Introduction to Reports Generated by Astronomy Lab 2 In all reports, times and dates are in standard time (not daylight savings time or summer time). Times are in 24 hour format. Abbreviations used in reports: AU Astronomical Units D Degrees DEC Declination DIST Distance DSO December Solstice E East FM Full Moon FQ First Quarter Moon H Hours ILL FR, ILLUM FRAC Illuminated Fraction JSO June Solstice KM Kilometers LE Lunar Eclipse LQ Last Quarter Moon M Minutes MEQ March Equinox MR Moon Rise MS Moon Set N North NM New Moon RA Right Ascension S South, Seconds SE Solar Eclipse SEQ September Equinox SR Sunrise SS Sunset UT Universal Time W West ZHR Zenithal Hourly Rate St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Calendar Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 August 1997 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |SR: 5:32|SR: 5:34|SR: 5:35|SR: 5:36|SR: 5:37|SR: 5:38|SR: 5:39| |SS: 19:05|SS: 19:04|SS: 19:02|SS: 19:00|SS: 18:58|SS: 18:57|SS: 18:55| |MR: 23:10|MR: 23:55|MR: None |MR: 0:43|MR: 1:34|MR: 2:28|MR: 3:24| |MS: 12:45|MS: 13:47|MS: 14:44|MS: 15:36|MS: 16:22|MS: 17:02|MS: 17:39| |LQ: 21:26| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 31 | | | | | | | |SR: 5:40| | | | | | | |SS: 18:53| | | | | | | |MR: 4:21| | | | | | | |MS: 18:12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ September 1997 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | |SR: 5:41|SR: 5:42|SR: 5:43|SR: 5:45|SR: 5:46|SR: 5:47| | |SS: 18:52|SS: 18:50|SS: 18:48|SS: 18:46|SS: 18:45|SS: 18:43| | |MR: 5:18|MR: 6:15|MR: 7:12|MR: 8:09|MR: 9:07|MR: 10:05| | |MS: 18:42|MS: 19:10|MS: 19:38|MS: 20:06|MS: 20:35|MS: 21:06| | |NM: 18:53| | | | | | | |SE: 19:04| | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |SR: 5:48|SR: 5:49|SR: 5:50|SR: 5:51|SR: 5:52|SR: 5:53|SR: 5:54| |SS: 18:41|SS: 18:39|SS: 18:38|SS: 18:36|SS: 18:34|SS: 18:32|SS: 18:30| |MR: 11:03|MR: 12:02|MR: 13:00|MR: 13:57|MR: 14:52|MR: 15:43|MR: 16:30| |MS: 21:40|MS: 22:19|MS: 23:03|MS: 23:54|MS: None |MS: 0:52|MS: 1:57| | | |FQ: 20:32| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |SR: 5:55|SR: 5:57|SR: 5:58|SR: 5:59|SR: 6:00|SR: 6:01|SR: 6:02| |SS: 18:29|SS: 18:27|SS: 18:25|SS: 18:23|SS: 18:21|SS: 18:19|SS: 18:18| |MR: 17:13|MR: 17:53|MR: 18:31|MR: 19:08|MR: 19:45|MR: 20:24|MR: 21:06| |MS: 3:07|MS: 4:21|MS: 5:36|MS: 6:52|MS: 8:07|MS: 9:20|MS: 10:30| | | |FM: 13:52| | | | | | | |LE: 13:47| | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | |SR: 6:03|SR: 6:04|SR: 6:05|SR: 6:07|SR: 6:08|SR: 6:09|SR: 6:10| |SS: 18:16|SS: 18:14|SS: 18:12|SS: 18:10|SS: 18:09|SS: 18:07|SS: 18:05| |MR: 21:50|MR: 22:38|MR: 23:30|MR: None |MR: 0:23|MR: 1:19|MR: 2:15| |MS: 11:36|MS: 12:37|MS: 13:31|MS: 14:20|MS: 15:02|MS: 15:40|MS: 16:14| | | |LQ: 