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January Observations:
The sky over Milton Keynes as calculated by YourSky at FourmiLab
The Sun
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The Moon
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Jan 01
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Jan 23Mercury Mercury is turning back towards the Sun so only visible for a few mornings at the start of January.
Venus Nice and bright in the south west after sunset.
Mars Gradually returning to the night-time sky and while still small in appearance its growing closer and brighter all the time. Found "underneath" Leo this month.
Jupiter Jupiter is slowly exiting as the seasons turn but its still unmissable (just north of) due east after sunset.
Saturn Saturn has moved round to the morning sky in Virgo and rises about three hours later than Mars.
Uranus and Neptune Uranus was at opposition on Sept 26th in Pisces, Neptune is about two hours ahead of it so by 18:00 already sinking in the west
Meteors : The Quadrantid shower is predicted to peak about 07:00 on Jan 4th, but a fattish moon will be a nuisance till about 3am.
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