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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°41'. Thu, 19 Jan 2017 at 00:26 EDT (2,679 days ago) in Virgo

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γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower 2017 The γ-Ursae Minorid meteor shower reaches its peak. Wed, 18 Jan 2017 (2,679 days ago) in Ursa Minor

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The cluster NGC 2451 is well placed The open star cluster NGC 2451 (mag 2.8) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 (2,681 days ago) in Puppis

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Asteroid 4 Vesta at opposition Asteroid 4 Vesta makes closest approach to the Earth. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 at 02:10 EDT (2,681 days ago) in Gemini

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Conjunction of Ceres and Eris Ceres and Eris share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°16'. Mon, 16 Jan 2017 at 23:30 EDT (2,681 days ago) in Cetus

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Lunar occultation of Regulus The Moon will pass in front of Regulus (Alpha Leonis), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Bolivia amongst others. Sat, 14 Jan 2017 at 23:06 EDT (2,683 days ago) in Leo

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NGC 2403 is well placed NGC 2403 (mag 8.9), a spiral galaxy in Camelopardalis culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 14 Jan 2017 (2,684 days ago) in Camelopardalis

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The cluster Messier 47 is well placed The open star cluster M47 (NGC 2422; mag 4.4) in Puppis culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 14 Jan 2017 (2,684 days ago) in Puppis

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Venus at dichotomy Venus reaches half phase in the evening sky. Sat, 14 Jan 2017 at 08:18 EDT (2,684 days ago) in Aquarius

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Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the dawn sky. Fri, 13 Jan 2017 at 17:09 EDT (2,685 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky. Fri, 13 Jan 2017 (2,685 days ago) in Sagittarius

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The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 20:49 EDT (2,686 days ago) in Cancer

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Conjunction of Venus and Neptune Venus and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 24'. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 20:39 EDT (2,686 days ago) in Aquarius

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Close approach of Venus and Neptune Venus and Neptune pass within 21' of each other. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 16:03 EDT (2,686 days ago) in Aquarius

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Venus at greatest elongation east Venus is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 11:06 EDT (2,686 days ago) in Aquarius

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 12 Jan 2017 at 06:33 EDT (2,686 days ago) in Gemini

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The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 01:00 EDT (2,688 days ago) in Taurus

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Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from Asia, Russia and Wake Island. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 at 09:24 EDT (2,689 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. Mon, 09 Jan 2017 at 05:50 EDT (2,689 days ago) in Taurus

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Supernova SN2017jd discovered A new supernova has been discovered in IC 5334. Sun, 08 Jan 2017 (2,689 days ago)