Skywatching Calendar 2006 - morien-institute

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past Morien Institute Skywatching Expeditions

The Morien Institute Skywatching Expeditions have developed out of a series of familiarity sessions that have happened over many years. Identifying the stars and star patterns which form the constellations in either hemisphere is a process which is essentially one of re-orientation. After three or four successive clear nights the observer begins to appreciate the vastness of the universe, often for the first time, and the sporadic meteors that can be seen every night bring home the reality that it is a perpetually changing, living cosmos.

Once the basics of constellation-recognition has been achieved, time spent noticing the movements of the planets across the background of fixed stars seems to last longer, as the greater time frames of our solar system are experienced. The pre-occupation with the cosmos that governed the lives of ancient peoples becomes less of a mystery as new skywatchers ponder with awe the vastness before them. Observing a meteor storm gives skywatchers a 3-D appreciation of our solar system, and drives home the discomforting reality that ‘space’ is far from ’empty’

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The rapid increase in interest in solar system history over the past decade has come about as part of a broader awakening – a realisation concerning the near-earth environment and it’s intrinsic impact on life on Earth. After all, the solar system is the ‘environment’ in which our planet exists, and any disruption to the harmony of the solar system will inevitably have it’s effects on Earth.

As we begin to look again at the worldwide ancient traditions that are all but lost at the beginning of the 21st century, it is becoming clearer that what were once referred to simply as ‘myths’, in a very derogatory sense, are nothing of the sort. It is not so much a case that there is astronomical data ‘encoded’ in the oral traditions of prehistory, as the very real fact that we are only now just beginning to understand that ancient peoples were equally as scientifically capable as ourselves. They simply described their ‘natural science’ in terminology that is as alien to the average 21st century academic as the average academic’s scientific terminology is to the rest of humanity.

The main difference is that 21st century science relies on advanced technology to help scientists understand the universe. Ancient peoples worldwide simply used their powers of observation, and their astronomical knowledge was gained over many millennia of ‘naked-eye skywatching’. The records of this accumulated archaic science were passed down orally from generation to generation as an integral part of the ‘living histories’ of the various peoples of antiquity …

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Listed below are some of the near-earth environment events due to happen in 2006

Many of them will be naked-eye visible, but some may require

strong binoculars

or even a small backyard telescope to fully appreciate the celestial event

These will be supplemented with news and new discoveries as they arise

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January 2006 –

January 2006 –

“January 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

January 2006 –

“January 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

January 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – January 2006”

January 01 –

“Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.584 AU)”

January 01 –

“Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)”

January 01 –

“Asteroid 2005 XO4 near-Earth flyby at 18.5 LD – mag. 20+”

January 01 –

“Asteroid 2005 YM128 near-Earth flyby at 19.8 LD – mag. 19”

January 02 –

“Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU)”

January 02 –

“Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.740 AU)”

January 03 –

“2006 Quadrantid Meteor Shower – skymap”

January 03 –

“The Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peak at 16:20”

January 03 –

“Meteors from an Extinct Constellation: the Quadrantids”

January 03 –

“Basic Visual Meteor Observing Form (Word.docs to Print)”

January 03 –

“Basic Visual Meteor Observing Form Instructions (Word.doc)”

January 03 –

“Advanced Visual Meteor Observing Form (Word.doc)”

January 03 –

“Advanced Visual Meteor Observing Form Instructions (Word.doc)”

January 03 –

“Asteroid 2005 YO128 near-Earth flyby at 6.5 LD – mag. 16”

January 04 – 15:00 UT –

Earth at Perihelion –

closest to the Sun

January 04 –

“Asteroid 2006 AB3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)”

January 05 –

“Asteroid 1998 MZ Near-Venus Flyby (0.026 AU)”

January 06 – 18:56 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

January 06 –

“Comet Shoemaker-Levy 7 –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.370 AU)”

January 06 –

“Comet Parker-Hartley –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.291 AU)”

January 06 –

“Asteroid 2006 AU3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)”

January 06 –

“Asteroid 2006 AP3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)”

January 07 –

“Asteroid 4 Vesta –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.552 AU)”

January 07 –

“Moon glides by Mars: SkyMap looking east after sunset today”

January 08 –

“Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) –

Perihelion (2.842 AU)”

January 08 –

“Asteroid 2006 AT3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)”

January 09 –

“Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.865 AU)”

January 09 –

“NASA to Return Comet Samples to Earth”

January 10 –

“Internet users will hunt for Stardust@home”

January 11 –

“Comet C/2005 B1 (Christensen) –

Closest Approach (3.340 AU)”

January 11 –

“Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)”

January 11 –

“Rowdy neighbour gatecrashes the Milky Way”

January 13 –

“Asteroid 2000 WK10 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)”

January 13 –

“Asteroid 2005 YU8 near-Earth flyby at 19.8 LD – mag. 19”

January 13 –

“Asteroid 2006 AN near-Earth flyby at 18.5 LD – mag. 20”

January 13 –

“Asteroid 2006 AN –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)”

January 14 – 09:48 UT –

Full Moon

Wolf Moon

January 14 –

“Asteroid 2003 YN107 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)”

January 15 –

“Stardust –

Capsule To Return To Earth”

January 15 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

January 16 –

“Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)”

January 17 –

“Asteroid 2006 AS3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.043 AU)”

January 17 –

“‘Dog Star’ Makes its Way into View; the Dove Appears”

January 20 –

“Comet Mueller 2 –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.390 AU)”

January 20 –

“Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.414 AU)”

January 20 –

“Scientists open Stardust”

January 20 –

“The Heavenly Twins: Find the Sons of Zeus and Leda”

January 21 –

“Asteroid 1998 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)”

January 22 – 15:14 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

January 23 –

“Comet P/2005 T3 (Read) –

Perihelion (6.207 AU)”

January 23 –

“Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)”

January 23 –

“Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.662 AU)”

January 23 –

“Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.080 AU)”

January 24 –

“Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (1.511 AU)”

January 25 –

“Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.604 AU)”

January 26 –

“Comet P/2005 M1 (Christensen) –

Perihelion (2.930 AU)”

January 27 –

“Saturn at Opposition”

January 27 –

“Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)”

January 29 – 14:15 UT –

New Moon –

January 29 –

“Chinese New Year – 2nd New Moon after the Winter Solstice”

January 29 –

“Comet C/2004 D1 (NEAT) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.312 AU)”

January 31 –

“Asteroid 9969 Braille –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.547 AU)”

February 2006 –

February 2006 –

“February 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

February 2006 –

“February 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

February 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – February 2006”

February 2006 –

“February 2006 Aurora Gallery”

February 01 –

“Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.349 AU)”

February 01 –

“Going strong at 400 million years old”

February 01 –

“Trojan Asteroid Patroclus: Comet in Disguise?”

