Skywatching Calendar 2007

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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’
…

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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January 2007 –

January 2007 –

January 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere

January 2007 –

January 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere

January 2007 –

Astronomy Today Sky Guide – January 2007

January 2007 –
“What Is a Planet?”

January 01 –

Astronomy Picture of the Day

January 01 –

Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.380 AU)

January 02 –

Comet P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring) –

Perihelion (1.226 AU)

January 02 –

Asteroid 2006 YD12 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)

January 03 – 13:57 UT –
Full Moon
Wolf Moon

January 03 – 20:00 UT –
Earth at Perihelion –
closest to the Sun (0.983 AU from Sun)

January 03/04 –

Quadrantids meteor shower peak 00:30 January 4

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 to Print)

January 03 –

Advanced Visual Meteor Observing Form Instructions (Word.doc)

January 03/04 –

Meteors from an Extinct Constellation: the Quadrantids

January 04 –

Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.310 AU)

January 04 –

Asteroid 2001 YE4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)

January 04 –

Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.662 AU)

January 05 –

Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)

January 05 –

Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)

January 06 –

Deep Impact Near-Mars Flyby (0.033 AU)

January 06 –

Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) –

Perihelion (6.041 AU)

January 06 –

Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)

January 06 –

Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)

January 07 –

Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)

January 08 –

Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) –

Closest Approach (3.257 AU)

January 09 –

Asteroid 2006 XP4 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)

January 09 –

Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.878 AU)

January 09 –

Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)

January 10 –

Asteroid 2006 QQ56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)

January 10 –

Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)

January 10 –

Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)

January 11 – 12:45 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

January 11 –

Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)

January 12 –

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) –

Perihelion (0.171 AU)

January 12 –

Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)

January 12 –

Cassini –

Titan Flyby

January 13 –

Asteroid 2006 YH14 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)

January 14 –

Comet Kowal 1 –

Perihelion (4.719 AU)

January 14 –

Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)

January 14 –

Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)

January 15 –

Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU)

January 16 –

Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.316 AU)

January 16 –

Asteroid 719 Albert –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.430 AU)

January 17/21 –

Deep South Texas Stargaze 2007, Escondido Ranch, Texas

January 18 –

Comet P/2006 U5 (Christensen) –

Perihelion (2.326 AU)

January 19 – 04:01 UT –
New Moon –

January 19 –

Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.218 AU)

January 20 –

Comet 176P/LINEAR –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.218 AU)

January 21 –

Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.719 AU)

January 21 –

Asteroid 7341 (1991 VK) –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)

January 22 –

Comet P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring) –

Closest Approach (0.749 AU)

January 22 –

Comet C/2005 G1 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.708 AU)

January 23 –

Comet C/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)

January 23 –

Comet C/2006 GZ2 (Spacewatch) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.649 AU)

January 23 –

Asteroid 2000 WP19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.046 AU)

January 23 –

Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)

January 23 –

Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)

January 24 –

Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.139 AU)

January 24 –

Asteroid 7861 Messenger Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)

January 25 – 23:01 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

January 25 –

Asteroid 25143 Itokawa –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU)

January 26 –

Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)

January 27 –

Asteroid 1996 AW1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.023 AU)

January 27 –

Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)

January 27 –

15th Annual Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers “Bobfest”

January 28 –

Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)

January 29 –

Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)

January 30 –

Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)

January 31 –

Asteroid 2006 CJ Near-Earth Flyby (0.026 AU)

February 2007 –

February 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL FEBRUARY 1st

February 2007 –

February 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere

February 2007 –

February 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere

February 2007 –

Astronomy Today Sky Guide – February 2007

February 01 –

Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen) –

Closest Approach (3.273 AU)

February 01 –

Asteroid 2006 AM4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)

February 01 –

Asteroid 243 Ida –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)

February 01 –

Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.388 AU)

February 02 – 05:45 UT –
Full Moon
Snow Moon

February 02 –

Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.074 AU)

February 02 –

Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.232 AU)

February 03 –

Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.488 AU)

February 04 –

Asteroid 2004 RN251 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)

February 04 –

Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)

February 05 –

Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)

February 06 –

Comet 182P/LONEOS Perihelion (0.980 AU)

February 06 –

Comet Wiseman-Skiff –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)

February 06 –

Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)

February 06 –

Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)

February 07 –

Asteroid 2003 YX1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.040 AU)

February 08 –

Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)

February 09 –

Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)

February 09 –

Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)

February 09 –

Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) Closest Approach (45.817 AU)

February 10 – 09:51 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

February 11 –

Comet 182P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (0.297 AU)

February 12 –

60th Anniversary (1947) of Sikhote Alin Meteorite Fall in Russia

February 12/18 –

23rd Annual Winter Star Party, West Summerland Key, Florida

February 13 –

Comet C/2006 M1 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (3.556 AU)

February 13 –

Asteroid 2006 XB –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)

February 17 – 16:14 UT –
New Moon

February 24 – 07:56 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

February 28 –

Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)

March 2007 –

March 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH 1st

March 2007 –

“March 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

March 2007 –

“March 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

March 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – March 2007”

March 03/04 –

“Total Eclipse of the Moon – visible Europe, Africa, Middle East”

March 03 – 20:16 UT –
Moon Enters Penumbra
March 03 – 21:30 UT –
Moon Enters Umbra
March 03 – 22:43 UT –
Moon Enters Totality

