Skywatching Calendar October 01 to December 31 2020

The Morien Institute - The events of July 16th to 22nd 1994, when the remnants of a fragmenting comet, P/Shoemaker-Levy 9, bombarded the surface of Jupiter causing fireballs many times the size of our own planet, were an abrupt wake-up call even for those who were aware of them. The historical sciences generally, and archæology in particular, have collectively painted a picture of the past as if our planet stands alone in empty space. Nothing could be further from reality. Our resilient planet exists in a solar system that has experienced a very dynamic history over the past 20+ millennia, and it is only from this wider solar system perspective that the true history of human civilisation will ever be fully understood. The Morien Institute archive therefore contains relevant material from many disciplines.

an image of a meteor flashing through the sky

Image of a revolving globe showing current sea levels since the end of the last ice age, before which many ancient societies like Atlantis flourished all over planet Earth on the continental shelves that were inundated by the rising sea levels caused by the melting ice sheets.



text translation service for many worldwide languages

 

 


Skywatching Calendars for:


January – March 2020 |
April – June 2020 |
July – September 2020


 

 


For Your Safety When Daytime Skywatching Please Visit These Websites:


Safe SunWatching |
Observing Eclipses Safely |
Safely Viewing Sunspots

Safety In Sight |
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory



Useful Websites for Skywatchers:



Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series



Space Weather Radio



NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive 1995 to present



António Cidadão’s Practical Advice for Astrophotography & CCD Imaging



Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy Website debunks astro-nonsense



As of October 01 2020

according to Near-Earth asteroid monitoring groups there were

2037



KNOWN Potentially Hazardous Asteroids

in Earth-crossing orbits


Why Does This Number Go Up, Then Sometimes Go Down?


Book an Educational Visit to the UK SpaceGuard Centre


The National Near Earth Objects Information Centre

is located in Knighton, Powys, LD7 1LW, Wales, United Kingdom

It is open for Public Tours (suitable for ages 9+), and also for

School Tours (suitable for primary & secondary schools)


They are are easily accessible – See Map and directions



Impact Craters on Earth, our Moon

and the other planets in our Solar System



USAF Archive of Fireball Data Releases



NASA JPL Asteroid Watch



The Longterm Impact Hazard to Earth

 


The 3,600 year-old Nebra Sky Disc



The Nebra Sky Disc


Made of bronze, with gold decorations of the Sun, Moon and Pleiades

click the image to find out more

 



Free Open Source Planetarium

For Your Computer


– Enjoy –

 


 Today is

Thursday, February 23, 2023 


SpaceWeather Information & Resources


Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm


What is Heliophysics
|

NASA Living With a Star


NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
|

The Australian Space Weather Agency


Space Weather Radio
|

ESA Space Environment Information System


Space weather influences on atmospheric electricity


Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery


Realtime Comet Photo Gallery


a solar wind image link to the australian spaceweather agency home page


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

the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate

 

 


October 2020 Celestial Events & Space Research News


October 2020 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 2020 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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BBC The Sky at Night – October 2020


Meteorite Times Magazine – October 2020
available mid-October


At the start of October 2020 the Sunspot Number is 0

 


October 01 2020 – 22:06 UT


Full Hunter’s Moon

 


October 01 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Mercury
– At Its Greatest Eastern

Elongation (25°)
as seen from Earth


Asteroid 2020 SN6 encounter – miss distance 2.6 LD, size = 6 metres


Asteroid 2020 SW6 encounter – miss distance 2.8 LD, size = 6 metres


Apollo Asteroid 2020 SN6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.007 AU)


Apollo Asteroid 2020 SW6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.007 AU)


Apollo Asteroid 2020 SU5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)


Apollo Asteroid 2001 GP2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)


Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR


At Opposition (0.572 AU))


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia October 01 – October 07”


“Calling on Amateur Astronomers: Observe Venus!”


October 02 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“High-energy cosmic rays: Solving a century-old mystery”


“Why Astronomers Want to Build a SETI Observatory on the Moon”

 


October 03 2020 – 17:22 UT


Moon at Apogee


(furthest from the Earth = 406,321 km)

 


October 03 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Comet P/2007 R2 (Gibbs)


Closest Approach To Earth (0.653 AU)


“Einstein. Right again”


October 04 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2010 UC Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)


“Those are Exoplanets. You’re Looking at Actual Exoplanets 63 Light-Years Away!”


