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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability, the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets. Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate.

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October 2013 Celestial Events & Space Research News

October 2013 SkyMaps & Sky Guides will not be available until October 1st

The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT

October 2013 –
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BBC The Sky at Night – October 2013

October 01 2013 –
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Asteroid 2008 SZ150 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)

October 02 2013 –
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Asteroid 329437 (2002 OA22) –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)

October 03 2013 –
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Uranus –

At Opposition

October 04 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

October 04-10 2013

Celebrate World Space Week October 4-10


UN General Assembly Resolution

“World Space Week”

October 05 2013 – 00:35 UT –
New Moon

October 05 2013 –
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October 06 2013 –
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October 07 2013 –
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Asteroid 2002 AW –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)

October 08 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

October 09 2013 –
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Draconids Meteor Shower Peak

October 10 2013 –
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Southern Taurids (STA) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details & SkyMap

October 11-13 2013

Kingsport, Tennessee, USA

“30th Annual Bays Mountain StarFest”

October 11 2013 – 23:02 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter

October 11 2013 –
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d-Aurigids (DAU) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details & SkyMap

October 12 2013 –
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October 13 2013 –
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October 14 2013 –
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Asteroid 2004 HX53 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)

October 15 2013 –
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October 16 2013 –
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October 17 2013 –
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Comet 2P/Encke –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.478 AU)

October 18 2013 – 23:38 UT –
The Full Hunter’s Moon

October 18 2013 –
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Asteroid 2003 UY12 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)

October 19 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

October 20 2013 –
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October 21 2013 –
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Comet P/2010 J5 (McNaught) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.464 AU)

October 22 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

October 23 2013 –
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Asteroid 2012 ER14 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.088 AU)

October 24 2013 –
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Asteroid 2008 LH2 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.083 AU)

October 25 2013 –
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Comet P/1998 Y2 (Li) –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)

October 26 2013 – 23:41 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter

October 26 2013 –
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October 27 2013 –
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European Summer Time Ends – Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)

October 28 2013 –
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Comet P/2011 S1 (Gibbs) –

Closest Approach To Earth (5.958 AU)

October 29 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

October 30 2013 –
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Comet 119P/Parker-Hartley –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.146 AU)

October 31 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

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November 2013 Celestial Events & Space Research News

November 2013 SkyMaps and Sky Guides NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL November 1st

November 2013 –
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BBC The Sky at Night – November 2013

November 01 2013 –
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Comet 259P/Garradd –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.609 AU)

November 01-04 2013

Conference: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan



Australian Centre for Astrobiology

“International Biogeoscience Conference 2013”

November 02 2013 –
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November 03 2013 – 12:50 UT –
New Moon

November 03 2013 –
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Taurids Meteor Shower Peak

November 04 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

November 05 2013 –
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Comet P/2012 T2 (PANSTARRS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.873 AU)

November 06 2013 –
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November 07 2013 –
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November 08 2013 –
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Asteroid 2012 UV136 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)

November 09 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

November 10 2013 – 05:57 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter

November 10 2013 –
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November 11 2013 –
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Asteroid 6063 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)

November 12 2013 –
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November 13 2013 –
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Asteroid 2011 JY1 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)

November 14 2013 –
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Asteroid 2012 VS76 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)

November 15 2013 –
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Asteroid 2008 GD110 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)

November 16 2013 –
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Asteroid 2006 UA216 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)

November 17 2013 – 15:16 UT –
The Full Beaver Moon

November 17 2013 –
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Leonids Meteor Shower Peak

November 18 2013 –
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Asteroid 2001 AV43 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.007 AU)

November 18-22 2013

Symposium: Nagoya, Japan



International CAWSES-II Symposium 2013

“Towards Solar Maximum”

November 19 2013 –
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November 20 2013 –
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November 21 2013 –
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Comet 2P/Encke –

Perihelion (0.336 AU)

November 22 2013 –
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Comet 271P/van Houten-Lemmon –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.331 AU)

November 23 2013 –
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Comet C/2012 U1 (PANSTARRS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.768 AU)

November 24 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

November 25 2013 – 19:28 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter

November 25 2013 –
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Asteroid 2010 CL19 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)

November 26 2013 –
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Asteroid 2007 VW83 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.066 AU)

November 27 2013 –
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Asteroid 2009 LD –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)

November 28 2013 –
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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) –

Perihelion (0.012 AU)

November 29 2013 –
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Comet C/2012 A1 (PANSTARRS) –

Perihelion (7.605 AU)

November 30 2013 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

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December 2013 Celestial Events & Space Research News

December 2013 –
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BBC The Sky at Night – December 2013

December 01 2013 –
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Asteroid 2009 HD82 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)

December 02 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 03 2013 – 00:22 UT –
New Moon

December 03 2013 –
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December 04 2013 –
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Comet 269P/Jedicke –

Closest Approach To Earth (3.529 AU)

December 05 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 06 2013 –
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Puppid-Velids (PUP) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details & SkyMap

December 07 2013 –
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Comet 84P/Giclas –

Closest Approach To Earth (1.246 AU)

December 08 2013 –
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Monocerotids (MON) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details & SkyMap

December 09 2013 – 15:12 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter

December 09 2013 –
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Comet P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.173 AU)

December 09-13 2013

Workshop: Santiago, Chile



ASTROBIO 2013

“The Distribution of Life on Earth, in the Solar System, and the Galaxy”

December 10 2013 –
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December 11 2013 –
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Asteroid 2006 CT –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)

December 12 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 13 2013 –
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Geminids (GEM) Meteor Shower Peak 23:30 UT – IMO Details & SkyMap

December 14 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 15 2013 –
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Comet P/2003 S1 (NEAT) –

Perihelion (2.592 AU)

December 16 2013 –
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Comet P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) –

Closest Approach To Earth (4.994 AU)

December 17 2013 – 09:28 UT –
The Full Long Nights Moon

December 17 2013 –
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December 18 2013 –
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December 19 2013 –
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Comet 87P/Bus –

Perihelion (2.104 AU)

December 20 2013 –
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Asteroid 2012 CL19 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)

December 21 2013 – 17:11 UT –
Alban Arthan –
Winter Solstice

December 21 2013 –
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Comet 52P/Harrington-Abell –

Closest Approach To Earth (0.989 AU)

December 22 2013 –
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Comet C/2012 A1 (PANSTARRS) –

Closest Approach To Earth (6.642 AU)

December 23 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 24 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 25 2013 – 13:48 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter

December 25 2013 –
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Comet C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) –

Perihelion (3.444 AU)

December 26 2013 –
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours

December 27 2013 –
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Comet 120P/Mueller –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.301 AU)

December 28 2013 –
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Asteroid 2011 BT15 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.032 AU)

December 29 2013 –
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Asteroid 2010 XZ67 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)

December 30 2013 –
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Asteroid 2009 XZ1 –

Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)

December 31 2013 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) –

Closest Approach To Earth (2.319 AU)

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“Stonehenge today is a battlefield, not only for police and festivalgoers at midsummer but also for rival camps of archaeologists, astronomers, and other researchers into the mysteries of prehistoric religion and science. Controversy flared up in 1963, when Gerald Hawkins made early use of the computer to identify Stonehenge as an observatory for the sun and moon and an instrument for predicting eclipses. Further studies of megalithic sites by Alexander Thom proved that many of them were also related to the seasonal positions of the heavenly bodies.

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