March 03 – 23:17 UT –
Full Moon
Worm Moon

March 03 – 23:20 UT –
Middle of Eclipse
March 03 – 23:58 UT –
Moon Leaves Totality

March 04 – 01:11 UT –
Moon Leaves Umbra
March 04 – 02:54 UT –
Moon Leaves Penumbra

March 03/04 –

“Lunar Eclipse diagrams – explanatory material”

March 12 – 03:54 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

March 19 – 02:43 UT –
New Moon

March 19 –

“Partial Eclipse of the Sun –
visible

India,

China,

Far East”

March 19 –

“US Naval Observatory Partial Solar Eclipse .pdf Map

March 21 – 00:07 UT –
Alban Eilir – Vernal (Spring) Equinox

March 25 – 18:16 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

April 2007 –

April 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 1st

April 2007 –

“April 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

April 2007 –

“April 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

April 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – April 2007”

April 02 – 17:15 UT –
Full Moon
Pink Moon

April 10 – 18:04 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

April 17 – 11:36 UT –
New Moon

April 24 – 06:36 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

May 2007 –

May 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 1st

May 2007 –

“May 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

May 2007 –

“May 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

May 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – May 2007”

May 02 – 10:09 UT –
Full Moon
Flower Moon

May 10 – 04:27 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

May 16 – 19:27 UT –
New Moon

May 23 – 21:03 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

June 2007 –

June 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 1st

June 2007 –

“June 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

June 2007 –

“June 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

June 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – June 2007”

June 01 – 01:04 UT –
Full Moon
Strawberry Moon

June 08 – 11:43 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

June 15 – 03:15 UT –
New Moon

June 21 – 18:06 UT –
Alban Hefyn –
Summer Solstice

June 22 – 13:15 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

June 30 – 13:49 UT –
Full Moon
Snow Moon

July 2007 –

July 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 1st

July 2007 –

“July 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

July 2007 –

“July 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

July 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – July 2007”

July 07 – 16:54 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

July 07 – 00:00 UT –
Earth at Aphelion –
furthest from the Sun

July 14 – 12:04 UT –
New Moon

July 22 – 06:29 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

July 30 – 00:48 UT –
Full Moon
The Full Buck Moon

August 2007 –

August 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 1st

August 2007 –

“August 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

August 2007 –

“August 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

August 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – August 2007”

August 05 – 21:20 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

August 12 – 23:03 UT –
New Moon

August 20 – 23:54 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

August 28 –

“Total Eclipse of the Moon – visible Alaska, Australia, Pacific”

August 28 – 07:52 UT –
Moon Enters Penumbra
August 28 – 08:50 UT –
Moon Enters Umbra
August 28 – 09:52 UT –
Moon Enters Totality

August 28 – 10:35 UT –
Full Moon
Sturgeon Moon

August 28 – 10:37 UT –
Middle of Eclipse
August 28 – 11:22 UT –
Moon Leaves Totality
August 28 – 12:33 UT –
Moon Leaves Umbra
August 28 – 13:22 UT –
Moon Leaves Penumbra

August 28 –

“Lunar Eclipse diagrams – explanatory material”

September 2007 –

September 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st

September 2007 –

“September 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

September 2007 –

“September 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

September 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – September 2007”

September 04 – 02:32 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

September 11 – 12:44 UT –
New Moon

September 11 –

“Partial Eclipse of the Sun –
visible

Brazil,

Argentina,

South Atlantic”

September 11 –

“US Naval Observatory Partial Solar Eclipse .pdf Map

September 19 – 16:48 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

September 23 – 09:51 UT –
Alban Elfed –
Autumnal Equinox

September 26 – 19:45 UT –
Full Moon
Harvest Moon

October 2007 –

October 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 1st

October 2007 –

“October 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

October 2007 –

“October 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

October 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – October 2007”

October 03 – 10:06 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

October 11 – 05:01 UT –
New Moon

October 19 – 08:33 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

October 26 – 04:52 UT –
Full Moon
Hunter’s Moon

November 2007 –

November 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st

November 2007 –

“November 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

November 2007 –

“November 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

November 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – November 2007”

November 01 – 21:18 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

November 09 – 23:03 UT –
New Moon

November 17 – 22:33 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

November 24 – 14:30 UT –
Full Moon
Beaver Moon

December 2007 –

December 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 1st

December 2007 –

“November 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”

December 2007 –

“November 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”

December 2007 –

“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – November 2007”

December 01 – 12:44 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

December 09 – 17:40 UT –
New Moon

December 17 – 10:18 UT –
First Lunar Quarter

December 22 – 06:08 UT –
Alban Arthan –
Winter Solstice

December 24 – 01:16 UT –
Full Moon
The Full Cold Moon – or The Full Long Nights Moon

December 31 – 07:51 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter

For Your Interest:

Astronomy Books

Night-Sky Software

Astronomy Programs

Telescopes & Accessories
Skywatching Binoculars

“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

“RedShift 5 Planetarium Software”
USA Edition Platforms:

Windows
2000 /
NT /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

Features:

* User-friendly resource providing stunning deep-sky photography

* Track thousands of satellites, asteroids and comets

“RedShift 5 Planetarium Software”
EU Edition Platforms:

Windows
98 /
ME /
2000 /
NT /
XP

Media: CD-Rom

Features:

* The complete Hipparcos and Tycho-2 stellar catalogues and the Hubble Guide Star catalogue 2

* Track thousands of satellites, asteroids and comets