8:37| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |SEQ:18:54| | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | | | |SR: 6:11|SR: 6:12|SR: 6:13| | | | | |SS: 18:03|SS: 18:01|SS: 18:00| | | | | |MR: 3:12|MR: 4:09|MR: 5:06| | | | | |MS: 16:45|MS: 17:14|MS: 17:41| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ October 1997 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | |SR: 6:14|SR: 6:16|SR: 6:17|SR: 6:18| | | | |SS: 17:58|SS: 17:56|SS: 17:54|SS: 17:53| | | | |MR: 6:03|MR: 7:01|MR: 7:59|MR: 8:58| | | | |MS: 18:09|MS: 18:38|MS: 19:08|MS: 19:41| | | | |NM: 11:53| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |SR: 6:19|SR: 6:20|SR: 6:21|SR: 6:22|SR: 6:24|SR: 6:25|SR: 6:26| |SS: 17:51|SS: 17:49|SS: 17:47|SS: 17:46|SS: 17:44|SS: 17:42|SS: 17:41| |MR: 9:56|MR: 10:54|MR: 11:51|MR: 12:45|MR: 13:36|MR: 14:23|MR: 15:06| |MS: 20:18|MS: 21:00|MS: 21:48|MS: 22:41|MS: 23:42|MS: None |MS: 0:47| | | | | |FQ: 7:23| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | |SR: 6:27|SR: 6:28|SR: 6:30|SR: 6:31|SR: 6:32|SR: 6:33|SR: 6:34| |SS: 17:39|SS: 17:37|SS: 17:36|SS: 17:34|SS: 17:32|SS: 17:31|SS: 17:29| |MR: 15:46|MR: 16:23|MR: 17:00|MR: 17:37|MR: 18:15|MR: 18:56|MR: 19:40| |MS: 1:57|MS: 3:09|MS: 4:24|MS: 5:39|MS: 6:54|MS: 8:07|MS: 9:17| | | | |FM: 22:47| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | |SR: 6:36|SR: 6:37|SR: 6:38|SR: 6:39|SR: 6:41|SR: 6:42|SR: 6:43| |SS: 17:27|SS: 17:26|SS: 17:24|SS: 17:23|SS: 17:21|SS: 17:20|SS: 17:18| |MR: 20:28|MR: 21:20|MR: 22:14|MR: 23:10|MR: None |MR: 0:07|MR: 1:05| |MS: 10:22|MS: 11:22|MS: 12:14|MS: 13:00|MS: 13:40|MS: 14:15|MS: 14:47| | | | |LQ: 23:50| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | |SR: 6:44|SR: 6:46|SR: 6:47|SR: 6:48|SR: 6:49|SR: 6:51| | |SS: 17:17|SS: 17:15|SS: 17:14|SS: 17:13|SS: 17:11|SS: 17:10| | |MR: 2:02|MR: 2:59|MR: 3:56|MR: 4:54|MR: 5:52|MR: 6:51| | |MS: 15:17|MS: 15:45|MS: 16:12|MS: 16:40|MS: 17:10|MS: 17:42| | | | | | | |NM: 5:02| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ November 1997 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |SR: 6:52| | | | | | | |SS: 17:09| | | | | | | |MR: 7:50| | | | | | | |MS: 18:18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |SR: 6:53|SR: 6:55|SR: 6:56|SR: 6:57|SR: 6:58|SR: 7:00|SR: 7:01| |SS: 17:07|SS: 17:06|SS: 17:05|SS: 17:04|SS: 17:02|SS: 17:01|SS: 17:00| |MR: 8:49|MR: 9:47|MR: 10:42|MR: 11:34|MR: 12:21|MR: 13:04|MR: 13:44| |MS: 18:59|MS: 19:45|MS: 20:36|MS: 21:34|MS: 22:37|MS: 23:43|MS: None | | | | | | |FQ: 16:44| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |SR: 7:02|SR: 7:04|SR: 7:05|SR: 7:06|SR: 7:07|SR: 7:09|SR: 7:10| |SS: 16:59|SS: 16:58|SS: 16:57|SS: 16:56|SS: 16:55|SS: 16:54|SS: 16:53| |MR: 14:20|MR: 14:56|MR: 15:31|MR: 16:07|MR: 16:46|MR: 17:28|MR: 18:15| |MS: 0:52|MS: 2:03|MS: 3:15|MS: 