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What to look out, and up, for in January!
Ralph, Paul & Jen pick their highlights for this month's skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to observers and imagers:
- The Red Planet Mars, makes a welcome return to our skies
- The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on the night of 3rd/4th January
- Dwarf planet Ceres is at opposition on 31st January in Cancer
- Mercury is at greatest wester elongation on 2nd January
- And comet C/2017 T1 Heinze reaches mag 7-9 on 6th January
Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year:
- Ralph – Messier 42, the Great Nebula in Orion
- Jen – NGC 2244 and the Rosette Nebula in Monoceros.
- Paul – NCG 2903, Barred Spiral Galaxy in Leo
And we finish this sky guide with January's moon phases.
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