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AUGUST
2010 |
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8/1/2010 |
Mars
near Saturn in west tonight at dusk |
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8/9/2010 |
Venus, Mars & Saturn form tight triangle in west at dusk tonight
& tomorrow |
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8/10/2010 |
Moon
at perigee (222,362 mi) |
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8/12/2010 |
Perseid meteor shower peaks before dawn tomorrow |
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8/12/2010 |
Venus, Mars & Saturn above waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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8/13/2010 |
Venus, Mars & Saturn to right of waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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8/17/2010 |
Reddish-orange stars Antares near waxing crescent moon tonight |
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8/22/2010 |
Brilliant Venus near Mars at dusk tonight |
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8/24/2010 |
Full
Sturgeon moon at apogee (252,518 mi); smallest of 2010 |
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8/26/2010 |
Bright Jupiter near waning gibbous moon before dawn tomorrow |
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SEPTEMBER
2010 |
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9/5/2010 |
Zodiacal light in east at dawn from dark-sky site for next two
weeks |
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9/7/2010 |
Moon
at perigee (221,948 mi) |
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9/10/2010 |
Venus & Mars above waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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9/11/2010 |
Venus & Mars to right of waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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9/21/2010 |
Moon
at apogee (252,379 mi) |
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9/22/2010 |
Autumnal equinox occurs at 8:09 p.m. PDT today; full Harvest
moon tonight |
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9/23/2010 |
Venus at its brightest in west at dusk |
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OCTOBER
2010 |
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10/5/2010 |
Zodiacal light in east at dawn from dark-sky site for next two
weeks |
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10/6/2010 |
Moon
at perigee (223,355 mi |
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10/9/2010 |
Brilliant Venus above waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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10/18/2010 |
Moon
at apogee (251,921 mi) |
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10/19/2010 |
Bright Jupiter near waxing gibbous moon tonight |
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10/20/2010 |
Orionids meteor shower before dawn tomorrow |
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10/22/2010 |
Full
Hunter's moon |
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NOVEMBER
2010 |
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11/3/2010 |
Moon
at perigee (226,298 mi) |
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11/6/2010 |
Daylight Savings Time ends tomorrow |
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11/7/2010 |
Mars
near waxing crescent moon at dusk |
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11/15/2010 |
Moon
at apogee (251,426 mi); appears above bright Jupiter |
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11/16/2010 |
Leonids meteor shower before dawn tomorrow |
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11/20/2010 |
Full
Beaver moon |
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11/21/2010 |
Mars
above Mercury in west shortly after sunset |
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11/30/2010 |
Saturn above waning crescent moon at dawn tomorrow |
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DECEMBER
2010 |
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12/1/2010 |
Venus near waning crescent moon at dawn tomorrow |
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12/6/2010 |
Mars
just below waxing crescent moon in southwest after sunset |
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12/13/2010 |
Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight and before dawn tomorrow |
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12/20/2010 |
Total lunar eclipse of full Cold moon tonight and tomorrow
morning |
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12/21/2010 |
Winter solstice occurs at 3:38 p.m. PST today |
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12/25/2010 |
Moon
at perigee (228,954 mi) |
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12/27/2010 |
Saturn near last quarter moon at dawn tomorrow |
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