February 01 –

“Native American stories of the stars”

February 02 –

“Bad news for Pluto as ’10th planet’ is sized up”

February 03 –

“Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.264 AU)”

February 04 –

“Comet C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.403 AU)”

February 05 – 06:29 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

February 05 –

“Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.627 AU)”

February 05 –

“Asteroid 2006 BM55 near-Earth flyby at 8.4 LD – mag. 17”

February 05 –

“Morning Planets – skymap looking southeast at daybreak this week”

February 06 –

“Comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (6.797 AU)”

February 07 –

“Comet C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (1.602 AU)”

February 07 –

“Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.099 AU)”

February 07 –

“Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.820 AU)”

February 08 –

“Comet P/2005 R3 (Spahr) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.400 AU)”

February 10 –

“Asteroid 2006 BX39 near-Earth flyby at 8.2 LD – mag. 16”

February 11 –

“The Moon & Saturn – skymap looking east after sunset today”

February 12 –

“Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.163 AU)”

February 12 –

“Do some stargazing with the one you love”

February 13 – 04:44 UT –

Full Moon

Snow Moon

February 13 –

“Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (3.748 AU)”

February 14 –

“The Moon is at Apogee – farthest from Earth – today”

February 14 –

“Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 2 –

Perihelion (1.924 AU)”

February 15 –

“Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.624 AU)”

February 15 –

“New Scientist Instant Expert: Comets and Asteroids”

February 16 –

“Asteroid 2198 Cephelcha Closest Approach To Earth (1.671 AU)”

February 17 –

“Comet P/1998 X1 (ODAS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)”

February 17 –

“Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)”

February 18 –

“Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)”

February 18 –

“Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)”

February 19 –

“Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (2.375 AU)”

February 19 –

“Leo the Lion may have inspired the Great Sphinx”

February 19 –

“Top stars picked in alien search”

February 20 –

“Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.591 AU)”

February 20 –

“Jupiter & Moon close encounter – skymap looking east at dawn”

February 21 – 07:17 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

February 21 –

“Comet P/2005 JY126 (Catalina) –

Perihelion (2.126 AU)”

February 21 –

“Asteroid 69230 Hermes –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.351 AU)”

February 21 –

“Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)”

February 21 –

“Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (2.657 AU)”

February 22 –

“Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)”

February 22 –

“Asteroid 2006 DQ14 near-Earth flyby at 5.2 LD – mag. 19”

February 22/26 –

“2006 Orange Blossom Special Annual International Star Party”

February 22/26 –

“4th Annual Deep South Texas Stargaze (DSTS), near Freer, Texas”

February 23 –

“Comet Tsuchinshan 2 –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)”

February 23 –

“Comet C/2005 E2 (McNaught) –

Perihelion (1.520 AU)”

February 23 –

“Comet C/2005 B1 (Christensen) –

Perihelion (3.205 AU)”

February 23 –

“Asteroid 2006 DR14 near-Earth flyby at 3.0 LD – mag. 17”

February 26 –

“Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.791 AU)”

February 26 –

“Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)”

February 26 –

“Mercury at its best: skymap looking west at sunset today”

February 27 –

“Comet Pojmanski: skymap looking southeast before sunrise”

February 27 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

February 27 –

“Comet C/2005 G1 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (4.961 AU)”

February 28 – 00:31 UT –

New Moon

February 28 –

“Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.432 AU)”

February 28 –

“Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.734 AU)”

March 2006 –

March 2006 –

“March 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

March 2006 –

“March 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

March 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – March 2006”

March 2006 –

“March 2006 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

March 01 –

“Comet C/2005 L2 (McNaught) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.905 AU)”

March 01 –

“Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (1.894 AU)”

March 01 –

“Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.913 AU)”

March 01 –

“Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (2.554 AU)”

March 02 –

“Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (1.597 AU)”

March 02 –

“Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.660 AU)”

March 03 –

“Comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (6.482 AU)”

March 03 –

“Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.599 AU)”

March 03 –

“Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)”

March 03 –

“Asteroid 12398 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.871 AU)”

March 03 –

“A new red spot has appeared on Jupiter”

March 04 –

“Comet C/2005 G1 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.550 AU)”

March 04 –

“Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.919 AU)”

March 06 – 20:16 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

March 06 –

“Comet Takamizawa –

Perihelion (1.663 AU)”

March 06 –

“Comet C/2003 A2 (Gleason) –

Closest Approach To Earth (11.223 AU)”

March 06 –

“Asteroid 23187 (2000 PN9) –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)”

March 06 –

“Tonight’s Sky: Looking West-Southwest in Early Evening”

March 06 –

“Solar Minimum has Arrived”

March 07 –

“Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (5.189 AU)”

March 07 –

“Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.368 AU)”

March 07 –

“Asteroid 2006 EH1 near-Earth flyby at 2.0 LD – mag. 18”

March 08 –

“Comet Helin-Roman-Crockett –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.767 AU)”

March 08 –

“Comet C/2004 K1 (Catalina) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.150 AU)”

March 08 –

“Asteroid 12382 Niagra Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.866 AU)”

March 08 –

“Asteroid 2006 EC near-Earth flyby at 0.7 LD – mag. 16”

March 08 –

“Remote Sensing images of the Kebira (Sahara) impact crater”

March 08 –

“A movie of mile-wide asteroid which flew past Earth on March 6th”

March 09 –

“Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (2.092 AU)”

March 10 –

“Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)”

March 10 –

“Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)”

March 11 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 2005 FY9 Closest Approach To Earth (50.998 AU)”

March 13 –

“Comet Kowal 1 –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.866 AU)”

March 13 –

“Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (1.697 AU)”

March 14 – 23:35 UT –

Full Moon

Worm Moon

March 14 –

“Penumbral Lunar Eclipse”

March 14 –

“Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.254 AU)”

March 14 –

“Comet Findings Raise Fiery Mystery”

March 14 –

“New Source Suspected for Ancient Meteorites”

March 15/18 –

“Annual Meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association – Arizona”

March 16 –

“Global warming linked to cosmic rays”

March 16 –

“Doubt cast on Venus catastrophe”

March 17 –

“Astronomers watch the skies for threat of deadly impact”

March 17 –

“Comets Born of Fire, Ice”

March 18 –

“Comet P/2005 V1 (Bernardi) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)”

March 18 –

“Asteroid 1999 AO10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)”

March 18 –

“Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)”

March 18/19 –

“Eta Virginids Meteor Shower”

March 18/19 –

“Delta Mensids Meteor Shower”

March 19 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

March 19 –

“Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.726 AU)”

March 19 –

“Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (3.586 AU)”

March 19 –

“Have a cosmic night out”

March 20 – 18:26 UT –

Alban Eilir – Vernal (Spring) Equinox

March 20 –

“Vernal Equinox –

18:26 UT”

March 20 –

“New data reveals mysteries of asteroid Itokawa”

March 20/21 –

“Theta Virginids Meteor Shower”

March 21 –

“Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (2.021 AU)”

March 22 – 19:11 UT –

“Last Lunar Quarter”

March 22 –

“Asteroid 2001 FO127 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)”

March 22 –

“Southern Turkey gets ready for total solar eclipse”

March 23 –

“Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)”

March 23 –

“Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.905 AU)”

March 24 –

“Comet Shoemaker-Levy 3 –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.165 AU)”

March 24 –

“Total Eclipse to occur on Egyptian-Libyan border”

March 24 –

“Mini-Comets ‘string-of-pearls’ Approaching Earth – visible in May”

March 25 –

“Comet Hyakutake Near-Earth Flyby (0.10 AU)”

March 26 –

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

March 26 –

“Comet P/2004 VR8 (LONEOS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.940 AU)”

March 26 –

“Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (3.568 AU)”

March 28 –

“Total Solar Eclipse – animated map for Wednesday March 29 2006”

March 29 – 10:15 UT –

New Moon

March 29 –

“Solar Eclipse” – (Visible From North Africa & Central Asia)

March 29 –

“Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.663 AU)”

March 29 –

“Total Solar Eclipse – live webcast from Turkey”

March 29 –

“Total Solar Eclipse – live webcast from Ghana”

March 29 –

“Total Solar Eclipse – live webcast from Greece”

March 29 –

“Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)”

March 29/31 –

“Eta Draconids Meteor Shower Peak”

March 31 –

“Global Solar Eclipse Gallery for March 29 2006”

March 31 –

“Comet P/2004 A1 (LONEOS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.956 AU)”

March 31 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

March 31/April 02 –

“14th Annual South Pacific Star Party, near Ilford, Australia”

March 31/April 02 –

“2nd Annual Tennessee Spring Star Party, Pikeville, Tennessee”

