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The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 3.4) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 01 Oct 2016 (2,829 days ago) in Andromeda

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New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Fri, 30 Sep 2016 at 20:12 EDT (2,830 days ago) in Virgo

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 (2,831 days ago) in Leo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 42'. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 at 06:41 EDT (2,831 days ago) in Leo

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Lunar occultation of Mercury The Moon will pass in front of Mercury, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina amongst others. Thu, 29 Sep 2016 at 06:12 EDT (2,831 days ago) in Leo

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Asteroid 11 Parthenope at opposition Asteroid 11 Parthenope makes closest approach to the Earth. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 19:58 EDT (2,832 days ago) in Cetus

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 13:42 EDT (2,832 days ago) in Leo

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Mercury at greatest elongation west Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 13:16 EDT (2,832 days ago) in Leo

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Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Wed, 28 Sep 2016 at 11:24 EDT (2,832 days ago) in Leo

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47 Tuc is well placed The second brightest globular cluster in the sky, 47 Tuc (NGC 104; mag 4.0), in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 27 Sep 2016 (2,833 days ago) in Tucana

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Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2016 The Daytime Sextantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 27 Sep 2016 (2,833 days ago) in Sextans

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Jupiter at solar conjunction Jupiter is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Mon, 26 Sep 2016 at 02:48 EDT (2,834 days ago) in Virgo

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Jupiter at apogee Jupiter reaches its furthest point from the Earth, as it passes around the far side of the Sun. Sun, 25 Sep 2016 at 03:31 EDT (2,835 days ago) in Virgo

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136472 Makemake at solar conjunction 136472 Makemake is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Sun, 25 Sep 2016 at 02:39 EDT (2,835 days ago) in Coma Berenices

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NGC 55 is well placed NGC 55 (mag 8.2), a barred irregular galaxy in Sculptor culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 24 Sep 2016 (2,836 days ago) in Sculptor

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Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Fri, 23 Sep 2016 at 05:56 EDT (2,837 days ago) in Orion

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September equinox Day and night have equal length, marking the beginning of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere. Thu, 22 Sep 2016 at 10:18 EDT (2,838 days ago) in Virgo

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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from Africa and Asia. Wed, 21 Sep 2016 at 18:33 EDT (2,839 days ago) in Taurus

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Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Wed, 21 Sep 2016 at 14:52 EDT (2,839 days ago) in Taurus

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Supernova SN2016gkg discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 613. Mon, 19 Sep 2016 (2,840 days ago)