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Astronomical Calendar 2014 astronomy events
Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:38
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I have gathered here informations about astronomical phenomena of the year 2014 which took me 2 weeks and believe me it was not easy to put them together. I hope you’ll find interesting this astronomical calendar. Dates and times were adjusted to the time zone of Romania.
In this calendar, events will appear in addition on the way, as asteroids or other objects evolve on the sky.
In this calendar, events will appear in addition on the way, as asteroids or other objects evolve on the sky.
Here’s how it looks:
01 january 2014 – The Moon at Perigee at 23:01 GMT +2, Moon reaches perigee, the closest point from Earth: 356,922 km from Earth.
01 january 2014 – New Moon. Moon will be directly between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 13:14 GMT +2.
01, 03 january 2014 – Quadrantids. Quadrantid meteor shower, get to have up to 40 meteors per hour, usually on 3 and 4 January, but may be visible on 1-5 January. The highest rate of meteors per hour took place in 1932 (80/ hour). The best time for observations is a dark place after midnight. Meteors radiate from the constellation Bootes, close to the North Star.
- See more at: http://lupuvictor.blogspot.ro/2013/12/astronomical-calendar-2014-astronomy.html
