Author name: Darren Jehan

Moon, Uranus Occultation

Occultation of Uranus – 14th September 2022 – Report

After a mostly blue sky day which held out the prospect of a clear night, it was disappointing to find that the clouds had rolled in by 8:00pm. Checks at 9:00 & 9:30pm revealed much the same, with not even Jupiter visible through the murk. A little snooze for both after an afternoon’s gardening was …

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Alpha Monocerotid Meteor Shower – 21st Nov

Alpha Monocerotid meteor shower Missed the Perseids and Orionids? This could be the one?? From the SETI Institute site: Peter Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, and Esko Lyytinen, Helsinki, Finland, report that there will be a significant return of the alpha Monocerotid meteor shower this year (IAU shower 246, AMO), when Earth …

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