October 05 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


October 06 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


October 07 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“A maxi-Mars, a mini-moon and meteors light up the October night sky”


October 08 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia October 08 – October 15”


“NASA is about to land on an asteroid. Here’s what we know about Bennu”


October 09 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Draconids Meteor Shower Peak


“Tunguska explosion in 1908 caused by asteroid grazing Earth”


“Osiris-REX Finds Some of Solar System’s Oldest Rocks on Bennu”

 


October 10 2020 – 01:41 UT

Third Lunar Quarter

 


October 10 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Southern Taurids (STA) Meteor Shower Peak


October 11 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


October 12 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 99942 Apophis


Closest Approach To Earth (0.216 AU)


Asteroid 2020 TS1 encounter – miss distance 0.7 LD, size = 5 metres


Asteroid 2020 TS4 encounter – miss distance 1.7 LD, size = 9 metres


October 13 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2018 GD2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)


Asteroid 2020 TD7 encounter – miss distance 0.9 LD, size = 15 metres


October 14 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Explore Earth’s history with help from the cosmos”


“Starman Just Made his Closest Approach to Mars”


October 15 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia October 15 – October 22”


“The Moon’s ancient magnetic field helped protect the young Earth”

 


October 16 2020 – 23:46 UT


Moon at Perigee


(closest to the Earth = 356,913 km)

 

an image of a meteor flashing through the sky

 


October 16 2020 – 20:32 UT

New Moon

 


October 16 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Pandemic Inspires Surge in Telescope Sales”


“Pluto has Snowcapped Mountains, But Why?”


“The Moon’s farside unveiled”


October 17 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 TG6 encounter – miss distance 0.4 LD, size = 5 metres


Asteroid 2020 TK3 encounter – miss distance 1.3 LD, size = 12 metres


Asteroid 2020 TX4 encounter – miss distance 1.6 LD, size = 10 metres


October 18 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 TE6 encounter – miss distance 0.6 LD, size = 11 metres


Asteroid 2020 TH6 encounter – miss distance 1.8 LD, size = 6 metres


October 19 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 TF6 encounter – miss distance 0.4 LD, size = 12 metres


October 20 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Orionids Meteor Shower


2020 Orionid Meteor Shower Overnight


Orionid meteor shower 2020: what you’ll see where you live in Australia


Apollo Asteroid 2017 UH5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)


October 21 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Orionids Meteor Shower Peak


2020 Orionid Meteor Shower Overnight


Aten Asteroid 2018 VG Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)


October 22 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
watch in the early hours before dawn


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia October 22 – October 29”

 


October 23 2020 – 14:24 UT

First Lunar Quarter

 


October 23 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“OSIRIS-REx is literally overflowing with asteroid samples from Bennu”


“Ancient stargazing meets modern astronomy to share Aboriginal stories of night sky”


October 24 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2017 TK6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)


October 25 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2008 GM2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)


European Summer Time Ends
Set Clock Back 1 Hour (European Union)


October 26 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 UO6 encounter – miss disrtance 2.1 LD, size = 12 metres


“Ask Astro: Why do the planets orbit the Sun counterclockwise?”


“NASA’s flying SOFIA telescope confirms water in the Moon’s soil”


October 27 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 TD8 encounter – miss disrtance 1.6 LD, size = 15 metres


Asteroid 2020 UU4 encounter – miss disrtance 1.9 LD, size = 16 metres


“(Very) Small Chance of Apophis Asteroid Impact in 2068”


October 28 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Juno Discovers Sprites and Elves on Jupiter”


October 29 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia October 29 – November 05”


“Get ready for this Halloween’s Blue Hunter’s Moon”


“Philae’s tumbling landing shows Comet 67P has areas with fluffy snow”

 


October 30 2020 – 18:46 UT


Moon at Apogee


(furthest from the Earth = 406,393 km)

 


October 30 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


“NASA Announces the Discovery of Water in the Sunlit Parts of the Moon”

 


October 31 2020 – 14:51 UT


Full Beaver Moon

Blue Moon

 


October 31 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Are the Clouds of Jupiter Haunted?”

