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This object is visible to the naked eye. Never attempt to point a pair of binoculars or a telescope at an object close to the Sun

Sun, 20 May 2012 at 23:48 UTC (Tomorrow)
Annular Solar Eclipse
(from Eclipses feed)

The Sun is eclipsed by the Moon.


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© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER
This object is not observable at present.

Sun, 27 May 2012 at 11:07 UTC (7 days away)
Mercury at superior solar conjunction
(from The Inner Planets feed)


This object is easily visible through standard binoculars.

Sun, 27 May 2012 at 23:59 UTC (8 days away)
M4 culminates at midnight
(from The Deep Sky feed)


This object is easily visible through standard binoculars.

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 at 23:58 UTC (13 days away)
M13 culminates at midnight
(from The Deep Sky feed)


This object is visible to the naked eye.

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 at 11:13 UTC (15 days away)
Partial Lunar Eclipse
(from Eclipses feed)


This object is not observable at present. Never attempt to point a pair of binoculars or a telescope at an object close to the Sun

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 at 01:04 UTC (17 days away)
Transit of Venus
(from The Inner Planets feed)


© NASA/Galileo 1993. Pictured asteroid is 243 Ida.
This object is visible through a large telescope.

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 at 03:19 UTC (36 days away)
Asteroid 18 Melpomene at Opposition
(from Asteroids feed)


© NASA/Hubble Space Telescope
This object is visible through a large telescope.

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 at 14:47 UTC (40 days away)
Pluto at opposition
(from The Outer Planets feed)

© NASA/Cassini
This object is not observable at present.

Sun, 13 May 2012 at 13:28 UTC (6 days ago)
Jupiter at solar conjunction
(from The Outer Planets feed)


This object is visible to the naked eye.

Sat, 12 May 2012 at 21:48 UTC (6 days ago)
Last Quarter
(from The Moon feed)


This object is easily visible through standard binoculars.

Fri, 11 May 2012 at 23:57 UTC (7 days ago)
M5 culminates at midnight
(from The Deep Sky feed)


Detail from engraving by Adolf Vollmy (1888)
This object is visible to the naked eye.

Sun, 06 May 2012 (13 days ago)
η–Aquarid meteor shower
(from Meteor Showers feed)


© NASA/JPL/MESSENGER
This object is easily visible through a small telescope.

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 at 13:24 UTC (31 days ago)
Mercury at greatest elongation west
(from The Inner Planets feed)


© NASA/Cassini
This object is easily visible through a small telescope.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 at 18:14 UTC (33 days ago)
Saturn at opposition
(from The Outer Planets feed)


© NASA/Voyager 2
This object is not observable at present.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 at 18:23 UTC (55 days ago)
Uranus at solar conjunction
(from The Outer Planets feed)