4:28|MS: 5:41|MS: 6:53|MS: 8:02| | | | | | |FM: 9:12| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | |SR: 7:11|SR: 7:12|SR: 7:14|SR: 7:15|SR: 7:16|SR: 7:17|SR: 7:19| |SS: 16:52|SS: 16:51|SS: 16:50|SS: 16:49|SS: 16:49|SS: 16:48|SS: 16:47| |MR: 19:05|MR: 20:00|MR: 20:57|MR: 21:55|MR: 22:53|MR: 23:51|MR: None | |MS: 9:05|MS: 10:03|MS: 10:53|MS: 11:37|MS: 12:15|MS: 12:49|MS: 13:19| | | | | | |LQ: 19:00| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |SR: 7:20|SR: 7:21|SR: 7:22|SR: 7:23|SR: 7:25|SR: 7:26|SR: 7:27| |SS: 16:47|SS: 16:46|SS: 16:45|SS: 16:45|SS: 16:44|SS: 16:44|SS: 16:44| |MR: 0:49|MR: 1:46|MR: 2:43|MR: 3:41|MR: 4:40|MR: 5:40|MR: 6:40| |MS: 13:47|MS: 14:15|MS: 14:42|MS: 15:11|MS: 15:42|MS: 16:17|MS: 16:56| | | | | | | |NM: 21:15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 30 | | | | | | | |SR: 7:28| | | | | | | |SS: 16:43| | | | | | | |MR: 7:40| | | | | | | |MS: 17:40| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ December 1997 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | | |SR: 7:29|SR: 7:30|SR: 7:31|SR: 7:32|SR: 7:33|SR: 7:34| | |SS: 16:43|SS: 16:43|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42| | |MR: 8:38|MR: 9:32|MR: 10:21|MR: 11:06|MR: 11:46|MR: 12:23| | |MS: 18:31|MS: 19:27|MS: 20:29|MS: 21:35|MS: 22:43|MS: 23:52| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |SR: 7:35|SR: 7:36|SR: 7:37|SR: 7:38|SR: 7:39|SR: 7:40|SR: 7:40| |SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42| |MR: 12:58|MR: 13:31|MR: 14:06|MR: 14:42|MR: 15:21|MR: 16:04|MR: 16:52| |MS: None |MS: 1:02|MS: 2:12|MS: 3:23|MS: 4:33|MS: 5:42|MS: 6:47| |FQ: 1:11| | | | | |FM: 21:38| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |SR: 7:41|SR: 7:42|SR: 7:43|SR: 7:43|SR: 7:44|SR: 7:45|SR: 7:45| |SS: 16:42|SS: 16:42|SS: 16:43|SS: 16:43|SS: 16:43|SS: 16:44|SS: 16:44| |MR: 17:44|MR: 18:41|MR: 19:39|MR: 20:39|MR: 21:38|MR: 22:36|MR: 23:34| |MS: 7:48|MS: 8:43|MS: 9:30|MS: 10:12|MS: 10:48|MS: 11:20|MS: 11:49| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | |SR: 7:46|SR: 7:46|SR: 7:47|SR: 7:47|SR: 7:47|SR: 7:48|SR: 7:48| |SS: 16:45|SS: 16:45|SS: 16:46|SS: 16:46|SS: 16:47|SS: 16:48|SS: 16:48| |MR: None |MR: 0:31|MR: 1:29|MR: 2:27|MR: 3:26|MR: 4:26|MR: 5:26| |MS: 12:17|MS: 12:44|MS: 13:12|MS: 13:42|MS: 14:14|MS: 14:51|MS: 15:32| |LQ: 16:45| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DSO:15:04| | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | |SR: 7:48|SR: 7:48|SR: 7:49|SR: 7:49| | | | |SS: 16:49|SS: 16:50|SS: 16:51|SS: 16:52| | | | |MR: 6:26|MR: 7:23|MR: 8:16|MR: 9:04| | | | |MS: 16:21|MS: 17:16|MS: 18:17|MS: 19:24| | | | | |NM: 11:58| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Seasons Report for 1997 SEQ: 9/22/1997 18:54 Summer Length: 93.65 days DSO: 12/21/1997 15:04 Autumn