 


SpaceWeather Information & Resources


Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm


What is Heliophysics
|

NASA Living With a Star


NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
|

The Australian Space Weather Agency


Space Weather Radio
|

ESA Space Environment Information System


Space weather influences on atmospheric electricity


Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery


Realtime Comet Photo Gallery


a solar wind image link to the australian spaceweather agency home page


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

the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate

 


[Due to renewed problems with Covid 19 both Picti and John have been unable to update this site during November. It seems that what is being termed Long Covid is very much real, and both John and Picti are still suffering despite having got through the Respiritory phase many months ago. Please bear with us through these troubled times, and I will do my best to catch up – Polly]

 


November 2020 Celestial Events & Space Research News


November 2020 SkyMaps and Sky Guides NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL November 1st


November 2020 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..


BBC The Sky at Night – November 2020


Meteorite Times Magazine – November 2020
available mid-November


At the start of November 2020 the Sunspot Number is 26


November 01 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Daylight Saving – Set Clock Back 1 Hour
USA


Comet ATLAS (C/2020 M3) is approaching Earth
animated orbit coordinates


Comet ATLAS Realtime Image Gallery


“Astronomy & secrets of the solar system revealed by geologists”


November 02 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2018 VP1 encounter – miss distance 1.1 LD, size = 2 metres


Apollo Asteroid 2018 VP1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)


November 03 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Southern (STA) Taurids meteor shower peak
overnight til dawn


Apollo Asteroid 2020 HF4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)


Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR


Closest Approch To Earth (0.494 AU)


November 04 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Southern Taurids (STA) meteor shower peak
overnight til dawn


November 05 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2010 JL88 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)


November 06 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“‘Sprites’ and ‘elves’ found frolicking in Jupiter’s skies”


November 07 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

 


November 08 2020 – 13:47 UT

Third Lunar Quarter

 


November 08 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Under One Sky — Help Address Light Pollution”


November 09 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Carl Sagan Day


Amor Asteroid 2018 VS4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)


“A brief history of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, and how to observe them”


November 10 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Mercury
– At Its Greatest Western

Elongation (19°)
as seen from Earth


Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini)


At Opposition (0.479 AU)


“Where is the edge of the universe?”


November 11 2020 – Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News …..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


Northern Taurids meteor shower peak
overnight til dawn


“Why haven’t we found alien life yet? Blame our closed minds”


“Is space mining the eco-friendly choice?”


November 12 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Northern Taurids (NTA) Meteor Shower Peak


“Mars Sample Return Program Forges Ahead”


November 13 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Atira Asteroid 2017 XA1


Closest Approach To Earth (0.220 AU)

 


November 14 2020 – 11:48 UT


Moon at Perigee


(closest to the Earth = 357,839 km)

 


November 14 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)


Closest Approach To Earth (0.396 AU)

 


November 15 2020 – 05:08 UT

New Moon

 


November 15 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


November 16 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Leonids Meteor Shower peak
overnight til dawn


Asteroid 2020 WB2 encounter – miss distance 2.6 LD, size = 75 metres


“The lonely universe: Is life on Earth just a lucky fluke?”


November 17 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Leonids Meteor Shower Peak


2020 Leonids Meteor Shower


Asteroid 2020 VG4 encounter – miss distance 2.1 LD, size = 7 metres


Asteroid 2020 WG2 encounter – miss distance 2.8 LD, size = 14 metres


“Is the Phosphine Biosignature on Venus a Calibration Error?”


November 18 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 VX4 encounter – miss distance 1.1 LD, size = 11 metres


“Collect the cosmos in stamps”


November 19 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 VP4 encounter – miss distance 2.8 LD, size = 11 metres


“There Might Be Water On All Rocky Planets”


November 20 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The First Civilization We Contact Will Have Been Around Much Longer Than Humanity”


November 21 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Earth’s new ‘minimoon’ may in fact be a relic of the early Space Age”

 


November 22 2020 – 04:45 UT

First Lunar Quarter

 


November 22 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


November 23 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2017 WJ16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)


November 24 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


November 25 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


November 26 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2018 RQ4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)

 


November 27 2020 – 00:29 UT


Moon at Apogee


(furthest from the Earth = 405,891 km)

 


November 27 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


November 28 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2020 KZ2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)


November 29 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 153201 (2000 WO107) Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)

 


November 30 2020 – 09:32 UT


Full Long Nights Moon

 


November 30 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

 


SpaceWeather Information & Resources


Getting Ready for the Next Big Solar Storm


What is Heliophysics
|

NASA Living With a Star


NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
|

The Australian Space Weather Agency


Space Weather Radio
|

ESA Space Environment Information System


Space weather influences on atmospheric electricity


Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery


Realtime Comet Photo Gallery


a solar wind image link to the australian spaceweather agency home page


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

the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate

 

 


December 2020 Celestial Events & Space Research News


December 2020 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..