April 2006 –

April 2006 –

“April 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

April 2006 –

“April 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

April 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – April 2006”

April 2006 –

“April 2006 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

April 02 –

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

April 02 –

“Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (2.422 AU)”

April 03 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61 –

Closest Approach To Earth (50.320 AU)”

April 03 –

“Asteroids: treasures of the past and a threat to the future”

April 04 –

“Comet P/2005 T4 (SWAN) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.915 AU)”

April 04 –

“Dying comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has now broken into

20 fragments. You can track its fragmentation using these orbital simulations”

April 04 –

“Winter stars linger in spring sky”

April 05 – 12:01 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

April 05 –

“Asteroid 1996 AJ1 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.041 AU)”

April 06 –

“Asteroid 7086 Bopp Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)”

April 06 –

“Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)”

April 06 –

“Aurora Surprise: April 2006 Worldwide Aurora Gallery”

April 07 –

“Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)”

April 07 –

“Fragment B of dying comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has brightened 15-fold since April 2nd: skymap looking East at sunset early April 2006”

April 07 –

“Uranus Discovery: Seventh planet has a blue ring”

April 08 –

“Mercury –

at Greatest Western Elongation” (28 Degrees)

April 09 –

“Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)”

April 10 –

“Comet C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (5.191 AU)”

April 10 –

“Asteroid 2004 QD14 Near-Venus Flyby (0.045 AU)”

April 10 –

“Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.286 AU)”

April 11 –

“Venus Express –

Venus Orbit Insertion”

April 11 –

“Asteroid 2004 FG11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)”

April 11 –

“Asteroid 99942 Aphophis –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.202 AU)”

April 12 –

“Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)”

April 12 –

“Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.680 AU)”

April 12 –

“Fragmenting comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann – new skymap”

April 13 – 16:40 UT –

Full Moon

Pink Moon

April 13 –

“Asteroid 4179 Toutatis –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.908 AU)”

April 13 –

“Unexpected detail in first-ever Venus south pole images”

April 14 –

“Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (2.135 AU)”

April 15 –

“Asteroid 2004 WG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)”

April 16 –

“Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)”

April 20 –

“2006 Lyrids Meteor Shower – pre-dawn skymap for April 22 2006”

April 21 – 03:28 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

April 21 –

“Asteroid 18626 Michaelcarr Closest Approach To Earth (1.068 AU)”

April 21 –

“Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)”

April 21 –

“Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (3.021 AU)”

April 22 –

“Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak at 12:23”

April 22 –

“Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.366 AU)”

April 24 –

“Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)”

April 24 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann – 40 fragments New Skymap”

April 25 –

“Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)”

April 26 –

“Asteroid 2001 SG276 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)”

April 26 –

“Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.963 AU)”

April 26 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: April 26 skymap”

April 27 – 19:44 UT –

New Moon

April 27 –

“Comet P/2005 E1 (Tubbiolo) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.893 AU)”

April 27 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: April 27 skymap”

April 28 –

“Asteroid 2002 GK1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)”

April 28 –

“Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.298 AU)”

April 28 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: April 28 skymap”

April 29 –

“Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)”

April 29 –

“Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.299 AU)”

April 29 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: April 29 skymap”

April 30 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

May 2006 –

May 2006 –

“May 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

May 2006 –

“May 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

May 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – May 2006”

May 02 –

“Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (2.171 AU)”

May 03 –

“Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (2.004 AU)”

May 04 –

“Jupiter at Opposition”

May 04 –

“Asteroid 2006 HU50 near-Earth flyby at 3.8 LD – mag. 17”

May 04 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann is now more than 60 fragments”

May 05 – 05:13 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

May 05 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 05 skymap”

May 06 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 06 skymap”

May 06 –

“Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak at 04:44 UT”

May 06 –

“Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower looking east before sunrise May 06”

May 06 –

“Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)”

May 06 –

“Lion “sits” on moon tonight”

May 07 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 07 skymap”

May 07 –

“Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.784 AU)”

May 07 –

“Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)”

May 08 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 08 skymap”

May 09 –

“Asteroid 4169 Celcius Closest Approach To Earth (2.921 AU)”

May 09 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 09 skymap”

May 10 –

“Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)”

May 10 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 10 skymap”

May 11 –

“Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)”

May 11 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 11 skymap”

May 12 –

“Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)”

May 12 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 12 skymap”

May 12 –

“Comet 73/P-C near-Earth flyby at 31 LD – mag. 4”

May 13 – 06:51 UT –

Full Moon

Flower Moon

May 13 –

“Asteroid 2004 BF68 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)”

May 13 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 13 skymap”

May 14 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: May 14 skymap”

May 15 –

“Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)”

May 16 –

“Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (19.472 AU)”

May 16 –

“Asteroid 2006 GY2 near-Earth flyby at 6.7 LD – mag. 13+”

May 17 –

“Comet C/2005 O1 (NEAT) –

Perihelion (3.591 AU)”

May 17 –

“Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)”

May 17 –

“Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.202 AU)”

May 19 –

“ESA’s new camera follows disintegration of a comet”

May 20 – 09:21 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

May 20 –

“Comet C/2004 B1 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.345 AU)”

May 22 –

“Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (0.937 AU)”

May 22 –

“Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (2.077 AU)”

May 22 –

“Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.272 AU)”

May 24 –

“Asteroid 2004 DR8 Near-Mars Flyby (0.035 AU)”

May 24 –

“Asteroid 5066 Garradd –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.080 AU)”

May 24 –

“Asteroid 8256 Shenzhou Closest Approach To Earth (1.732 AU)”

May 25 –

“Asteroid 2003 PN5 Near-Mars Flyby (0.048 AU)”

May 25 –

“Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (2.476 AU)”

May 25 –

“NASA Astrobiology-Themed TV Special “Looking for Life” To Air”

May 26 –

“Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.028 AU)”

May 27 – 05:26 UT –

New Moon

May 29 –

“Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.004 AU)”

May 29 –

“Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)”

May 30 –

“Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.577 AU)”

May 31 –

“Possible meteor shower from the dusty orbit of Comet 73P”

Fragments “B” and “C” of 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann 3 photographed on May 31 2006 by Andrew Catsaitis
of Mangrove Mountain, Australia:

Andrew Catsaitis, Australia

June 2006 –

June 2006 –

“June 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

June 2006 –

“June 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

June 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – June 2006”

June 01 –

“Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen) –

Perihelion (3.176 AU)”

June 01 –

“Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.101 AU)”

June 02 –

“Asteroid 2004 VM24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)”

June 02 –

“X-Tek stars in the ancient sky”

June 02 –

“Scientists Get a Close Look at a Potentially Dangerous NEA”

June 03 – 23:06 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

June 03 –

“Asteroid 2004 DC Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)”

June 03 –

“Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.226 AU)”

June 03 –

“Comet 73P/Schwassmann Wachmann fragments: June 03 skymap”

June 04 –

“Researchers estimate that one in six near-Earth asteroids are binaries”

June 06 –

“Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 –

Perihelion (0.939 AU)”

June 06 –

“Asteroid 2003 OS13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)”

June 06 –

“Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)”

June 06 –

“Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (1.965 AU)”

June 07 –

“Comet Clark –

Perihelion (1.562 AU)”

June 07 –

“Comet Shoemaker 1 –

Perihelion (1.974 AU)”

June 07 –

“Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.644 AU)”

June 07 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar Closest Approach To Earth (42.300 AU)”

June 08 –

“Daylight Meteors: The Arietids”

June 08 –

“Asteroid 9133 d’Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.694 AU)”

June 09 –

“The Arietid Meteor Shower – skymaps for both hemispheres”

June 09 –

“Corkscrew Asteroid”

June 09 –

“Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (1.191 AU)”