Length: 89.84 days St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Lunar Eclipse Report for 1997 Lunar eclipse on 9/16/1997 Moon rise: 18:31 Moon set: 5:36 Magnitude: 1.19 Partial phase begins: 12:10 Total phase begins: 13:17 Time of maximum eclipse: 13:47 Total phase ends: 14:18 Partial phase ends: 15:25 St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Solar Eclipse Report for 1997 Solar eclipse on 9/01/1997 Sun rise: 5:41 Sun set: 18:52 Time of maximum eclipse: 19:04 Eclipse is partial, maximum magnitude = 0.90 Eclipse is visible in the southern hemisphere The time of maximum eclipse (above) does not necessarily specify when the eclipse will be maximal when viewed from the specified location. St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Planet View Info Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Mercury Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 7:03 19:19 10h59m19s 1ø36'58" 17ø02'29" 0.136 0.65241 8/29/1997 6:09 18:41 10h41m35s 3ø31'05" 6ø34'06" 0.022 0.62245 9/05/1997 5:08 18:08 10h21m11s 7ø10'09" 8ø29'16" 0.045 0.67169 9/12/1997 4:30 17:50 10h18m42s 9ø46'12" 16ø18'30" 0.259 0.81052 9/19/1997 4:29 17:46 10h42m04s 9ø20'17" 17ø37'40" 0.573 1.00224 9/26/1997 4:56 17:46 11h22m24s 6ø00'49" 14ø03'22" 0.827 1.18334 10/03/1997 5:33 17:45 12h07m57s 1ø06'07" 8ø37'24" 0.954 1.31353 10/10/1997 6:11 17:42 12h53m06s -4ø14'15" 3ø09'41" 0.995 1.39056 10/17/1997 6:47 17:39 13h36m48s -9ø23'37" 2ø17'07" 0.998 1.42567 10/24/1997 7:20 17:35 14h19m38s -14ø05'09" 6ø41'32" 0.984 1.42825 10/31/1997 7:53 17:34 15h02m17s -18ø09'41" 10ø44'12" 0.959 1.40329 11/07/1997 8:23 17:34 15h45m13s -21ø29'59" 14ø23'09" 0.924 1.35239 11/14/1997 8:50 17:39 16h28m20s -23ø58'29" 17ø37'25" 0.871 1.27474 11/21/1997 9:11 17:46 17h10m25s -25ø27'03" 20ø15'14" 0.788 1.16808 11/28/1997 9:21 17:54 17h47m56s -25ø48'25" 21ø37'30" 0.649 1.03066 12/05/1997 9:12 17:53 18h12m16s -25ø00'57" 19ø57'31" 0.417 0.86934 12/12/1997 8:27 17:24 18h07m14s -23ø13'23" 11ø40'20" 0.115 0.72325 12/19/1997 7:12 16:29 17h30m33s -20ø53'49" 4ø38'25" 0.017 0.68075 12/26/1997 6:18 15:45 17h05m45s -19ø48'08" 17ø16'07" 0.253 0.77343 Venus Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 8:40 20:31 12h20m02s -1ø34'16" 36ø16'41" 0.782 1.22441 8/29/1997 8:56 20:20 12h49m56s -5ø10'03" 37ø47'37" 0.761 1.17715 9/05/1997 9:11 20:09 13h19m56s -8ø41'29" 39ø14'39" 0.739 1.12874 9/12/1997 9:27 19:58 13h50m15s -12ø04'42" 40ø37'23" 0.717 1.07925 9/19/1997 9:44 19:49 14h21m00s -15ø15'45" 41ø55'09" 0.693 1.02886 9/26/1997 10:00 19:40 14h52m20s -18ø10'49" 43ø07'03" 0.669 0.97774 10/03/1997 10:15 19:34 15h24m17s -20ø46'10" 44ø12'21" 0.643 0.92597 10/10/1997 10:31 19:29 15h56m48s -22ø58'10" 45ø10'07" 0.616 0.87359 10/17/1997 10:44 19:26 16h29m42s -24ø43'34" 45ø58'45" 0.588 0.82073 