Astronomical Calendar January 2023 - All Events and Phenomena!
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Astronomical Calendar January 2023
January 01, 15:16. Conjunction of Venus and Pluto, with Venus passing 0° 52′ north of Pluto, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
January 03, 19:36. Conjunction of the Moon and Mars, with the Moon at 0° 32′ south of Mars, toward the constellation Taurus.
January 04. Quadrantid meteor shower. Activity between December 12 and January 12, with a maximum of 120 meteors per hour on January 3. The radiant is in the direction of the constellation Boyero. Asteroid 2003 EH1 is responsible for this shower. The best time to observe them will be a few hours before dawn on January 4, when the radiant rises above the northeastern horizon of the celestial sphere.
January 06, 23:07. Full Moon.
January 15, 02:10. Waning Quarter Moon.
January 16, 04:46. Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition. The asteroid will pass 1,417 A.U. from us, in the direction of the constellation Can Major, reaching a maximum brightness of magnitude 7.7. The event will be observable at 22:46 local time and will be visible most of the night toward the south-southeastern part of the celestial sphere.
January 18. The open cluster M 47 (NGC 2422) will be well placed for observation most of the night, in the direction of the constellation Puppis (Popa), toward the southeastern part of the celestial sphere.
January 20, 07:51. Conjunction of Moon and Mercury, with the Moon at 6° 56′ south of Mercury, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius.
January 21, 20:54. New Moon.
January 22. The open cluster M 44 (NGC 2632, Praesepe) will be well placed for observation most of the night toward the constellation Cancer, toward the eastern part of the celestial sphere.
January 22, 19:36. Conjunction of Venus and Saturn, with Venus at 0° 21′ south of Saturn, in the direction of the constellation Capricorn.
January 23, 07:22. Conjunction of Moon and Saturn, with Moon at 3° 49′ south of Saturn, in the direction of the constellation Capricorn.
January 23, 08:19. Conjunction of Moon and Venus, with Moon at 3° 27′ south of Saturn, in the direction of the constellation Capricorn.
January 26, 02:03. Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter, with the Moon 1° 48′ south of Jupiter, toward Pisces’s constellation. As soon as the Sun sets on January 25, we will have a sky adorned by Mars (northeast of the zenith), Uranus, Jupiter, Venus (to the west), and very close to the western horizon be Saturn.
January 28, 15:19. Crescent Moon.
January 31, 04:24. Conjunction of Moon and Mars, with the Moon at 0° 06′ south of Mars, toward the constellation Taurus.
January 31, 04:27. Lunar occultation of Mars. The Moon will pass in front of Mars and, for a few minutes, will occultation it from view. This event will happen at 22:27 hours, Central Mexico time, on January 30, in the direction of the constellation Taurus.
Astronomical Calendar January 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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