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Como se llama?

Click on this image to see it full size   The dwarf planet Pluto has five small moons of which three have been given names. Following the guidelines for naming planets and their moons the three named...

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Heliocentric Opposition

   Today, Monday 11 November, Jupiter and Dwarf Planet Pluto will be at the position along their orbital path where they are on opposite sides of the Sun from each other. This is called a heliocentric...

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The Innie and the Outie

Click on graphic to see it full size.   This evening, Saturday 16 November, appearing within the field of view of 7×50 binoculars, the inner planet Venus will be about 6.5 degrees away from the the...

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On the 4th Night

              Happy   4th of   July!!                         Friday 4 July is not only the day we in the United States of America celebrate our country’s Independence Day, it is also the day that the...

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Songs From My Students

   One of the perks of teaching is that often you get to see your students doing ‘their thing’. This past semester I had two students take me up on the idea of writing a song relating to the class...

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Moon Meets Pluto

   Sunday morning, February 15th the thin 25.5 day old waning crescent Moon will be about 6o from Dwarf Planet Pluto. While Pluto, at 14th magnitude, will be much too dim to be visible to the naked...

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Moon – Pluto Conjunction

   Friday May 8th the waning gibbous Moon and Pluto rise a couple of hours before sunrise local time. Both are located within the eastern fringes of the Milky Way and just above the teapot shaped...

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#PlutoTime

   In a little more than one month, July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly by the dwarf planet Pluto and its 5 currently known moons. An important part of the mission is the educational...

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Pluto at Opposition

   Monday July 6th at 10 UT (5 am CDT) the Dwarf Planet Pluto will be at opposition. All outer planets and other solar system objects that orbit the Sun beyond the orbit of the Earth have opposition....

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Far Out!

   On Tuesday July 14th the New Horizon spacecraft makes it one and only flyby of Pluto coming the closest at 6:49 am CDT (11:49 UT) with a distance of 12,500 kilometers (7,750 miles). As it passes...

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Moon – Pluto Conjunction

   Wednesday July 29th the waxing gibbous Moon will be within a few degrees from the Dwarf Planet Pluto.    Where is Pluto and is Pluto visible to the naked eye? Pluto currently is above the...

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Pluto Shifts Out Of Reverse

   Thursday September 24th the second largest of the known Dwarf Planets, Pluto, ends its apparent retrograde motion and resumes its regular direct or eastward motion in its 248 year (Earth years) long...

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Mercury at Aphelion

   Sunday February 21st the innermost planet Mercury reaches aphelion, its furthest distance from the Sun, 0.4667 AU, (69,817,326 km; 43,382,475 miles). Interestingly, I suppose, is that the next time...

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Our Moon Near Dwarf Planet Pluto

   Wednesday morning May 25th the 18.5-day old waning gibbous Moon will be about 3o from Dwarf Planet Pluto. Given that the Moon has an apparent magnitude of -18.5 not much else will be visible in the...

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Pluto Ducks Behind the Sun

   Saturday January 7th the Dwarf Planet Pluto reaches a point in its orbit where it is on the opposite side of the Sun as viewed from Earth. This is known as solar conjunction.             Click here...

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A Sky Full of Planets

   Friday August 3rd all of the planets, except for Mercury, and some of the Dwarf Planets will be over the horizon during the hours before sunrise and the hours before sunset. The dwarf planets Pluto...

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