10/24/1997 10:56 19:25 17h02m43s -25ø59'51" 46ø36'10" 0.558 0.76759 10/31/1997 11:05 19:26 17h35m26s -26ø45'34" 47ø00'06" 0.526 0.71431 11/07/1997 11:10 19:30 18h07m20s -27ø00'24" 47ø07'33" 0.491 0.66100 11/14/1997 11:11 19:34 18h37m48s -26ø45'28" 46ø54'01" 0.453 0.60787 11/21/1997 11:08 19:38 19h06m05s -26ø03'19" 46ø13'21" 0.412 0.55533 11/28/1997 10:59 19:41 19h31m29s -24ø57'50" 44ø57'51" 0.366 0.50381 12/05/1997 10:46 19:42 19h53m08s -23ø34'05" 42ø57'07" 0.315 0.45383 12/12/1997 10:27 19:38 20h10m00s -21ø58'22" 39ø56'37" 0.259 0.40623 12/19/1997 10:02 19:28 20h20m49s -20ø17'47" 35ø37'46" 0.197 0.36232 12/26/1997 9:31 19:10 20h24m21s -18ø39'54" 29ø41'03" 0.132 0.32392 Mars Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 11:14 21:32 14h08m58s -13ø45'12" 65ø48'28" 0.893 1.58914 8/29/1997 11:10 21:16 14h26m16s -15ø17'35" 63ø30'55" 0.897 1.62808 9/05/1997 11:07 21:00 14h44m12s -16ø46'34" 61ø17'47" 0.900 1.66557 9/12/1997 11:04 20:45 15h02m47s -18ø11'08" 59ø08'51" 0.904 1.70159 9/19/1997 11:01 20:31 15h22m00s -19ø30'09" 57ø03'37" 0.908 1.73618 9/26/1997 10:59 20:18 15h41m50s -20ø42'33" 55ø01'33" 0.912 1.76951 10/03/1997 10:57 20:06 16h02m19s -21ø47'18" 53ø02'24" 0.916 1.80161 10/10/1997 10:54 19:55 16h23m23s -22ø43'17" 51ø06'07" 0.920 1.83249 10/17/1997 10:52 19:46 16h45m01s -23ø29'26" 49ø12'25" 0.924 1.86221 10/24/1997 10:49 19:38 17h07m09s -24ø04'47" 47ø20'53" 0.929 1.89096 10/31/1997 10:46 19:31 17h29m43s -24ø28'30" 45ø31'18" 0.933 1.91881 11/07/1997 10:43 19:26 17h52m39s -24ø39'50" 43ø43'38" 0.937 1.94576 11/14/1997 10:38 19:22 18h15m50s -24ø38'15" 41ø57'49" 0.941 1.97189 11/21/1997 10:32 19:19 18h39m11s -24ø23'25" 40ø13'29" 0.945 1.99737 11/28/1997 10:26 19:17 19h02m35s -23ø55'14" 38ø30'26" 0.949 2.02229 12/05/1997 10:18 19:16 19h25m58s -23ø13'48" 36ø48'38" 0.953 2.04664 12/12/1997 10:09 19:16 19h49m12s -22ø19'30" 35ø08'07" 0.956 2.07046 12/19/1997 10:00 19:17 20h12m13s -21ø12'54" 33ø28'37" 0.960 2.09390 12/26/1997 9:49 19:18 20h34m59s -19ø54'44" 31ø49'53" 0.963 2.11704 Jupiter Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 18:28 4:23 21h13m07s -17ø07'48" 166ø31'08" 0.999 4.06480 8/29/1997 17:59 3:51 21h09m48s -17ø22'50" 158ø56'54" 0.999 4.09617 9/05/1997 17:29 3:20 21h06m48s -17ø36'00" 151ø25'54" 0.998 4.14105 9/12/1997 17:00 2:49 21h04m15s -17ø46'55" 144ø00'07" 0.997 4.19851 9/19/1997 16:31 2:19 21h02m13s -17ø55'20" 136ø40'49" 0.995 4.26733 9/26/1997 16:02 1:50 21h00m45s -18ø01'05" 129ø28'32" 0.994 4.34626 10/03/1997 15:34 1:21 20h59m56s -18ø04'04" 122ø23'45" 0.993 4.43395 10/10/1997 15:07 0:53 20h59m45s -18ø04'13" 115ø27'05" 0.992 4.52887 10/17/1997 14:40 0:27 21h00m14s -18ø01'35" 108ø38'43" 0.991 4.62942 10/24/1997 14:13 0:01 21h01m21s -17ø56'12" 101ø58'16" 0.991 4.73412 10/31/1997 13:46 23:32 21h03m06s -17ø48'08" 