June 09 –

“Norway Possibly Struck by Large Meteorite”

June 09 –

“Record meteorite hit Norway”

June 10 –

“Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)”

June 11 – 18:03 UT –

Full Moon

Strawberry Moon

June 11 –

“Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak –

Perihelion (1.048 AU)”

June 12 –

“Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.314 AU)”

June 12 –

“Asteroid 17640 Mount Stromlo Closest Approach To Earth (1.778 AU)”

June 14 –

“Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (2.452 AU)”

June 15 –

“Druids and moon worship in the sacred landscape of Callanish”

June 16 –

“Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.039 AU)”

June 18 – 14:08 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

June 21 – 12:26 UT –

Alban Hefyn –

Summer Solstice

June 22/25 –

“Rocky Mountain Star Stare 2006, Pike National Forest, Colorado”

June 25 –

“Asteroid 3153 Lincoln Closest Approach To Earth (1.530 AU)”

June 25 –

“Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (2.542 AU)”

June 26 – 15:05 UT –

New Moon

June 26 –

“Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)”

June 27 –

“Comet Clark –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.585 AU)”

June 27 –

“Comet C/2005 K1 (Skiff) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.177 AU)”

June 27 –

“Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.297 AU)”

June 27 –

“Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.779 AU)”

June 29 –

“Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Perihelion (0.530 AU)”

June 29 –

“Comet C/2005 S2 (Skiff) –

Perihelion (6.398 AU)”

June 29 –

“Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)”

June 29 –

“Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)”

June 30 –

“Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.983 AU)”

June 30 –

“Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.694 AU)”

June 30 –

“Circumpolar stars are visible year-round”

July 2006 –

July 2006 –

“July 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

July 2006 –

“July 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

July 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – July 2006”

July 02 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

July 02 –

“Asteroid 3354 McNair Closest Approach To Earth (1.090 AU)”

July 02 –

“Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.153 AU)”

July 03 – 16:37 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

July 03 – 23:00 UT –

Earth at Aphelion –

farthest from the Sun (1.017 AU)

July 03 –

“Asteroid 2004 XP14 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)”

July 03 –

“Asteroid 1994 WR12 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.015 AU)”

July 03 –

“Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.719 AU)”

July 03 –

“Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (1.859 AU)”

July 03 –

“Asteroid 2118 Flagstaff Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)”

July 04 –

“Venus Express –

Science Phase Begins”

July 04 –

“Asteroid 1998 HD14 Near-Venus Flyby (0.025 AU)”

July 04 –

“Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (2.434 AU)”

July 05 –

“Comet Mueller 3 –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.777 AU)”

July 06 –

“Comet P/1999 X1 (Hug-Bell) –

Perihelion (1.947 AU)”

July 06 –

“Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)”

July 07 –

“Comet P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.667 AU)”

July 08 –

“Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (2.270 AU)”

July 08 –

“Asteroid 37452 Spirit –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.210 AU)”

July 08 –

“Ancient Chinese ‘Fire Star'”

July 11 – 03:02 UT –

Full Moon

The Full Buck Moon

July 11 –

“Asteroid 3673 Levy Closest Approacy To Earth (1.600 AU)”

July 12 –

“Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.863 AU)”

July 12 –

“Asteroid 2000 HB24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.055 AU)”

July 12 –

“Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.423 AU)”

July 15 –

“Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (1.781 AU)”

July 16 –

“Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)”

July 17 – 19:13 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

July 17 –

“Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.861 AU)”

July 18 –

“Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.689 AU)”

July 19 –

“Asteroid 2003 EE16 Near-Mars Flyby (0.039 AU)”

July 22 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

July 23 –

“Comet P/2005 GF8 (LONEOS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.704 AU)”

July 24 –

“Comet Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (13.220 AU)”

July 24 –

“Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)”

July 24 –

“Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.456 AU)”

July 25 – 04:31 UT –

New Moon

July 26 –

“Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Closest Approach To Earth (2.514 AU)”

July 27 –

“Asteroid 3895 Earhart Closest Approach To Earth (1.686 AU)”

July 28 –

“Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)”

July 28 –

“Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.292 AU)”

July 28 –

“Asteroid 3353 Jarvis Closest Approach To Earth (0.853 AU)”

July 28/29 –

“South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

July 28/29 –

“Delta Aquarid meteor shower – skymap looking west at sunset”

July 29 –

“Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.048 AU)”

July 29 –

“Asteroid 2006 BQ6 near-Earth flyby at 14 LD – mag. 16”

July 31 –

“Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (2.130 AU)”

July 31 –

“Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (2.371 AU)”

July 31 –

“When heavens fell on science”

August 2006 –

August 2006 –

“August 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

August 2006 –

“August 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

August 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – August 2006”

August 01/02 –

“Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 02 – 08:46 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

August 02 –

“Asteroid 13926 Berners-Lee Closest Approach To Earth (1.152 AU)”

August 02 –

“Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.787 AU)”

August 02 –

“Ancient ‘Fire Star’ of the south”

August 03 –

“Strange ‘twin’ new worlds found”

August 05 –

“Few experts believe Mars rock contains traces of life”

August 05 –

“Myth of the Archer”

August 06 –

“Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 06 –

“Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.341 AU)”

August 06 –

“Asteroid 341 California Closest Approach To Earth (0.771 AU)”

August 06 –

“Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.623 AU)”

August 07 –

“Comet Giclas –

Perihelion (1.852 AU)”

August 09 – 10:54 UT –

Full Moon

Sturgeon Moon

August 10 –

“Neptune at Opposition”

August 11 –

“Asteroid 1998 DK36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.035 AU)”

August 11 –

“Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)”

August 12/13 –

“Perseids Meteor Shower Peak at 00:12”

August 13 –

“Asteroid 5720 Halweaver Closest Approach To Earth (2.093 AU)”

August 14 –

“Comet Harrington-Abell –

Perihelion (1.757 AU)”

August 14 –

“Asteroid 2001 OC36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)”

August 14 –

“Asteroid 39382 Opportunity –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.066 AU)”

August 15 –

“Comet Vaisala-Oterma –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.253 AU)”

August 15 –

“Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU)”

August 15 –

“Asteroid 7225 Huntress Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)”

August 15 –

“Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.929 AU)”

August 15 –

“Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.980 AU)”

August 16 – 01:51 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

August 16 –

“Comet Russell –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.527 AU)”

August 17 –

“Comet Helin-Roman-Alu 1 –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.265 AU)”

August 18 –

“Comet C/2005 S4 (McNaught) –

Closest Approach To Earth (5.306 AU)”

August 18 –

“Asteroid 9007 James Bond Closest Approach To Earth (1.264 AU)”

August 18 –

“Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)”

August 20 –

“Asteroid 9500 Camelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.860 AU)”

August 20 –

“Asteroid 2006 ON1 near-Earth flyby at 16.6 LD – mag. 18 – size 230m”

August 21 –

“Asteroid 1990 UN Near-Venus Flyby (0.095 AU)”

August 22 –

“Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.777 AU)”

August 22 –

“Asteroid 5738 Billpickering Closest Approach To Earth (2.955 AU)”

August 22 –

“Annular solar eclipse 09:30 UT – visible S. America, Africa, Antartica”

August 22 –

“September 22 annular solar eclipse gallery from around the world”

August 23 – 19:10 UT –

New Moon

August 23 –

“Asteroid 13070 Seanconnery Closest Approach To Earth (0.749 AU)”

August 23 –

“Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)”

August 24 –

“Comet Takamizawa –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.408 AU)”

August 24 –

“Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (2.565 AU)”

August 25 –

“Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.082 AU)”

August 25/26 –

“Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak”

August 27 –

“Asteroid 2001 FD58 Near-Venus Flyby (0.037 AU)”

