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(28) faintest objects photographed(31) faintest objects recorded with Hubble Space Tel.
Moon
conj
oppPluto
conj
oppNeptune
conj
oppUranus
opp
conjSaturnSaturn without rings
opp
conj
Jupiter
conjMars
sup conj
inf conj
sup conj
inf conj
sup conj
inf conj
Mercury
Mercury
inf conj
Venus
1 Ceres1 Ceres
2 Pallas2 Pallas
3 Juno
3 Juno
4 Vesta
4 Vesta
7 Iris
7 Iris
8 Flora
20 Massalia
20
Massalia
2P Encke
24P Sc
haum
asse
45P
Honda-M
rkos-
Pajd
usako
va
96P Machholz
103P Hartley
29P Schwassmann-
Wachmann 1
95P Chiron
Sun
eclipse
eclipse
eclipse
eclipse
1 8 0 o
1 7 0 o
1 6 0 o
1 5 0 o
1 4 0 o
1 3 0 o
1 2 0 o
1 1 0 o
1 0 0 o
9 0 o
8 0 o
7 0 o
6 0 o
5 0 o
4 0 o
3 0 o
2 0 o
1 0 o
0 o
1 0 o
2 0 o
3 0 o
4 0 o
5 0 o
6 0 o
7 0 o
8 0 o
9 0 o
1 0 0 o
1 1 0 o
1 2 0 o
1 3 0 o
1 4 0 o
1 5 0 o
1 6 0 o
1 7 0 o
1 8 0 o
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
elo
ngatio
n w
est (m
ornin
g sky)
elo
ngatio
n EA
ST (EV
EN
IN
G sky)
Antares
Antares
Spica
Spica
Regu
lus
Regu
lus
Beeh
ive
Beeh
ive
Pollu
x
Pollu
x
Alde
baran
Alde
baran
Pleiad
es
Pleiad
es
Pluto
Pluto
Nep
tune
Nep
tune
Nep
tuneU
ranu
s
Uranu
s
Saturn
Satu
rn
Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupi
ter
Mars
Mars
Mercury
Mercury
Venus
Venus
Sun
Mo
on
eclipse
eclipse
eclipse
eclipse
41P Tuttle-
Giaco
bini-
Kresak
96P
Machholz
Mo
on
Regu
lusBe
ehive
Pollu
x
Alde
baranPl
eiad
es
Uranu
s
ELONGATION
MAGNITUDE
Astronomical Calendar 2017
FAVORABLE TIMES
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2017
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elo
ngatio
n
Neptune
Neptune
Uranus
Uranus
Saturn
Saturn
Jupite
r
Jupiter
MarsMars
Venus
Venus
MercuryMercury
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2017
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elo
ngatio
n
1 Ceres
1 Ceres
2 Pallas
2 Pallas
2 Pallas
3 Juno4 Vesta
4 Vesta
7 Iris
7 Iris
7 Iris
8 Flora
8 Flora
20 Massalia
20 Massalia
20 Mass-alia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec2017
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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160
170
180
elo
ngatio
n
C/2015 V2
Johnson
2P Enck
e
2P Enc
ke 2P Encke
24P Schaumasse
41P Tuttle-
Giacobini-Kresak
41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
45P
Ho
nda-
Mrk
os-
Paj
dusa
kova
45P Honda-Mrkos-
Pajdusakova
96P Machholz
96P Machholz103P Hartley
29P Schwassmann-
Wachm
ann 1
C/2015 V2 Johnson
These graphs show times of the year when moving bodies of the solar system are betterobservable.
For each planet, or relatively bright asteroid or comet, the curve’s height represents elon-gation (angular distance from the Sun). So the top of the curve is at the time of the body’s
opposition (if it has one, the bottom is at the time of conjunction with the Sun. (Elongationmay not quite reach 180° or 0°, because the planet may be north or south of the ecliptic.)
The curve is blue when the elongation is westward—that is, in the morning sky.And the curve’s thickness is proportional to the planet’s magnitude: thicker is brighter.