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This month is our Observer’s Calendar for January 2025 but I’ve had Marie Newnham working with me on the RASC Observer’s Colander and she came up with a. Variety of new targets I’ll start adding but have never seen for myself.

 

Jan 5- Neptune 1.1 S of Moon - Occultation for Central and North EU

Jan 6 - First Quarter Moon and Walthier Sunrise Ray visible on Moon

Jan 7 - Lunar Straight Wall visible and “Eyes of Clavius” on the Moon

Jan 8/9 - Uranus 4° S of Moon

Jan 11 - “Wargentin Pancake” visible on Moon

Jan 12 - Mars at Closest Approach - Carbon star T Cnc best tonight

Jan 13 - Full Moon - Mars 0.2° S of Moon - Occultation for NA 9pm EST

Jan 14 - Follow Arcturus into the daytime sky

Jan 15 - Mars at Opposition

Jan 17 - Saturn and Venus 3° apart

Jan 19 - Venus 3° N of Saturn

Jan 21 - Last Quarter Moon

Jan 25 - Mare Orientale visible on Moon

Jan 31 - Saturn 1.1° South of Moon

 

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