August 27 –

“Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 A”

August 28 –

“Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)”

August 29 –

“Asteroid 2002 VZ91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)”

August 29 –

“Moon and Jupiter – Looking West-Southwest in Early Evening”

August 30 –

“Asteroid 2002 VZ91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)”

August 31 – 22:57 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

August 31 –

“Asteroid 2006 QM111 near-Earth flyby at 0.4 LD – mag. 21 – size 13m”

September 2006 –

September 2006 –

“September 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

September 2006 –

“September 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

September 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – September 2006”

September 02 –

“Asteroid 2006 QQ56 near-Earth flyby at 7.9 LD – mag. 18 – size 29m”

September 03 –

“Asteroid 2001 Einstein Closest Approach To Earth (1.038 AU)”

September 05 –

“Uranus at Opposition”

September 05 –

“Asteroid 2006 QV89 near-Earth flyby at 7.9 LD – mag. 18 – size 40m”

September 05 –

As of today there are 803 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

September 06 –

“Asteroid 74625 Tieproject Closest Approach To Earth (0.901 AU)”

September 07 – 18:42 UT –

Full Moon

Harvest Moon in October this year

September 07 –

“Partial Lunar Eclipse at Moonrise. Begins 18:05 UT – Ends 19:37 UT

This event is visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia”

September 07 –

“Partial Lunar Eclipse”

September 07 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

September 07 –

“Early birds catch eclipse”

September 07 –

“Lunar Eclipse Gallery for September 7th 2006”

September 08 –

“Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.295 AU)”

September 10 –

“Asteroid 2002 SV Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)”

September 10 –

“Moon’s complex but predictable weeble-wobble orbit”

September 11 –

“Asteroid 6487 Tonyspear Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)”

September 12 –

“Meteorite most likely cause of boom, observatory says”

September 13 –

“Backyard Stargazers’ Guide, 9/13/06”

September 14 – 11:15 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

September 14 –

“Dwarf planet named after the Greek goddess Eris”

September 15 –

“Moon rock found in Antarctic”

September 16 –

“Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)”

September 16 –

“Asteroid 916 America Closest Approach To Earth (0.830 AU)”

September 16 –

“Asteroid 5841 Stone Closest Approach To Earth (0.754 AU)”

September 17 –

“Asteroid 25924 Douglasadams Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)”

September 18 –

“New evidence links stellar remains to oldest recorded supernova”

September 19 –

“Asteroid 1913 Sekanina Closest Approach To Earth (1.700 AU)”

September 19 –

“Rare lunar meteorite discovered in Antarctica”

September 20 –

“China ‘guest star’ of 185 AD was supernova”

September 21 –

“Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)”

September 21 –

“Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)”

September 21 –

“New ring discovered around Saturn”

September 22 – 11:45 UT –

New Moon

September 22 –

“Annular Solar Eclipse” – Full (1.3Mb) High Resolution Map in .pdf

September 22 –

“Asteroid 4808 Ballaero Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)”

September 23 – 04:03 UT –

Alban Elfed –

Autumnal Equinox

September 23 –

“This morning’s Autumnal Equinox over Athens with solstice markers”

September 23 –

“Asteroid 2001 RY47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)”

September 25 –

“Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (0.775 AU)”

September 25 –

“Asteroid 6434 Jewitt Closest Approach To Earth (0.879 AU)”

September 25 –

“Asteroid 11247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU)”

September 25 –

“Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (2.588 AU)”

September 26 –

“Asteroid 1998 YM4 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)”

September 26 –

“Asteroid 2247 Hiroshima Closest Approach To Earth (1.219 AU)”

September 27 –

“Comet P/2006 U1 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.370 AU)”

September 28 –

“Ancient ‘Fire Star’ of the south”

September 28 –

“Strange Moonlight”

September 29 –

“Asteroid 2000 TH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)”

September 29 –

“Asteroid 1937 UB Near-Venus Flyby (0.052 AU)”

September 29 –

“Early evening Archer”

September 30 –

“Asteroid 2002 TA67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)”

September 30 – 11:4 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

October 2006 –

October 2006 –

“October 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

October 2006 –

“October 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

October 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – October 2006”

October 01 –

“New Comet C/2006 (Swan) is now visible through small telescopes”

October 02 –

“Asteroid 2001 CB21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)”

October 03 –

“Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)”

October 04 –

“Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.231 AU)”

October 04 –

“‘Bulge’ yields new planet class”

October 05 –

“Asteroid 1772 Gagarin Closest Approach To Earth (1.793 AU)”

October 06 –

“Asteroid 15000 CCD Closest Approach To Earth (2.025 AU)”

October 06 –

“Mexican archaeologists unearth monolith showing early calendar”

October 06 –

“Sky-watcher Levy bags 22nd comet, ends his 12-year drought”

October 07 – 03:13 UT –

Full Moon

Harvest Moon

October 07 –

“The Great Square of Pegasus is easy pattern to spot in October sky”

October 07 –

“Close-up of Mars uncovers its past”

October 08 –

“Asteroid 12485 Jenniferharris Closest Approach To Earth (0.964 AU)”

October 09/10 –

“Draconids Meteor Shower Peak”

October 10 –

“Comet Swan now visible with small telescopes – skymap for today”

October 10 –

“NASA’s Cassini discovers potential liquid water on Enceladus”

October 11 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 12 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 12 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) –

Closest Approach (40.005 AU)”

October 13 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 13 –

“Asteroid 2023 Asaph Closest Approach To Earth (1.160 AU)”

October 13 –

“Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.239 AU)”

October 13 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 2003 UB313 –

Closest Approach To Earth (95.883 AU)”

October 13 –

“A star is burst”

October 14 – 00:26 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

October 14 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 14 –

“Comet C/2006 M4 (Swan) – Orbital Elements & Ephemeris”

October 14 –

“Asteroid 2006 UL –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)”

October 15 –

“Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.345 AU)”

October 15 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 15 –

“Asteroid 1996 Adams Closest Approach To Earth (1.257 AU)”

October 15 –

“Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)”

October 15 –

“Asteroid 51828 Ilanramon Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)”

October 16 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 16 –

“Asteroid 2006 UU17 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)”

October 16 –

“Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.002 AU)”

October 16 –

“Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.559 AU)”

October 16 –

“Asteroid 2006 UY16 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)”

October 17 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 17 –

“Sky Temple: Photos of Griffith Observatory Reborn”

October 17 –

“Is It Time For A New Martian Chronology”

October 18 –

“Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)”

October 18 –

“There are dynamic climate changes on Mars, too”

October 19 –

“‘Monsters in the Sky’ illuminates the past with stories of the stars”

October 19 –

“Comet C/2005 R4 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.483 AU)”

October 20 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 21 –

“Orionids Meteor Shower Peak at 14:05 UT”

October 21 –

“Orionids Meteor Shower Observing Tips from both hemispheres”

October 21 –

“Orionids Meteor Shower – skymap for 04:00 local time”

October 21 –

“Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset tonight”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 2006 UE64 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.001 AU)”

October 21 –

“Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)”

October 22 – 05:14 UT –

New Moon

October 22 –

“Asteroid 2001 UP Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)”

October 22 –

“Asteroid 2006 UN Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)”

October 23 –

“Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Mercury Flyby (0.006 AU)”

October 23 –

“Asteroid 2006 UC185 near-Earth flyby at 6.3 LD (mag. 17) size 95m”

October 25 –

“Comet Swan now naked-eye visible – skymap for tonight”

October 25 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

October 25 –

“Asteroid 2000 UR16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)”

October 25 –

“Asteroid 2002 JV15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)”

October 26 –

“Comet Swan now naked-eye visible – skymap for tonight”