BBC The Sky at Night – December 2020


Meteorite Times Magazine – December 2020
available mid-December


At the start of December 2020 the Sunspot Number is 62


December 01 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 SO encounter – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 6 metres


“We’re coming for the asteroids. Are the asteroids coming for us?”


December 02 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 2019 XH2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)


“Common misconceptions about doomsday asteroids”


December 03 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2010 TK7 (Earth Trojan)


Closest Approach To Earth (0.217 AU)


“China’s Chang’e 5 Collects Samples, Departs from the Moon”


December 04 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Our Guide to This Month’s Total Solar Eclipse Over South America”


December 05 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Chinese Spacecraft Dock in Lunar Orbit for Transfer of Moon Samples… “


December 06 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Comet C/2020 M3 (ATLAS)


At Opposition (0.468 AU)


“If There’s Subsurface Water on Mars, Where is it Safe to Land to Avoid Contamination?”


December 07 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 XK1 encounter – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 3 metres


Asteroid 2020 XG2 encounter – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 9 metres


“Hayabusa 2 Returns Sample of Asteroid Ryugu to Earth”


“A Banner Year for the Geminid Meteor Shower”

 


December 08 2020 – 00:37 UT

Third Lunar Quarter

 


December 08 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2018 PK21 Near-Earth FLyby (0.031 AU)


“Glycine Can Form In Interstellar Clouds”


December 09 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day

December 10 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia December 10 – December 17”


December 11 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Astronomers Discover Galactic “Fossil” Inside the Milky Way”


“Comet Records From 1240 Accurately Date When a Byzantine Princess Died”


“Do meteor showers create meteorites?”

 


December 12 2020 – 20:42 UT


Moon at Perigee


(closest to the Earth = 361,777 km)

 


December 12 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“Total solar eclipse 2020: A shadow crosses South America”


December 13 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


2020 Geminids Meteor Shower
overnight til dawn


Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
overnight til dawn


SkyMap for Geminids Meteor Shower
looking East around 10pm local time

 


December 14 2020 – 16:18 UT

New Moon

 


December 14 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


SkyMap for Geminids Meteor Shower
looking West around 1 hour before sunrise


Total Solar Eclipse
visible from Argentina


“Shadows from a Solar Eclipse”


December 15 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Comet P/2013 TL117 (Lemmon)


Closest Approach To Earth (0.468 AU)


December 16 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 XF4 encounter – miss distance 0.9 LD, size = 11 metres


December 17 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia December 17 – December 24”


December 18 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Asteroid 2020 XX3 encounter – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 7 metres


December 19 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 428694 Saule


Closest Approach To Earth (0.438 AU)


December 20 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


“The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn”
SkyMap looking S.W. after sunset

 


December 21 2020 – 10:02 UT


Alban Arthan

Winter Solstice

 

an image of a meteor flashing through the sky

 


December 21 2020 – 23:42 UT

First Lunar Quarter

 


December 21 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Jupiter Passes 0.1 Degrees from Saturn


“The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn”
SkyMap looking S.W. after sunset


December 22 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Ursids Meteor Shower Peak


December 23 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Comet P/2009 Q4 (Boattini)


Closest Approach To Earth (0.377 AU)

 


December 24 2020 – 16:32 UT


Moon at Apogee


(furthest from the Earth = 405,010 km)

 


December 24 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2011 CL50 Near-Earth Flyby (0.003 AU)


December 25 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 501647 (2014 SD224) Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)


December 26 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


December 27 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2016 AF2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)


Aten Asteroid 2012 XE133 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)


December 28 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


December 29 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Apollo Asteroid 162173 Ryugu


Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)

 


December 30 2020 – 03:30 UT


Full 13th Moon 2020

 


December 30 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day


Aten Asteroid 2012 UK171 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)


December 31 2020 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..


Astronomy Picture of the Day


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Skywatching Calendars for:


January – March 2020 |
April – June 2020 |
July – September 2020


 




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