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| Virtually unknown traveler from deep space for the New Year, a literally New Comet named Comet Machholz. | As dim as it is, Mars ascends the east-northeast at about 5 a.m. now. The faint
red planet, at first magnitude, remains low in the southern morning sky through
January. The giant planets Saturn and Jupiter rise in the evening and in the late night. The ringed planet climbs the east-northeastern heavens before 7 p.m. now. It can be found hanging out in the Gemini constellation, along the shores of the Milky Way. (You will need a very dark sky to discern the faint glow of the Milky Way.) In two weeks, Saturn rises in the east-northeast at dusk. This zero magnitude planet, bright, pulls an all-nighter throughout January. Jupiter rises in the east-southeast about 1 a.m. early in the month, and rises about midnight two weeks hence. By late January, this planet, situated in the constellation Virgo, rises about 11:30 p.m. Down-to-Earth Events Jan. 5th, 2005 Open house at the University of Maryland Observatory in College Park. After a short lecture, scan the heavens through a telescope, weather permitting. 8 p.m. Information, 301-405-6555; http://www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse. Jan. 8th, 2005 The National Capital Astronomers meet at University of Maryland Observatory, College Park. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. http://www.capitalastronomers.org. Jan. 9th, 2005 The Northern Virginia Astronomy Club begins its 25th year and members will share their astronomy experiences. 7 p.m., Room 80, Enterprise Hall, George Mason University. http://www.novac.com. Jan. 19th, 2005 Physicist Simon Singh lectures on "The Big Bang: What It Was and Why We Believe It Happened." He comments on whether science can uphold the big-bang theory. After the lecture, he will sign copies of his book "Big Bang." 6:30 p.m. Smithsonian Resident Associate members, $12. General Admission $15. For location, tickets and information, call 202-357-3030 or http://www.www.residentassociates.org Jan. 20th, 2005 University of Maryland Observatory open house in College Park. View the cosmos through a telescope after a short lecture, weather permitting. 8 p.m. Information, 301-405-6555 http://www.www.astro.umd.edu/openhouse. Jan. 29th, 2005 They are nature's gravitationally controlled, thermonuclear fusion reactors: stars. The presentation "How Are Stars Born?" will be held at the Montgomery College Planetarium, Takoma Park. Parking available in the faculty lot. 7 p.m. Information, 301-650-1463 http://www.www.mc.cc.md.us/departments/planet. Feb. 14th, 2005 Cambridge University Professor Stephen Hawking will be awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal to honor his groundbreaking research in theoretical physics. James Hartle of the University of California at Santa Barbara will lecture on "Stephen Hawking's Universe," describing the scientist's work. 6:30 p.m., Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University. Smithsonian resident associate members, $22. General admission, $28. Students, $12. For tickets, 202-357-3030 http://www.www.residentassociates.org. Please let us know if there is any changes to any of the items listed. We are not responsible for omissions or errors listed. |
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Planets in the news Virtually unknown traveler from deep space for the New Year, a literally New Comet named Comet Machholz. Out with the old and in with a comet. The New Year welcomes Comet Machholz, which was discovered in August by astronomer Don Machholz in California. To discover the comet, Machholz used a six-inch reflector telescope that he bought in 1968. Astronomers predict that it might reach fourth magnitude and will be bright enough to see here with binoculars. " It's not the comet of the century, but surely the comet of the month," said Geoff Chester, an astronomer with the U.S. Naval Observatory here. " It's easy to see in binoculars, and with a very dark clear sky, you could see it with the naked eye." Comet Machholz makes its closest sweep to Earth early this month. On Jan. 1 and 2, the icy, cosmic snowball can be seen about 20 degrees to the right of the star Aldebaran (I the Taurus constellation), high in the southeast early in the evening. From Jan. 5 through 8, it's about 10 degrees to the right of the Pleiades cluster (Messier number 45), high in the southeast early in the evening. Between Jan. 6 and 12, the comet is expected to be at its brightest for Earth-bound sky gazers. The comet reaches perihelion, its closest approach to the Sun, Jan. 24. Naked in the New Year All five of the naked-eye planets -- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn -- celebrate the start of Earth's new year by making appearances. Venus rises with Mercury just before dawn in the early days of January. Look to the southeastern sky before sunrise to catch the bright Venus (negative third magnitude, very bright) and the fleet Mercury (zero magnitude, bright). You'll have to find a place with a good horizon because they are low in the sky. In fact, their planetary companionship is short-lived, since they both retreat into the eastern horizon in the middle of the month. |
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