s rings”

September 06 –

“Sunset Planets: Looking West at Sunset today – skymap”

September 07 –

“Moon Occults Venus – visibility map”

September 09 –

“Comet C/2005 O2 (Christensen)

Perihelion (3.334 AU)”

September 09/11 –

“Northern Prairie Starfest, Black Nugget Lake, Canada”

September 09/11 –

“Algonguin Adventure Star Party, Algonquin Park, Canada”

September 09/11 –

“21th Annual Idaho Star Party, Bruneau Dunes State Park, Idaho”

September 10 –

“Asteroid 5836 (1993 MF) Near-Vesta Flyby – 0.027 AU”

September 11 – 11:37 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

September 11 –

“September 11, 2005 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

September 11 –

“On this day there are 721 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

September 11 –

“Comet 105P/Singer Brewster

Perihelion (2.041 AU)”

September 11 –

“Asteroid 5143 Heracles

Closest Approach To Earth (2.216 AU)”

September 12 –

“Watch the sun vanish in Egypt … “

September 13 –

“Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)”

September 13 –

“Comets are fluffy balls of powder”

September 14 –

“Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 2

Closest Approach To Earth (1.384 AU)”

September 15 –

“Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (1.012 AU)”

September 15 –

“Solar minimum is looking strangely like Solar Max”

September 15 –

“Comet P/2004 V3

Closest Approach To Earth (3.320 AU)”

September 16 –

“Asteroid 1282 Utopia Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)”

September 16 –

“Birthplace of famous Mars meteorite pinpointed”

September 17 –

“Comet P/2002 EX12 (NEAT) – Perihelion (0.605 AU)

September 17 –

“Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.883 AU)”

September 18 – 02:01 UT –

Full Moon

Harvest Moon

September 18 –

“Comet P/2005 N2

Closest Approach To Earth (0.624 AU)”

September 18 –

“Asteroid 471 Papagena

At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)”

September 20 –

“Asteroid 1999 RQ36

Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)”

September 21 –

“Mars & Moon: Looking East at 10:00pm today – skymap”

September 22 – 22:23 UT –

Alban Elfed – Autumn Equinox

September 23 –

“Comet C/2005 N5 (Catalina)

Closest Approach To Earth (0.909 AU)”

September 23 –

“Asteroid 2003 UV11 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)”

September 23 –

“Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.632 AU)”

September 24 –

“ScopeOut 2005, Telescope Fair, Cincinnati, Ohio”

September 25 – 06:41 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

September 25 –

“Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (0.894 AU)”

September 25 –

“Look for — and appreciate — Pegasus in the eastern sky”

September 27/October 02 –

“Astroblast 2005 Star Party, near Franklin, Pennsylvania”

September 28 –

“Asteroid 1620 Geographos

Closest Approach To Earth (0.739 AU)”

September 28/October 02 –

“Delmarva No Frills Star Party, Queen Anne, Maryland”

September 29/October 02 –

“Prairie Skies Star Party, near Kankakee, Illinois”

September 29/October 02 –

“3rd Annual Lowell Star Party, Flagstaff, Arizona”

September 29/October 02 –

“11th Annual Autumn Equinox Sky Camp, Weybourne, UK”

September 29/October 02 –

“Mirasteilas Starparty, Falera, Graubunden, Switzerland”

September 29/October 02 –

“City of Rocks Star Party, CoR State Park, New Mexico”

September 30/October 01 –

“Cathedral Gorge Star Party, CG State Park, Nevada”

September 30 –

“Annular eclipse to shade parts of Europe, Africa, Asia, Mideast”

 

October 2005

October 2005 –

“October 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

October 2005 –

“October 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

October 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ October 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

October 01 –

“Annular Solar Eclipse of 2005 October 03”

October 01 –

“In the October sky, plenty to see: a queen, a sea monster, a galaxy”

October 02 –

“Asteroid 2005 SK26

Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)”

October 02 –

“Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)”

October 03 – 10:28 UT –

New Moon

October 03 –

“Annular Solar Eclipse”

visible –

Europe, Africa, Middle East, Western Asia, India

October 03 –

“Comet C/2005 O2 (Christensen) Closest Approach To Earth (2.537 AU)”

October 04/08 –

“12th Annual Enchanted Skies Star Party, Socorro, New Mexico”