October 26 –

“Comet Swan Global Photo Gallery”

October 26 –

“As of today there are 822 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

October 26 –

“Asteroid 1997 US2 Near-Venus Flyby (0.091 AU)”

October 26 –

“Asteroid 3066 McFadden Closest Approach To Earth (1.273 AU)”

October 26 –

“Astronomers Weigh Baby Galaxies, 200 Million Years Old”

October 26 –

“Look for Triangulum’s stars in tonight’s sky”

October 27 –

“Comet Swan naked-eye visible but fading – skymap for tonight”

October 27 –

“Asteroid 2006 UZ215 near-Earth flyby at 7.6 LD (mag. 19) size 35m”

October 27 –

“Soil minerals point to planet-wide ocean on Mars”

October 28 –

“Asteroid 203 Pompeja Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)”

October 29 – 21:25 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

October 29 –

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

October 29 –

“As of today there are 821 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

October 29 –

“Asteroid 2006 UC64 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)”

October 30 –

“Comet Faye –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.685 AU)”

October 30 –

“Asteroid 2006 UJ185 near-Earth flyby at 0.7 LD (mag. 17) size 10m”

October 30 –

“The cosmic messenger”

October 30/November 07 –

“Southern Taurids Meteor Shower Peak”

October 31 –

“Spooky Astronomy – Halloween is a Cross-Quarter Date”

October 30 –

“Asteroid 2006 UA216 near-Earth flyby at 6.0 LD (mag. 16) size 90m”

October 31 –

“Comet P/2005 S2 (Skiff) –

Closest Approach To Earth (5.418 AU)”

November 2006 –

November 2006 –

“November 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

November 2006 –

“November 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

November 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – November 2006”

November 01 –

“Locate the Great Square of Pegasus”

November 02 –

“Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)”

November 02 –

“NASA to save Hubble, to astronomers’ delight”

November 03 –

“Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (1.388 AU)”

November 03 –

“Asteroid 3192 A’Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)”

November 04 –

“Death of a comet plunging into the sun – SOHO movie file”

November 04 –

“Asteroid 2004 WC1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.014 AU)”

November 04 –

“Asteroid 2000 VZ44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)”

November 04/07 –

“Northern Taurids Meteor Shower Peak”

November 05 – 12:58 UT –

Full Moon

Beaver Moon

November 05 –

“Asteroid 5535 Annefrank –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)”

November 06 –

“Comet P/2000 C1 (Hergenrother) –

Perihelion (2.088 AU)”

November 06 –

“Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)”

November 06 –

“Asteroid 4342 Freud Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)”

November 06 –

“Seeking Out Meteorites”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 2003 HF2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.030 AU)”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 6032 Nobel Closest Approach To Earth (1.334 AU)”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 4511 Rembrandt Closest Approach To Earth (1.615 AU)”

November 07 –

“Asteroid 2006 UQ216 near-Earth flyby at 5.6 LD (mag. 21) size 15m”

November 08 –

“Mercury Transits the Sun visible in the Americas and Far East only”

November 08 –

“The Transit of Mercury global visibility chart”

November 08 –

“Mercury Transit animated .gif image with timescales”

November 08 –

“Comet P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Christensen) –

Perihelion (3.607 AU)”

November 08 –

“Asteroid 2753 Duncan Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)”

November 09 –

“Is the Moon Still Alive?”

November 10 –

“Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU)”

November 10 –

“Huge ‘hurricane’ rages on Saturn”

November 10 –

“Moon’s escaping gasses expose fresh surface”

November 11 –

“Asteroid 16809 Galapagos Closest Approach To Earth (1.801 AU)”

November 11 –

“November 2006 Global Aurora Photo Gallery”

November 12 – 17:45 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

November 12 –

“Asteroid 3753 Cruithne Closest Approach To Earth (0.372 AU)”

November 12 –

“Asteroid 2955 Newburn Closest Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)”

November 13 –

“Dinosaurs killed by a different meteor?”

November 13 –

“Smoggy skies ‘created life on Earth'”

November 14 –

“Return of the Leonids”

November 14 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna –

Closest Approach (87.647 AU)”

November 14 –

“Moon’s magnetic umbrella seen as safe haven for explorers”

November 15 –

“Comet Faye –

Perihelion (1.667 AU)”

November 15 –

“As of today there are 829 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

November 15 –

“Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)”

November 17 –

“The Great 1966 Leonid Meteor Storm – 40th Anniversary”

November 17 –

“A meteor a minute might show”

November 17 –

“Hubble’s data shedding new light on mysterious dark energy”

November 18 –

“Comet P/2005 T5 (Broughton) –

Closest Approach (3.190 AU)”

November 18 –

“Comet P/2005 T3 (Read) –

Closest Approach To Earth (5.279 AU)”

November 18 –

“As of today there are 831 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

November 18/19 –

“Cloudy weather? LISTEN to the Leonids radio signals tonight”

November 18/19 –

“An mp3 sample of a typical Meteor Ping heard on a radio”

November 19 –

“Armagh Observatory 2006 Leonids Meteor Shower Peak – 04:45 UT”

—————— BEST VISIBILITY – Western Europe and West Africa —————–

November 19 –

“Armagh Observatory 2006 Leonids Meteor Outburst Visibility Map”

November 19 –

“Armagh Observatory Leonid dust trail position in 2006”

November 19 –

“IMCCE Meteor Shower Ephemerides Server info for 2006 Leonids”

November 19 –

“Mikiya Sato (for Jeremie Vaubaillon) 2006 Leonids calculations”

November 19 –

“Mikhail Maslov’s 2006 Leonids Meteor Shower Peak – 04:55 UT”

November 19 –

“Comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura Perihelion (1.603 AU)”

November 19 –

“Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.339 AU)”

November 19 –

“Asteroid 13208 Fraschetti Closest Approach To Earth (1.546 AU)”

November 19 –

“Hubble Finds Evidence for Dark Energy”

November 20 – 22:18 UT –

New Moon

November 20 –

“2006 Leonid Meteor Gallery”

November 20 –

“A Podcast Guided Tour of Shanghai Astronomical Museum”

November 21 –

“Say goodbye to Comet Swan – skymap looking West after sunset”

November 21 –

“Comet Swan photo gallery from October 24 to November 19 2006”

November 21 –

“As of today there are 834 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 2002 XY38 Near-Venus Flyby (0.028 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 2001 WV1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)”

November 21 –

“Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.702 AU)”

November 21 –

“P.M. Cassiopeia is the Lady of the Chair”

November 21 –

“Mars Global Surveyor Mission Ends In Triumph”

November 23 –

“Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)”

November 24 –

“Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.435 AU)”

November 24 –

“Saturn joins Venus in the vortex club”

November 25 –

“Peer into the ‘ocean’ of the ancients”

November 28 – 06:29 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

November 29 –

“Asteroid 2004 QD14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)”

November 30 –

“As of today there are 835 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

November 30 –

“Asteroid 12426 Raquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.230 AU)”

November 30 –

“Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos –

Closest Approach (40.919 AU)”

November 30 –

“Ancient computer was 1,000 yrs ahead of its time”

November 30 –

“In search of lost time”

November 30 –

“Titan: A Tale of Two Planets”

December 2006 –

December 2006 –

“December 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

December 2006 –

“December 2006: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

December 2006 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – December 2006”

December 01 –

“Asteroid 23990 Springsteen Closest Approach To Earth (1.126 AU)”

December 01 –

“Meteorite’s organic matter older than the sun, study says”

December 01 –

“High-tech scanners uncover secrets of 2,000-year-old star gazer”

December 01 –

“Scientists search for origins of life in tiny space rock”

