1. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 1.Comets. 2.Meteor showers. 3.Planets. 4.Winter. 5.Spring. 6.Summer. 7.Autumn.

2. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 1.Comets. Well, at the moment, 1 comet. C/2013 US Catalina.

3. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 The comet is probably at it’s brightest now. It is best viewed at low magnification through a small telescope.

4. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 2.Meteor showers. ShowerDate(s)MaxMZHR Quadrantis1 st – 6 th Jan4 th 80 – 120 Lyrids18 th – 25 th April22 nd 18 Delta Aquarids 15 th July – 20 th Aug29 th July15 Perseids17 th July – 24 th Aug12 th Aug60 – 100 Orionids14 th – 31 st October21 st - 23 rd 25 Leonids10 th – 24 th November 17 th – 18th 15 Geminids7 th – 16 th December13th110

5. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 3.Planets. Best times to view the planets in 2016. This is split into 2 sections, firstly the inner planets then the outer planets.

6. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 Inner Planets. 9 th May Mercury transits the sun. Mercury Feb 6 th West Apr 18 th East June 5 th West Aug 16 th East Sep 1 st West Dec 10 th East

7. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 Inner Planets. Venus has no elongations in 2016. Venus is in superior conjunction with the sun on 6 th June and will not be visible for a few weeks either side of this date.

8. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 Outer planets. Outer planets are viewed best at opposition. Mars22 nd May Jupiter8 th March Saturn2 nd June Uranus15 th October Neptune2 nd September

9. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 4.Winter. Crab Nebula. Orion Nebula. Pleiades. Moon occults Aldeberan 19 th January. Full moon23 rd January. 22 nd February. 23 rd March.

10. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 5.Spring Galaxies in Leo, Virgo and Coma Berenices. North galactic pole. Full moon 22 nd April. 21 st May. 20 th June.

11. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 6.Summer. Sagittarius and Scorpio and the centre of the galaxy. Full moon. 19 th July. 18 th August. 16 th September.

12. East Essex Astronomy Club Highlights 2016 7.Autumn. Ring nebula, Alberio, Andromeda galaxy and M13 cluster. Full moon. 16 th October. 14 th November. 14 th December.

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