October 05 –

“Comet 101P/Chernykh

Closest Approach To Earth (1.464 AU)”

October 05 –

“Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (2.658 AU)”

October 06 –

“Comet C/2005 S3 (Read)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.956 AU)”

October 06 –

“Asteroid 2005 SJ26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)”

October 07 –

“Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT) Perihelion (2.048 AU)”

October 07/09 –

“Tennessee Star Party, Crossville, Tennessee”

October 07/10 –

“14th Annual Convention of the Antique Telescope Society”

October 08 –

“Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU)”

October 09 –

“Draconids Meteor Shower Peak”

October 09 –

“Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.118 AU)”

October 09 –

“Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)”

October 10 – 19:01 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

October 10 –

“Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)”

October 10 –

“Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (1.270 AU)”

October 11 –

“Asteroid 2005 TM

Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)”

October 12 –

“Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)”

October 13 –

“Comet P/2005 R1 (NEAT)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.101 AU)”

October 13 –

“Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)”

October 15 –

“Comet P/2005 R2 (Van Ness)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)”

October 15 –

“Asteroid 2005 SL

Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)”

October 15 –

“Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.556 AU)”

October 16 –

“Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.579 AU)”

October 16 –

“Mars Close Approach – skymap looking east at 10:00pm tonight”

October 17 – 12:14 UT –

Full Moon

Hunter’s Moon

October 17 –

“Partial Lunar Eclipse”

visible – North America, Central America, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia

Penumbral Eclipse – begins 09:51 UT – ends 14:15 UT

October 17 –

“Partial Lunar Eclipse – path map”

October 17 –

“The Lunar Eclipse”

October 17 –

“Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)”

October 17 –

“Mars Close Approach – skymap looking east at 10:00pm tonight”

October 18 –

“Comet C/2005 K2 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.364 AU)”

October 18 –

“Mars Close Approach – skymap looking east at 10:00pm tonight”

October 19 –

“Asteroid 2005 ST4

Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)”

October 19 –

“Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)”

October 20 –

“Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)”

October 21 –

“Orionids Meteor Shower Peak”

October 21 –

“Orionids Meteor Shower Observing Tips from both hemispheres”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 2004 VG64 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (0.941 AU)”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.655 AU)”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)”

October 22 –

“Ohio State University Newark Earthworks Day

Octagon Moonrise”

October 22 –

“Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.725 AU)”

October 22 –

“Planets spins out of orbit – new book review”

October 23 –

“Asteroid 243 Ida

Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)”

October 24 –

“Mars Close Approach – skymap looking east at 21:00 late October”

October 24 –

“Asteroid 9000 HAL Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)”

October 25 – 01:17 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

October 25 –

“Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach to Earth (1.275 AU)”

October 26 –

“Asteroid 2005 SD71

Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)”

October 26 –

“Asteroid 2099 Opik Closest Approach To Earth (0.499 AU)”

October 26/30 –

“23rd Annual Deep South Regional StarGaze, Clinton, Louisiana”

October 27 –

“Comet C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.985 AU)”

October 27 –

“Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.362 AU)”

October 28 –

“Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Closest Approach To Earth”

October 28 –

“Comet P/2005 K3 (McNaught)

Closest Approach To Earth (0.905 AU)”

October 28 –

“Comet C/2005 S3 (Read)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.880 AU)”

October 28 –

“Stargazing Event, Livingston, New Jersey”

October 28 –

“Venus, Mars will glow brightly on Halloween”

October 28 –

“Red Planet set for close approach”

October 28/November 05 –

“1st International Friends of the Sky Star Party, Arizona”

October 29 –

“Mars

Closest Approach To Earth (0.46 AU)”

October 30 –

“Daylight Saving – Set Clock Back 1 Hour” (Europe, North America)

October 30 –

“Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)”

October 30 –

“Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.422 AU)”

 

November 2005

November 2005 –

“November 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

November 2005 –

“November 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

November 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ November 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

November 01 –

“Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.887 AU)”

November 01/08 –

“Mid Atlantic Star Party 2005, near Robbins, North Carolina”

November 02 – 01:24 UT –

New Moon

November 02 –

“Comet C/2005 P3 (SWAN)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.166 AU)”

November 02 –

“Comet P/2005 N2 (Hergenrother)

Perihelion (1.426 AU)”

