|
 Colorado Sky Events
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Data from NASA |
|
2005 |
2006 |
| Lunar
eclipses |
Apr
24 - (penumbral, faintly visible)
Oct 17 - (partial, clearly visible) |
None |
| Solar
eclipses |
Apr
8 - (partial, hardly noticeable only from southeast corner of Colorado) |
None |
| Planets |
Venus
and Mercury alternate through the year as bright morning and evening
objects, and sometimes are together (see calendar, above).
Jun 27 - Mercury and Venus in
conjunction (very close together in sky). |
Same morning/evening
objects as in 2005.
Aug 26 - Venus/Saturn conjunction (very close together in sky).
Sep 15 - Mercury/Mars conjunction.
Nov 8 - BIG EVENT IN 2006!! Mercury transits (crosses) face of
Sun.
Dec 10 - Mercury/Jupiter conjunction. |
| Meteors (peak
time) |
Perseids
- mid-Aug
Orionids - late-Oct
Leonids - mid Nov
Geminids - mid-Dec |
Same
as in 2005 |
Comets
(that are easily visible to the naked
eye) |
None
predicted yet , but one is due since the last brilliant comet (Hale-Bopp)
came in 1996 and one like that has come around about once every 5 or 10
years. |
Same
as in 2005 |
