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Astronomical Calendar February 2023
February 01. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) at perigee. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth at 0.28 A.U. It will be visible at magnitude 6.3 from 19:19 to 03:08, with a maximum at 21:27. It will be at 45° above the N horizon, in the direction of the constellation Camelopardalis, the Giraffe.
February 05, 18:28. Full Moon.
February 08. Meteor shower α-Centurids. Activity between January 28 and February 21, with the maximum observable variable, with at least six meteors per hour, on February 8. The radiant is in the direction of the constellation Centaurus. The object responsible for the shower has not been fully identified. The best time to observe it will be dawn on the 8th, towards the southern part of the celestial sphere.
February 13, 16:01. Waning Moon.
February 15, 12:19. Conjunction of Venus and Neptune. Venus will be only 45″ from Neptune in the direction of the constellation Aquarius.
February 16, 16:38. Saturn will be in solar conjunction. Saturn will pass only 1° 15′ from the Sun; at the same time, it will be at its most distant point from the Earth at 10.81 A.U. Saturn will change from an evening object to a morning object.
February 18, 20:52. Conjunction of Moon and Mercury, with the Moon at 3° 35′ south of Mercury, in the direction of the constellation Capricorn.
February 19. Galaxy M81 (Bode Galaxy) will be well placed for observation most of the night, in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, toward the northeastern part of the celestial sphere.
February 20, 07:06. New Moon.
February 22, 07:55. Conjunction of Moon and Venus, with the Moon 2° 05′ south of Venus, toward the constellation Pisces.
February 22, 22:00. Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. The Moon will be in the direction of the constellation Whale, just 1° 11′ south of Jupiter, which will be in the direction of the constellation Pisces.
February 27, 08:06. Crescent Moon.
February 28, 04:31. Conjunction of Moon and Mars, with the Moon at 1° 04′ north of Mars, almost simultaneously, the two objects will also have a comparative approach in the direction of the constellation Taurus.
Astronomical Calendar February 2023
Definition of UTC (Coordinated Universal Time):
Coordinated Universal Time or UTC.. (an intermediate between the English version Coordinated Universal Time CUT and the French version Temps universe coordonné TUC).. is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
It is one of several closely related successors to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For most everyday purposes, UTC is synonymous with GMT, as GMT is no longer the defined standard for the scientific community.
Definition of Conjunction in Astronomy:
Two stars are in conjunction when observed from a third (generally the Earth) at the exact celestial longitude. As the celestial latitude may differ, the stars are very close in the sky, although they do not coincide, passing one above another. The conjunction is one of the main aspects of the planets. It also applies to any celestial object visually located next to another.
Definition of Perigee in Astronomy:
It is called perigee (from the Greek adjective περίγειος) to the point of the elliptical orbit that a natural or artificial body travels around the Earth, in which said body is closer to its center. In perigee, the orbital speed is the maximum of the entire orbit.
Definition of Apogee in Astronomy:
Apogee (from the Greek ἀπό ‘apart, away from’ and γεω- ‘terrestrial, relative to planet Earth’). It is the point in an elliptical orbit around the Earth at which a body is farthest from the center of the Earth. The opposite orbital point, the closest one, is called perigee.
Definition of Equinox:
The equinoxes (from the Latin aequinoctium (aequus nocte), “equal night”). These are the times of the year when the Sun is located in the plane of the celestial equator. On that day and for an observer on the Earth’s equator. Sun reaches its zenith (the highest point in the sky concerning the observer, just above his head, at 90 °). The declination parallel of the Sun and the celestial equator then coincide.
It occurs twice a year: between March 19 and 21 and September 21 and 24.
As its name indicates, on the dates when the equinoxes occur, the day lasts approximately equal to that of the night at the equator and in the latitudes close to it.
The equinoxes set the onset of spring and fall in each earth’s hemisphere.
What is a Meteor Shower?
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which the irradiation of various meteors is observed from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids that enter Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds in parallel paths.
Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all disintegrate and never reach the Earth’s surface. Very intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor bursts and meteor storms, which produce at least 1,000 meteors per hour, mainly from the Leonids. The Meteor Data Center lists more than 900 possible meteor showers, of which about 100 are well-established. Several organizations point to Internet viewing opportunities. NASA maintains a daily map of active meteor showers.
What are the Moon Phases?
The lunar phases (also phases of the Moon). Are the apparent changes of the satellite’s visible illuminated portion due to its position change concerning the Earth and the Sun. The complete cycle, called lunation, is 29.53 days, during which the moon passes the new moon. Its visible illuminated portion gradually increases again. Two weeks later, the full moon occurs, and around the following two weeks, it decreases again, and the satellite enters the new phase again.
Finally, a perfect alignment between the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon occurs, which results in eclipses. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes before the solar disk. This can only happen on a new Moon, while a lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, which can only happen on a full Moon. This transition between phases has been used to measure time, so many lunar calendars were created based on the lunar cycle (moon phase). The Moon takes eighteen days, and it happens because the Sun and the Earth align; having said that, the Moon is forming.
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