Events
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Date
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Description
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New Moon
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1st Jan 2014
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3-4 Jan 2014
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Quadrantid
meteor shower will be peaked on 3rd and 4th January but it will be
visible on 1-5 January 2014. One can see upto 40 meteors per hour during
peak. Meteors seems to radiate from the constellation Bootes, close to the
North Star. In 1932, the Quadrantid meteor shower showed maximum activity
with 80 meteors per hour.
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Earth at Perihelion
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4th Jan 2014
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Jupiter at opposition
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5th Jan 2014
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Full Moon
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16th Jan 2014
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New Moon
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30th Jan 2014
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Mercury at maximum
elongation
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31st Jan 2014
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Jupiter at opposition
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14th Feb 2014
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Full Moon
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14th Feb 2014
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New Moon
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1st Mar 2014
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Mercury at Maximum
Elongation
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14th Mar 2014
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Full Moon
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16th Mar 2014
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Venus at Maximum Elongation
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22nd Mar 2014
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New Moon
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30th Mar 2014
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Mars at Opposition
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8th Apr 2014
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Full Moon
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15th Apr 2014
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Lunar eclipse
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15th Apr 2014
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21-22 Apr 2014
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Lyrid is a medium intensity meteor
shower. It usually produces about 20 meteors per hour in its peak. The shower
will peak on 21-22 April but some meteors will be visible between 16 to 25th
April. Meteors seems to radiate from the constellation Lyra.
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New Moon
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29th Apr 2014
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29th Apr 2014
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On 29th April 2014, an annular
solar eclipse will take place. The annular solar eclipse will be visible from
part of Antarctica. The partial solar eclipse will be visible from Antarctica
and Australia. A solar eclipse take place when Moon passes between Sun and Earth and shadow of moon
totally or partially obscures Sun for a viewer on Earth.
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5-6 May 2014
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Eta Aquarid is a low intensity
meteor shower. It usually produces about 10 meteors per hour in its peak. The
shower will peak on 5-6 May. Meteors seems to radiate from the constellation
Aquarius.
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Saturn at Opposition
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10th May 2014
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Full Moon
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14th May 2014
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Sun at Maximum Elongation
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25th May 2014
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New Moon
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28th May 2014
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7th Jun 2014
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Full Moon
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13th Jun 2014
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New Moon
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27th Jun 2014
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Full Moon
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12th Jul 2014
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Mercury at Maximum
Elongation
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12th Jul 2014
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New Moon
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26th Jul 2014
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South Delta Aquarids meteor shower
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28-29th Jul 2014
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This is a medium intensity meteor
shower with about 20 meteors per hour at peak. These meteors will come out
from constellation Aquarius.
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Full Moon
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10th Aug 2014
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12-13th Aug 2014
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Perseids are one of the strong
meteor showers. It produce up to 60 meteors per hour at peak hours. Radiant
point of this shower is in the constellation Perseus. These meteors originate
from the tail of comet Swift-Tuttle.
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18th Aug 2014
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New Moon
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25th Aug 2014
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Neptune at Opposition
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29th Aug 2014
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Full Moon
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9th Sep 2014
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New Moon
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24th Sep 2014
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Mercury at Maximum
Elongation
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21st Sep 2014
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Uranus at Opposition
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7th Oct 2014
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Full Moon
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8th Oct 2014
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Total Lunar Eclipse
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8th Oct 2014
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21-22 Oct 2014
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Orionid is a medium intensity
meteor shower and one can see about 25 meteors per hour.
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New Moon
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23th Oct 2014
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23th Oct 2014
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Mercury at Maximum
Elongation
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1st Nov 2014
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Full Moon
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6th Nov 2014
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17-18th Nov 2014
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Annual event of Leonid meteor
shower can be seen on 16-17th November. Leonid meteor shower is visible
towards the constellation Leo, the Lion. During Leonid meteor shower, Earth will pass through a
stream of debris which is left behind by comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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New Moon
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22th Nov 2014
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Full Moon
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6th Dec 2014
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13-14th Dec 2014
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Geminids meteor shower is a strong
meteor shower. Annual event of Geminids meteor
shower take place on 13-14th December but some meteors will be
visible between 6 to 19th December. For many observers, geminid is the best
meteor shower. It can produce 60-80 meteors per hour at its peak.
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New Moon
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22th Dec 2014
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22-23 Dec 2014
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Ursids meteor
shower is a medium intensity meteor shower. Ursids meteor shower peaks on
22-23 December. It usually produces 5-10 meteors per hour but occasionally it
can produce about 100 meteors per hour.
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Terminology
Aphelion: Farthest position of a planet from the Sun.
Perihelion: Closest position of a planet from the Sun.
Greatest elongation: elongation is the angle between the Sun and a planet as seen from Earth, during eastern elongation,
the planet appears as an evening star, during western elongation, the planet
appears as a morning star.
Occultation: Moon
occults or eclipses a planet or a star.
Sumber : http://www.basicastro.com/astronomical-calendar-2014-astronomy-events.html
Sumber : http://www.basicastro.com/astronomical-calendar-2014-astronomy-events.html