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Sky Events: 2011 

June 30 :
     Occultation of Venus by the moon

June 15 :
     Total Lunar Eclipse

May 25 :
     Asteroid 222 Lucia to occult 9.4 mag star

May 25 :
     Four Planets in Conjunction

Older Event Details

July 22, 2009 :
     Total Solar Eclipse

February 9, 2009 :
     Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

January 30, 2009 :
     Spot Venus in broad daylight

December 1, 2008 :
     Venus-Jupiter-Moon Conjunction.

August 1, 2008 :
     A fleeting Partial Solar Eclipse.

May 10, 2008 :
     Moon Occults (Eclipses) Mars

Novemeber/December, 2007
     2 Meteor Showers - One Flashy and One Humble
     Leonids  - on Nov 18, 07
     Geminids - on Dec 14, 07

October end, 2007
     Comet Holmes observations - on Oct 25, 07

July/August, 2007
     Hoax - Mars closest to Earth and as big as the Moon - on Aug 27, 07

June 18, 2007 :
     Moon Occults Venus

May 23, 2007 :
     Moon Occults Regulus

April 14, 2007 :
     Moon Occults Mars

Previous posts

  1. Diwali Sky-show after the fireworks
  2. Are the 'day' and 'night' of equal duration on the Equinoxes?




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