Transient Phenomena
Comets, Supernovas, Occultations, etc. Visible in Binoculars
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2024 Mar 19: No further alerts.
2016 Mar 29 Lunar occultation of Venus during daylight on April 06. This will be a graze for part of the northern UK and Eire.
Lunar Occultations, Apr 2016, 50.9°N, 1.8°W | |||||||
Date | Time | Phase | Star | Spectrum | Magnitude | Cusp Angle | Position Angle |
Apr 06 | 07:28:27 | D (B) | Venus | -3.8 | 34N | 5 | |
Apr 06 | 07:52:09 | Gr | Venus | -3.8 | 8.5N | ||
Apr 06 | 07:59:03 | R | Venus | -3.8 | 18N | 312 | |
Apr 10 | 20:03:04 | D | θ1 Tau | G7 | 3.8 | 82S | 95 |
Apr 10 | 20:08:07 | D | θ2 Tau | A7 | 3.4 | 61S | 115 |
Apr 10 | 20:19:46 | D | HIP 20916 | F7 | 6.7 | 57N | 54 |
Apr 10 | 20:59:59 | D | HIP 21029 | A6 | 4.8 | 54N | 51 |
Apr 10 | 21:02:12 | D | HIP 21053 | F5 | 6.5 | 66N | 62 |
Apr 10 | 21:32:35 | D | 85 Tau | F4 | 6 | 43S | 134 |
Apr 11 | 19:55:45 | D | 117 Tau | M1 | 5.8 | 53S | 127 |
Apr 12 | 23:00:36 | Gr | 20 Gem | F6 | 6.3 | 2.2N | |
Apr 18 | 20:11:18 | D | HIP 56388 | K5 | 6.5 | 65N | 88 |
Apr 21 | 00:06:47 | D | θ Vir | A1 | 4.4 | 48N | 77 |
2016 Mar 28 Comet P/252 (LINEAR) has brightened to over 100x what was expected and is a binocular object in the dawn sky, but is fading rapidly. The positions on the chart are for midnight.