November 02 –

“Comet C/2005 S3 (Read)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)”

November 02 –

“Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)”

November 02 –

“Asteroid 2005 UZ5

Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)”

November 02/06 –

“Peach State Star Gaze (PSSG 2005), Tennessee”

November 03 –

“Taurids Meteor Shower Peak”

November 03 –

“Comet P/2005 U1 (Read)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)”

November 03 –

“Comet P/2005 T5 (Broughton)

Perihelion (3.247 AU)”

November 03 –

“Asteroid 2005 UF7

Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)”

November 03 –

“Asteroid 2000 UK11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)”

November 03 –

“Daring encounter with asteroid”

November 03 –

“2005 Taurid Meteor Shower – Fireball Sightings”

November 04 –

“Asteroid 2005 RA3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.094 AU)”

November 04 –

“Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (1.840 AU)”

November 04 –

“Explore Venus Tonight”

November 04/07 –

“VicSouth Desert Spring Star Party, near Nhill, Australia”

November 05 –

“Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)”

November 05 –

“9th Annual North Texas Skywatch Star Party, Texas”

November 05 –

“A preview of winter sky”

November 06 –

“Asteroid 1862 Apollo

Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)”

November 06 –

“Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.649 AU)”

November 07 –

“Mars

at Opposition”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 951 Gaspra

Closest Approach To Earth (0.863 AU)”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.425 AU)”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.586 AU)”

November 08 –

“Asteroid 2005 UV64

Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)”

November 08 –

“Asteroid 2005 JE46

Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)”

November 08 –

“Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.786 AU)”

November 08/09 –

“Symposium: African Astronomical History, South Africa”

November 09 – 01:57 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

November 09 –

“Asteroid 2005 WG4

Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)”

November 09 –

“Asteroid 2005 WD

Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)”

November 09 –

“Ah, Capella, a winter jewel coming into view”

November 10 –

“Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.078 AU)”

November 11 –

“Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.575 AU)”

November 11 –

“Comet C/2005 W3 (Kowalski)

Closest Approach To Earth (2.509 AU)”

November 11 –

“Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.701 AU)”

November 12 –

“Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)”

November 13 –

“The Moon and Mars in a close encounter on Monday, Nov. 14th”

November 13 –

“2005 Leonid Forecastings”

November 13 –

“Asteroid 3753 Cruithne

Closest Approach To Earth (0.362 AU)”

November 13 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna

Closest Approach (87.971 AU)”

November 14 –

“Comet 10P/Tempel 2

Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU)”

November 14 –

“Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.045 AU)”

November 14 –

“Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)”

November 15 –

“Comet C/2004 L2 (LINEAR)

Perihelion (3.781 AU)”

November 15 –

“Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)”

November 16 – 00:57 UT –

Full Moon

November 16 –

“Comet P/2005 SD (LINEAR)

Perihelion (1.575 AU)”

November 16 –

“Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)”

November 16 –

“Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.876 AU)”

November 16 –

“American Meteor Society – Fireball Sightings Log: 2005”

November 17 –

“Leonids Meteor Shower Peak”

November 18 –

“Asteroid 2005 WQ3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)”

November 19 –

“Asteroid 2005 UW6

Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)”

November 19 –

“Asteroid 2005 VF

Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)”

November 20 –

“Asteroid 2005 WF

Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)”

November 20 –

“Asteroid 9941 Iguanodon Closest Approach To Earth (1.183 AU)”

November 21 –

“Comet C/2005 K1 (Skiff)

Perihelion (3.693 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 2005 UL5

Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 2005 WP3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.565 AU)”

November 22 –

“Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.965 AU)”

November 23 – 22:11 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

November 23 –

“Comet DN3 (Korlevic-Juric)

Closest Aproach To Earth (3.677 AU)”

November 23 –

“Comet C/2005 Q1 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (5.854 AU)”

November 23 –

“Asteroid 2005 WX

Near-Earth Flyby (0.008 AU)”

November 23 –

“Asteroid 2001 FO127 Near-Venus Flyby (0.022 AU)”

November 24 –

“Asteroid 2005 WY1

Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)”

November 26 –

“Asteroid 2005 WM3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)”

November 26 –

“Asteroid 2005 WN3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.001 AU)”

November 28 –

“The planet Venus is growing so bright, it’s actually casting shadows”