95ø25'20" 0.990 4.84156 11/07/1997 13:21 23:08 21h05m27s -17ø37'25" 88ø59'49" 0.990 4.95023 11/14/1997 12:55 22:44 21h08m21s -17ø24'11" 82ø41'29" 0.990 5.05867 11/21/1997 12:30 22:21 21h11m47s -17ø08'32" 76ø29'41" 0.991 5.16565 11/28/1997 12:05 21:59 21h15m41s -16ø50'32" 70ø23'45" 0.991 5.27000 12/05/1997 11:40 21:37 21h20m01s -16ø30'16" 64ø23'25" 0.992 5.37052 12/12/1997 11:16 21:16 21h24m44s -16ø07'54" 58ø28'27" 0.993 5.46610 12/19/1997 10:52 20:55 21h29m47s -15ø43'30" 52ø38'17" 0.994 5.55586 12/26/1997 10:28 20:35 21h35m09s -15ø17'13" 46ø52'21" 0.995 5.63900 Saturn Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 21:05 9:52 1h16m19s 5ø12'21" 129ø19'29" 0.998 8.74298 8/29/1997 20:37 9:23 1h15m19s 5ø04'32" 136ø20'31" 0.999 8.65786 9/05/1997 20:09 8:54 1h14m03s 4ø55'16" 143ø26'58" 0.999 8.58310 9/12/1997 19:40 8:24 1h12m33s 4ø44'45" 150ø37'55" 0.999 8.52008 9/19/1997 19:12 7:54 1h10m51s 4ø33'14" 157ø52'18" 1.000 8.46985 9/26/1997 18:43 7:24 1h09m00s 4ø20'59" 165ø08'14" 1.000 8.43330 10/03/1997 18:14 6:54 1h07m01s 4ø08'18" 172ø17'39" 1.000 8.41122 10/10/1997 17:46 6:23 1h05m00s 3ø55'33" 177ø13'31" 1.000 8.40412 10/17/1997 17:17 5:53 1h02m58s 3ø43'04" 171ø47'21" 1.000 8.41212 10/24/1997 16:48 5:23 1h00m59s 3ø31'10" 164ø31'54" 1.000 8.43507 10/31/1997 16:19 4:53 0h59m06s 3ø20'10" 157ø07'30" 1.000 8.47268 11/07/1997 15:51 4:23 0h57m22s 3ø10'25" 149ø41'45" 0.999 8.52432 11/14/1997 15:22 3:53 0h55m51s 3ø02'09" 142ø17'07" 0.999 8.58899 11/21/1997 14:54 3:24 0h54m34s 2ø55'36" 134ø54'40" 0.999 8.66550 11/28/1997 14:26 2:55 0h53m33s 2ø50'55" 127ø35'01" 0.998 8.75259 12/05/1997 13:58 2:27 0h52m50s 2ø48'16" 120ø18'58" 0.998 8.84878 12/12/1997 13:30 1:59 0h52m26s 2ø47'43" 113ø07'19" 0.998 8.95236 12/19/1997 13:02 1:31 0h52m22s 2ø49'17" 106ø00'20" 0.997 9.06160 12/26/1997 12:35 1:04 0h52m37s 2ø52'57" 98ø58'02" 0.997 9.17485 Uranus Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 17:59 3:34 20h33m23s -19ø26'35" 156ø50'42" 1.000 18.89479 8/29/1997 17:31 3:05 20h32m24s -19ø30'03" 149ø51'17" 1.000 18.94977 9/05/1997 17:03 2:36 20h31m31s -19ø33'09" 142ø51'46" 1.000 19.01735 9/12/1997 16:34 2:08 20h30m44s -19ø35'48" 135ø52'36" 1.000 19.09651 9/19/1997 16:06 1:39 20h30m05s -19ø37'58" 128ø53'59" 1.000 19.18601 9/26/1997 15:39 1:11 20h29m34s -19ø39'36" 121ø55'46" 1.000 19.28458 10/03/1997 15:11 0:43 20h29m13s -19ø40'41" 114ø57'58" 0.999 19.39087 10/10/1997 14:43 0:16 20h29m01s -19ø41'10" 108ø00'57" 0.999 19.50326 10/17/1997 14:16 23:44 20h28m59s -19ø41'04" 101ø04'55" 0.999 19.62004 10/24/1997 13:48 23:17 20h29m08s -19ø40'22" 94ø09'41" 0.999 19.73959 10/31/1997 13:21 22:50 20h29m27s -19ø39'04" 87ø15'08" 0.999 19.86025 11/07/1997 12:54 22:23 20h29m56s -19ø37'09" 80ø21'31" 0.999 19.98022 11/14/1997 12:27 21:56 20h30m35s -19ø34'40" 73ø29'03" 0.999 