Derekscope

The conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter is a beautiful celestial event where these two bright objects appear close together in the night sky.

Venus is at its greatest eastern elongation when it’s farthest from the sun in the evening sky and appears brightest.

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The occultation of the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the “Seven Sisters,” is a fascinating – the moon passed in front of the Pleiades, hiding some of its stars from my view in binocular.

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NGC1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga ~ a group of stars are relatively young, forming within a nebula like Tadpole, which is rich in gas and dust, providing the essential material for star formation. which is embedded in the Tadpole Nebula (IC410).

Guides to the night sky
Deep Sky Object: NGC 1893 (Open Cluster)
Constellation: Auriga (Aur)

From 8pm, a few hours later till 1am on early morning of 10th January, the Moon occults several stars in the Seven Sisters star cluster (known as Messier 45 or The Pleiades).

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Planning to watch this celestial event for anyone ~ make sure to find Saturn and Venus will be forming a rare conjunction on Friday 17th January, during this event this month, the two planets will appear remarkably close in the night skies.

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The Lunar X and V are not lasting lunar features which are visible on the lunar surface for about 4 hours.

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Name of craters Ukert (marked V) and Blanchinus (marked X) stood out, reflecting sunlight in a pattern asterism resembling letters of the alphabet.
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This photo of the First Quarter Moon shows the positions of the Lunar V (top), and the Lunar X (bottom) ~ the best time to observe these two claire-obscure effects is when the Moon is seven days old.

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(Next event : Wednesday 5th February 2025 – 7:30am)

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Neptune will be visible in the night sky, but spotting it will require binoculars or a telescope ~ Neptune is quite faint and not visible to the naked eye.

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