December 01 –

“Lunar Leonid Strikes 2006 –

Listen to the story in audio”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 2001 VE76 Near-Mars Flyby (0.027 AU)”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.500 AU)”

December 02 –

“Asteroid 2006 WQ127 near-Earth flyby at 7.9 LD (mag. 19) size 94m”

December 03 –

“As of today there are 836 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

December 03 –

“Asteroid 10217 Richardcook Closest Approach To Earth (1.409 AU)”

December 03 –

“Asteroid 8837 London Closest Approach To Earth (1.472 AU)”

December 03 –

“Asteroid 2228 Soyuz-Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.569 AU)”

December 03 –

“Moon Occults Asteroid 7 Iris”

December 04 –

“Asteroid 697 Galilea Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)”

December 04 –

“Asteroid 2006 WB –

near-Earth flyby at 6.9 LD (mag. 17) size 130m”

December 04 –

“Asteroid 2006 WO130 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)”

December 04 –

“Naming the stars”

December 04 –

“Full Cold Moon Shines All Night On Dec. 4 -5”

December 05 – 00:25 UT –

Full Moon

The Full Cold Moon

December 05 –

“Asteroid 2006 WB near-Earth flyby at 7.0 LD (mag. 17) size 130m”

December 05 –

“Asteroid 83360 Catalina Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)”

December 06 –

“Comet P/2005 SB216 (LONEOS) –

Close Approach to Earth (2.957 AU)”

December 06 –

“Comet Mueller 5 –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.775 AU)”

December 06 –

“Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)”

December 06 –

“Asteroid 3297 Hong Kong Closest Approach To Earth (1.676 AU)”

December 07 –

“Comet C/2005 YW (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (1.993 AU)”

December 07 –

“Copernicus’ theories needed more evidence”

December 07 –

“We love … Hubble space telescope”

December 08 –

“Evidence of life on Mars?”

December 09 –

“Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (2.219 AU)”

December 09 –

“Jupiter, Mercury and Mars cluster in predawn skies”

December 09 –

“Hubble Finds Evidence for Dark Energy in the Young Universe”

December 10 –

“Moon Occults Saturn”

December 10 –

“Asteroid 2006 WT1 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)”

December 10 –

“Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.845 AU)”

December 11 –

“Comet C/2006 L1 (Garradd) –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.733 AU)”

December 11 –

“Asteroid 2006 VC –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)”

December 11 –

“Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (3.613 AU)”

December 12 – 14:32 UT –

Last Lunar Quarter

December 12 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 2006 WM3 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 2003 SM215 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.637 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 1024 Hale Closest Approach To Earth (1.666 AU)”

December 12 –

“Asteroid 10050 Rayman Closest Approach To Earth (2.363 AU)”

December 13 –

“Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath”

December 13 –

“Encyclopedia Of Stars Aimed At Anyone Who Enjoys Astronomy”

December 13 –

“Mountain range spotted on Titan”

December 13 –

“The plains of Mars are as old as the hills”

December 13/14 –

“Geminids Meteor Shower tonight”

December 13/14 –

“The History of the Geminid Meteor Shower”

December 13/14 –

“Observing the Geminids in Northern & Southern Hemispheres”

December 14 –

“Geminids Meteor Shower peak around 10:45 UT +/- 2.3hrs”

December 14 –

“Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.115 AU)”

December 14 –

“Ancient Craters Lie Buried Beneath Mars’ Northern Hemishpere”

December 15 –

“Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.456 AU)”

December 15 –

“Asteroid 2006 US216 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)”

December 15 –

“Comets hold life chemistry clues”

December 15 –

“The Geminid Meteor Shower 2006 Photo Gallery” –

December 15 –

“Comet Wild 2 debunks beliefs”

December 15 –

“Mars rover nears ‘bathtub ring of blueberries'”

December 16 –

“Comet P/2005 RV25 (Christensen) –

Close Approach (2.628 AU)”

December 16 –

“Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)”

December 16 –

“Asteroid 1620 Geographos –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)”

December 17 –

“Asteroid 253 Mathilde –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)”

December 17 –

“The Many Layers of Mars”

December 18 –

“Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.274 AU)”

December 18 –

“Asteroid 4337 Arecibo Closest Approach To Earth (2.440 AU)”

December 18 –

“Moore the merrier as The Sky at Night heads for its half-century”

December 19 –

“Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.184 AU)”

December 19 –

“Asteroid 10044 Squyres Closest Approach To Earth (1.571 AU)”

December 19 –

“Fire from heaven”

December 19 –

“Earliest starlight detection disputed”

December 20 – 14:01 UT –

New Moon

December 20 –

“Asteroid 2004 XL14 near-Earth flyby at 10.1 LD (mag. 15) size 225m”

December 20 –

“Asteroid 2004 XL14 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)”

December 20 –

“Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.514 AU)”

December 20 –

“December 2006 Aurora Photo Gallery – updated daily”

December 21 –

“Maeshowe Solstice Webcam – sunset shines into chamber”

December 21 –

“As of today there are 831 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”

December 21 –

“Southern Cross Stargazer”

December 21 –

“Experts split over photo of ‘meteor'”

December 21 –

“Scientists Predict Big Solar Cycle”

December 22 – 00:22 UT –

Alban Arthan –

Winter Solstice

December 22 –

“Ursids Meteor Shower Peak at 18:00 to 23:00 UT”

December 22 –

“Maeshowe Solstice Webcam – sunset shines into chamber”

December 22 –

“Ursids Meteor Shower Peak between 19:00 – 21:30 UT”

December 22 –

“Comet West-Kohoutek-Ikemura –

Closest Approach (0.726 AU)”

December 22 –

“Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)”

December 22 –

“Looking Beneath Mars’ Skin”

December 23 –

“Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (0.816 AU)”

December 23 –

“Maeshowe Solstice Webcam – sunset shines into chamber”

December 23 –

“Mars Express Status Report: Oct – Dec 2006”

December 23 –

“The Morien Institute is 10 years old Today”

December 24 –

“Asteroid 2003 UR12 Near-Vesta Flyby (0.039 AU)”

December 24 –

“Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)”

December 24 –

“Asteroid 25930 Spielberg Closest Approach To Earth (1.627 AU)”

December 24 –

“Jean-Louis Pons’ 245th Birthday (1761)”

December 24 –

“Cometary Toolkits”

December 24 –

“Theory: Jupiter is the Star of Bethlehem”

December 25 –

“Moon Occults Uranus”

December 25 –

“Asteroid 2801 Huygens Closest Approach To Earth (1.920 AU)”

December 26 –

“Comet 178P Hug-Bell –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.449 AU)”

December 26 –

“Comet C/2006 K3 (McNaught) –

Closest Approach (2.416 AU)”

December 26 –

“Asteroid 2004 YG1 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)”

December 26 –

“Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)”

December 27 – 14:48 UT –

First Lunar Quarter

December 27 –

“Asteroid 2006 WH1 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 2410 Morrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.236 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 498 Tokio Closest Approach To Earth (1.877 AU)”

December 27 –

“Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (2.042 AU)”

December 27 –

“Johannes Kepler’s 435th Birthday (1571)”

December 27 –

“Peeling Back The Skin Of Mars Meter By Meter”

December 27 –

“The Christmas star: What was it?”

December 28 –

“Cassini –

Titan Flyby”

December 28 –

“Fascinating astrobiological discoveries”

December 28 –

“NASA Mars Team Teaches Old Rovers New Tricks to Kick Off Year Four”

December 29 –

“Asteroid 2006 YA –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)”

December 29 –

“Asteroid 9831 Simongreen Closest Approach to Earth (1.482 AU)”

December 29 –

“Asteroid 5811 Keck Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)”

December 29 –

“What do you see in the moon?”