20.09775 11/21/1997 12:00 21:30 20h31m24s -19ø31'37" 66ø37'34" 0.999 20.21123 11/28/1997 11:33 21:04 20h32m22s -19ø28'02" 59ø46'53" 1.000 20.31914 12/05/1997 11:06 20:37 20h33m27s -19ø23'56" 52ø57'07" 1.000 20.41991 12/12/1997 10:40 20:11 20h34m41s -19ø19'23" 46ø08'30" 1.000 20.51209 12/19/1997 10:13 19:46 20h36m01s -19ø14'24" 39ø20'57" 1.000 20.59450 12/26/1997 9:46 19:20 20h37m27s -19ø09'03" 32ø34'13" 1.000 20.66609 Neptune Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 17:28 2:56 19h59m04s -20ø12'06" 148ø48'42" 1.000 29.27910 8/29/1997 17:00 2:28 19h58m27s -20ø13'58" 141ø54'45" 1.000 29.34736 9/05/1997 16:32 2:00 19h57m55s -20ø15'38" 135ø00'25" 1.000 29.42700 9/12/1997 16:04 1:32 19h57m27s -20ø17'03" 128ø06'00" 1.000 29.51684 9/19/1997 15:37 1:04 19h57m06s -20ø18'14" 121ø11'37" 1.000 29.61551 9/26/1997 15:09 0:36 19h56m50s -20ø19'07" 114ø17'01" 1.000 29.72164 10/03/1997 14:41 0:08 19h56m41s -20ø19'42" 107ø22'09" 1.000 29.83377 10/10/1997 14:14 23:37 19h56m39s -20ø19'59" 100ø27'17" 1.000 29.95020 10/17/1997 13:46 23:09 19h56m43s -20ø19'57" 93ø32'35" 1.000 30.06919 10/24/1997 13:19 22:42 19h56m54s -20ø19'36" 86ø37'51" 1.000 30.18908 10/31/1997 12:52 22:15 19h57m12s -20ø18'55" 79ø42'57" 1.000 30.30818 11/07/1997 12:24 21:48 19h57m37s -20ø17'56" 72ø48'06" 1.000 30.42471 11/14/1997 11:57 21:21 19h58m09s -20ø16'37" 65ø53'31" 1.000 30.53691 11/21/1997 11:30 20:54 19h58m46s -20ø15'01" 58ø59'07" 1.000 30.64324 11/28/1997 11:03 20:27 19h59m29s -20ø13'08" 52ø04'40" 1.000 30.74221 12/05/1997 10:37 20:01 20h00m18s -20ø10'58" 45ø10'22" 1.000 30.83232 12/12/1997 10:10 19:34 20h01m11s -20ø08'34" 38ø16'30" 1.000 30.91222 12/19/1997 9:43 19:08 20h02m07s -20ø05'57" 31ø23'00" 1.000 30.98084 12/26/1997 9:16 18:42 20h03m08s -20ø03'08" 24ø29'42" 1.000 31.03726 Pluto Date Rise Set RA Dec Elongation Ill Fr DIST(AU) 8/22/1997 12:55 23:55 16h12m52s -8ø30'43" 93ø48'23" 1.000 29.91470 8/29/1997 12:28 23:27 16h13m01s -8ø34'40" 87ø15'29" 1.000 30.03176 9/05/1997 12:01 22:59 16h13m16s -8ø38'51" 80ø42'42" 1.000 30.14824 9/12/1997 11:34 22:32 16h13m37s -8ø43'15" 74ø10'25" 1.000 30.26246 9/19/1997 11:07 22:05 16h14m04s -8ø47'48" 67ø38'49" 1.000 30.37286 9/26/1997 10:40 21:37 16h14m37s -8ø52'27" 61ø07'53" 1.000 30.47804 10/03/1997 10:14 21:10 16h15m15s -8ø57'10" 54ø37'53" 1.000 30.57654 10/10/1997 9:47 20:43 16h15m59s -9ø01'53" 48ø09'38" 1.000 30.66693 10/17/1997 9:21 20:16 16h16m48s -9ø06'33" 41ø44'17" 1.000 30.74797 10/24/1997 8:54 19:49 16h17m40s -9ø11'07" 35ø23'24" 1.000 30.81863 10/31/1997 8:28 19:22 16h18m36s -9ø15'32" 29ø10'19" 1.000 30.87790 11/07/1997 8:02 18:56 16h19m36s -9ø19'46" 23ø12'20" 1.000 30.92485 11/14/1997 7:36 18:29 16h20m37s -9ø23'46" 17ø45'59" 1.000 30.95882 11/21/1997 7:09 18:02 16h21m40s -9ø27'29" 13ø31'33" 1.000 30.97940 11/28/1997 6:43 