November 28 –

“Asteroid 2005 WY

Near-Earth Flyby (0.005 AU)”

November 28 –

“Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.045 AU)”

November 28 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 19521

Closest Approach (40.981 AU)”

November 30 –

“Asteroid 719 Albert

Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)”

 

Skywatching Calendar 2006

 

December 2005

December 2005 –

“December 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

December 2005 –

“December 2005: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

December 2005 –

“‘The Sky at Night’ December 2005 – Watch This Episode Online”

December 01 – 15:01 UT –

New Moon

December 01 –

“Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (1.146 AU)”

December 01 –

“Look for Orion in winter skies”

December 01 –

“Night Sky In December”

December 02 –

“Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (4.254 AU)”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.333 AU)”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.898 AU)”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 2005 XN27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)”

December 03 –

“Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)”

December 04 –

“Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.123 AU)”

December 04 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190

Closest Approach (57.359 AU)”

December 05 –

“Asteroid 2005 XA8 will miss Earth by 0.6 LD today – Mag. 15”

December 06 –

“Asteroid 1994 XL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)”

December 07 –

“Asteroid 2005 WA1

Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)”

December 07 –

“Asteroid 1994 XL1

Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)”

December 07 –

“Asteroid 2005 WS3

Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)”

December 07 –

“Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.453 AU)”

December 07 –

“Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)”

December 07 –

“It’s called Apophis. It’s 390m wide and could hit Earth in 31 years”

December 08 – 09:36 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

December 08 –

“Asteroid 16 Psyche

At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)”

December 08 –

“Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)”

December 09 –

“Asteroid 11 Parthenope

At Opposition (9.8 Magnitude)”

December 09 –

“Asteroid 2004 HR56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)”

December 09 –

“Asteroid 2005 XX will miss Earth by 2.2 LD today – Mag. 18”

December 09 –

“Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.903 AU)”

December 09 –

“ESA Video Talk – Is The Sun Crazy?”

December 09 –

“The Moonlit Geminids”

December 10 –

“Comet C/2005 N3 (Larson)

Perihelion (2.197 AU)”

December 10 –

“Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.861 AU)”

December 10 –

“Solstice near, sun far”

December 11 –

“Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.527 AU)”

December 11 –

“Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen)

Closest Approach 2.570 AU)”

December 11 –

“Sunset Planets Skymap – looking east at sundown today”

December 12 –

“Moon Occults Mars”

December 12 –

“Northernmost Full Moon”

December 12 –

“Comet P/2005 L1 (McNaught)

Perihelion (3.143 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.127 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.646 AU)”

December 13 –

“Geminids Meteor Shower Peak”

December 13 –

“2005 Geminid Meteor Shower – Skymap for December 13/14”

December 13 –

“Listen to Radio Meteors live from Roswell, New Mexico”

December 13 –

“Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.392 AU)”

December 14 –

“Solstice, a winter wonder, marks sun’s turn to north”

December 14 –

“Asteroid 2005 WC1 will miss Earth by 7.9 LD today – Mag. 15”

December 15 – 16:15 UT –

Full Moon

December 15 –

“Asteroid 2005 WC1

Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)”

December 15 –

“Asteroid 2005 XT77

Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)”

December 16 –

“Asteroid 2002 HW

Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)”

December 17 –

“Asteroid 2000 WO107 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.016 AU)”

December 17 –

“Orion on winter prowl”

December 18 –

“Asteroid 4141 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.864 AU)”

December 18 –

“Moon, planet Saturn and Saturnalia”

December 19 –

“Comet 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1

Perihelion (3.037 AU)”

December 19 –

“Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.495 AU)”

December 19 –

“Asteroid 2006 XO66

Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)”

December 20 –

“Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.225 AU)”

December 21 – 18:35 UT –

Alban Arthan

Winter Solstice

December 20 –

“A hunting expedition isn’t needed to locate Orion”

December 22 –

“Ursids Meteor Shower Peak”

December 22 –

“Asteroid 2003 YT70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)”

December 22 –

“Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.063 AU)”

December 22 –

“Astronomers see ‘echoes’ of old supernovae”

December 23 – 19:36 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

December 23 –

“Comet P/2005 Q4 (LINEAR)

Closest Approach To Earth (1.108 AU)”

December 23 –

“NASA astronomers spot rare lunar meteor strike”

