Deep inward – Convivial outward
* No Call Tonight * Meditation for 2017 *
Yo Team,
hope all caught the great beauty of
Venus with the crescent Moon, last night,
and the Beauty of tonight,
Venus, Moon, Neptune, Mars
– deep Winter Dreaming…
No Call Tonight
(and will extend everyone’s
subscription by two weeks..)
Here is a meditation for our stormy new year…
From Virginia Daley
www.virginiadaley.com
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And Astro*Links to peruse for this week’s sky watching …
Astronomy.com The Sky These Two Weeks
Monday, January 2 – The waxing crescent Moon stands between Mars and Venus in this evening’s sky. Notice the brightness difference between the two planets. At magnitude 0.9, Mars glows less than 1 percent as bright as Venus.
Tuesday, January 3 – The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak this morning. And, with the waxing crescent Moon setting before 10 p.m. local time, observers with clear weather will have ideal conditions. Under a dark sky, viewers can expect to see up to 120 meteors per hour — an average of two per minute…
Wednesday, January 4 – Earth reaches perihelion, the closest point to the Sun during its year-long orbit, at 9 a.m. EST. The two then lie 91.4 million miles (147.1 million kilometers) apart.
The Guardian Starwatch – January Night Sky
“The year begins with a flurry of Quadrantids meteors. Active from the 1st to the 6th, the shower peaks at about 15:00 on the 3rd…”
January diary
2nd 09h Moon 1.9° N of Venus
3rd 07h Moon 0.2° N of Mars; 15h Peak of Quadrantids meteor shower
4th 14h Earth closest to Sun (147,100,998km)
5th 20h First quarter
12th 12h Full moon; 13h Venus furthest E of Sun (47°)
15th 04h Moon 0.8° S of Regulus
19th 05h Moon 2.7° N of Jupiter; 10h Mercury furthest W of Sun (24°); 22h Last quarter
20th 21h Jupiter 4° N of Spica
24th 10h Moon 4° N of Saturn
28th 00h New moon
31st 15h Moon 4° S of Venus