December 30 –

“Comet C/2006 U5 (Christensen) –

Closest Approach (1.350 AU)”

December 30 –

“Comet C/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) –

Perihelion (1.361 AU)”

December 30 –

“Asteroid 2006 YP –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)”

December 30 –

“Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (0.992 AU)”

December 31 –

“December 2006 Global Aurora Photo Gallery”

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“Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos”
by

John David North

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“Astronomy in Prehistoric
Britain and Ireland”
by

Clive Ruggles

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“Stairways to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures”
by
Anthony F. Aveni

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“Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings : Astronomy and the Archaeology of Power”
by

E.C. Krupp

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“Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest”

by

J. McKim Malville

&

Claudia Putnam

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“Ancient Astronomers”

(Exploring the Ancient World)

by

Anthony F. Aveni

&

Jeremy A. Sabloff

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“Records in Stone:
Papers in Memory of
Alexander Thom”

by

Clive Ruggles

(Editor)

EU English Edition

“Stonehenge: The Secret of
the Solstice”

by

Terence Meaden

EU English Edition

“Early Man and the Cosmos”

by

Evan Hadingham

EU English Edition

“East Asian Archaeoastronomy: Astronomical Observations of
China, Japan and Korea”

by

Zhenoao Xu

Yaotiao Jiang

&

David W. Pankenier

EU English Edition

a selection of books
from our

Astro-Mythology

Bookshoppe

“Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans: A Sourcebook”

by

Theony Condos

(Translator)

EU English Edition

“The Starlore Handbook: An Essential Guide to the Night Sky”

by

Geoffrey Cornelius

EU English Edition

“Celestial Key to the Vedas: Discovering the Origins of the World’s Oldest Civilization”

by

B. G. Sidharth

EU English Edition

“Star Names Their Lore and
Their Meaning”

by

Richard H. Allen

EU English Edition

“Beyond the Blue Horizon: Myths and Legends of the Sun, Moon, Stars, and Planets”

by

E.C. Krupp

EU English Edition

“Gods in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Culture from the Ancients to the Renaissance”

by

Allan Chapman

EU English Edition

“Conversing With the Planets:
How Science and Myth
Invented the Cosmos”

by

Anthony F. Aveni

EU English Edition

“Under Ancient Skies:

Ancient Astronomy and

Terrestrial Catastrophism”

by

Paul Dunbavin

EU English Edition Only

but avialable

worldwide

“In all of the world’s myths and religions we find traditions of a Great Flood. There are stories too of a Golden Age: the antediluvian paradise that it destroyed. Might these be real memories of the ancient world? And how can we analyse the subject scientifically? The key to unlock these ancient myths lies in astronomy. “Under Ancient Skies” will examine the astronomical evidence for an ancient cataclysm and in the process will explore a number of related anomalies in prehistory, including: Was there a single great flood in human prehistory, or have there been many?

Could the workings of ancient calendars and the records of ancient eclipses give us clues about the Flood and the antediluvian world? Did the Celtic Druids use a calendar based on the orbit of Saturn; and is this the same antediluvian calendar as is described in Plato’s myth of Atlantis? Do Hindu, Chinese and Mayan cosmology myths recall the years after the Flood when our world wobbled on its axis?

Geologists have recently found the crater in Yucatan, where an asteroid impact destroyed the world of the dinosaurs. Scientists and astronomers have stopped dismissing the theory that a comet could have struck the Earth during prehistory – but any suggestion that a comet impact just a few thousand years ago might have caused the Biblical Flood, remains the last taboo. It is time for this barrier too to be washed away. If you read this book and you understand it then be warned – it may scare you!”

“The Universe: 365 Days
(Hardcover)”

by

Jerry T. Bonnell

&

Robert J. Nemiroff

EU English Edition

“Astronomy: 365 Days
(Hardcover)”

by

Jerry T. Bonnell

&

Robert J. Nemiroff

EU English Edition

“Hubble: The Mirror on
the Universe”

by

Jerry T. Bonnell

&

Robert J. Nemiroff

EU English Edition

“Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes”

by

Michael Benson

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

(Foreword)

EU English Edition

“Voyager’s Grand Tour”

by

Henry C. Dethloff

&

Ronald A. Schorn

EU English Edition

“The Depths of Space: The Story of the Pioneer Planetary Probes”

by

Mark Wolverton

EU English Edition

“Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity and the Exploration of
the Red Planet”

by

Steve Squyres

EU English Edition

“Sojourner: An Insider’s View of the Mars Pathfinder Mission”

by

Andrew Mishkin

EU English Edition

“Comets II”

by

Michel C. Festou

H. Uwe Keller

Harold A. Weaver

(Editors)

EU English Edition

“Cometary Science after Hale-Bopp, Volume I”

by

Hermann Bohnhardt

Michael Combi

Mark R. Kidger

Rita Schulz

(Editors)

EU English Edition

“Meteor Showers and Their
Parent Comets”

by

Peter Jenniskens

EU English Edition

“Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth
and Folklore”

by

Donald K. Yeomans

EU English Edition

“Comets: Nature, Dynamics, Origin, and Their Cosmogonical Relevance”

by

Julio Angel Fernandez

EU English Edition

“Cometography: A Catalog of Comets: 1800-1899 Vol 2”

by

Gary W. Kronk

EU English Edition

“Mitigation of Hazardous Comets and Asteroids”

by

Michael Belton

Thomas H. Morgan

Nalin Samarasinha

Donald K. Yeomans

(Editors)

EU English Edition

“Killer Rocks from Outerspace: Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors”

by

Steven N. Koppes

EU English Edition

“The Moons of Jupiter”

by

Kristin Leutwyler

EU English Edition

“The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets”

by

Fredric W. Taylor

EU English Edition

“Meteors and Meteorites: Origins and Observations”

by

Martin Beech

EU English Edition

“The Rock from Mars: A Detective Story on Two Planets”

by

Kathy Sawyer

EU English Edition

“Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million
Years Ago”

by

Douglas H. Erwin

EU English Edition

“Dynamics of Meteor Outbursts and Satellite Mitigation Strategies”

by

Glenn E. Peterson

EU English Edition

“Meteors, Meteorites, and Meteoroids”

by

Ray Spangenburg

&

Kit Moser

EU English Edition

“The Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms”

by

Mark Littmann

EU English Edition

“Cosmic Phenomena: Comets, Meteor Showers, Eclipses”

by

Gabriele Vanin

EU English Edition

“Falling Stars: A Guide to Meteors and Meteorites”

by

Mike D. Reynolds

EU English Edition

“Comets & Meteor Showers”

by

Paul P. Sipiera

&

Dennis Brindell Fradin

EU English Edition

“The Meteor Hunt”

by

Jules Verne

Frederick Paul Walter

(Translator)

Walter James Miller

(Translator)

EU English Edition

“Leonid Storm Research”

by

Peter Jenniskens

Frans Rietmeijer

Noah Brosch

Mark Fonda

(Editors)

EU English Edition

Space & Astronomy
2007 Calendars

“Celestial Wonders 2007 Calendar”

by

Sky & Telescope

EU English Edition

“Space 2007 Calendar: Views from the Hubble Telescope”

by

Pomegranate Communications

EU English Edition

“Universe of the Hubble Space Telescope
2007 Calendar”

by

Astrographics

EU English Edition

“Astronomy 2007 Calendar”

by

Terence Dickinson

(Editor)

EU English Edition

“Starry Nights 2007
A Glow-In-The-Dark Constellations Calendar”

by

Universe Publishing

EU English Edition

“The Lunar Year 2007
Glow-in-the-Dark Calendar”

by

Universe Publishing

EU English Edition

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