December 24 –

“Comet 60P/Tsuchinshan 2

Perihelion (1.766 AU)”

December 24 –

“Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)”

December 24 –

“Asteroid 2005 XV77

Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)”

December 25 –

“Comet 101P/Chernykh

Perihelion (2.350 AU)”

December 26 –

“Asteroid 7958 Leaky Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)”

December 26 –

“Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.947 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 2004 YG1

Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (0.995 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (2.021 AU)”

December 28 –

“Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.200 AU)”

December 29 –

“Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.053 AU)”

December 29 –

“Spaceweather.com Aurora Photo Galleries – 2000 to 2005”

December 29 –

“Calendar’s new year doesn’t match the sky”

December 29/January 04 –

“Camp Desertview Intn’l Star Party, Tinfou, Morocco”

December 30 –

“Asteroid 2002 UK11 Near-Venus Flyby (0.024 AU)”

December 30 –

“A coronal mass ejection (CME) flared out from the sun yesterday”

December 31 –

“Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)”

December 31 –

“Asteroid 1997 YM9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)”

December 31 –

“Bully for Taurus, constellation of distinction”

December 31 – 03:12 UT –

New Moon

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It presents material on important background topics including observational techniques, plasma physics, celestial mechanics, the solar wind and cosmogony. The science of comets is described in order of its discovery, from tail phenomena to coma morphology through to the most recent findings from space missions.

The relationship between comets and asteroids is discussed, and future space missions to investigate comets are described. This comprehensive text is a complete and up-to-date treatment of the subject, suitable for graduate and advanced undergraduate students of astronomy and planetary science.”




“Comets, Meteors and Asteroids”

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Describing these three kinds of space objects individually in terms of their makeup and where they are found, Simon writes in plain language, without talking down to his audience. The intriguing photographs include shots of comets and meteor showers in the sky, a meteorite in Antarctica, and an enormous impact crater in Arizona.”


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“David Levy’s Guide to Observing and Discovering Comets”

David H. Levy

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“David Levy has held a lifelong passion for comets, and is one of the most successful comet discoverers in history. In this book he describes the observing techniques that have been developed over the years–from visual observations and searching, to photography, through to electronic charge-coupled devices (CCDs).

He combines the history of comet hunting with the latest techniques, showing how our understanding of comets has evolved over time. This practical handbook is suitable for amateur astronomers, from those who are casually interested in comets and how to observe them, to those who want to begin and expand an observing program of their own.

Drawing widely from his own extensive experience, Levy describes how enthusiastic amateurs can observe comets and try to make new discoveries themselves. David H. Levy is one of the word’s foremost amateur astronomers. He has discovered seventeen comets, seven using a telescope in his own backyard, and had a minor planet, Asteroid 3673 Levy named in his honor.”


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Most of the matter is in the form of very fine dust particles. Because of the temperatures reached during entry, a large proportion of these particles evaporate at high altitudes, giving rise to radar signatures, and to the visual phenomenon of shooting stars.

This book integrates astronomical observations and theories with geophysical studies, presenting a comprehensive overview of the extraterrestrial matter that falls to Earth from space. Meteoroids are the main topic of the book, although cosmic dust, interplanetary matter and meteorites are also discussed. This work will be of great value to researchers involved in the study of meteor phenomena.”


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Written in an accessible style that avoids complex mathematics, and illustrated in colour throughout, this book is suitable for self-study and will appeal to amateur enthusiasts as well as undergraduate students. It contains numerous helpful learning features such as boxed summaries, student exercises with full solutions, and a glossary of terms. The book is also supported by a website hosting further teaching materials.”


“The Celtic Gods:
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“The Celtic myths, involving heroic warriors such as Finn and CuChulinn, can be read as simple primitive stories, but closer examination reveals strange descriptions and relationships.

The authors of this ground-breaking book argue that all the principal characters are aspects of the one Celtic sky god, Lugh, who was a comet. Against the background of a comet scenario this re-interpretation of about ten key Celtic myths shows how many of the descriptions in the myths fit the appearance of comets.

The fact that these comets on occasions produced abrupt environmental changes, that can be traced in the tree-ring and ice-core chronologies, pins the stories to a central reality. With a novel twist this original book confirms the widespread belief that these stories must contain a ‘core of truth’.”




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