17:35 16h22m45s -9ø30'53" 11ø52'43" 1.000 30.98624 12/05/1997 6:17 17:09 16h23m49s -9ø33'56" 13ø48'59" 1.000 30.97914 12/12/1997 5:51 16:42 16h24m53s -9ø36'37" 18ø14'52" 1.000 30.95819 12/19/1997 5:24 16:15 16h25m56s -9ø38'54" 23ø49'56" 1.000 30.92375 12/26/1997 4:58 15:49 16h26m56s -9ø40'45" 29ø56'40" 1.000 30.87624 St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Planet Apsides Report for 1997 Mercury 9/18/1997 Perihelion Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU 11/01/1997 Aphelion Distance from Sun: 0.47 AU 12/15/1997 Perihelion Distance from Sun: 0.31 AU Venus 10/05/1997 Aphelion Distance from Sun: 0.73 AU St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Planet Conjunction/Opposition Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Mercury Date Hour Event 8/31/1997 18 Inferior Conjunction 10/13/1997 18 Superior Conjunction 12/17/1997 3 Inferior Conjunction Jupiter Date Hour Event 8/09/1997 18 Opposition Saturn Date Hour Event 10/09/1997 18 Opposition Pluto Date Hour Event 11/27/1997 18 Conjunction Planet Data Report Planet Mean Dist Period of Inclination Equatorial From Sun Revolution Diameter (AU) (km) Mercury 0.39 88 days 7ø 4880 Venus 0.72 224.7 days 3.4ø 12100 Earth 1.00 365.24 days 0ø 12756 Mars 1.52 687 days 1.9ø 6794 Jupiter 5.20 11.86 years 1.3ø 143200 Saturn 9.54 29.46 years 2.5ø 120000 Uranus 19.18 84 years 0.8ø 52290 Neptune 30.06 165 years 1.8ø 50450 Pluto 39.44 248 years 17.2ø 2200-2300 St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Moon Apsides Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Date Hour Apsis Distance (km) Diameter 8/06/1997 9 Apogee 405934 0.4906ø 8/19/1997 0 Perigee 358026 0.5563ø 9/02/1997 16 Apogee 406473 0.4900ø 9/16/1997 10 Perigee 356972 0.5579ø 9/29/1997 18 Apogee 406345 0.4901ø 10/14/1997 21 Perigee 358866 0.5550ø 10/27/1997 4 Apogee 405592 0.4910ø 11/12/1997 3 Perigee 363384 0.5481ø 11/23/1997 21 Apogee 404676 0.4921ø 12/09/1997 12 Perigee 368883 0.5399ø 12/21/1997 18 Apogee 404266 0.4926ø St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Moon Nodes Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Date Time Node Illuminated Fraction 8/06/1997 9:57 Ascending 0.08 8/19/1997 20:26 Descending 0.97 9/02/1997 15:29 Ascending 0.00 9/16/1997 7:14 Descending 1.00 9/29/1997 21:44 Ascending 0.03 10/13/1997 17:37 Descending 0.91 10/27/1997 2:45 Ascending 0.16 11/09/1997 23:47 Descending 0.73 11/23/1997 5:30 Ascending 0.39 12/07/1997 1:02 Descending 0.48 12/20/1997 7:17 Ascending 0.65 St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Meteor Showers Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Date Meteor Shower ZHR RA DEC Illum. Frac. Longitude 9/08/1997 Piscids 10 0h36m 7ø 0.37 166ø 9/20/1997 Piscids 5 0h24m 0ø 0.78 178ø 10/12/1997 Piscids ?? 1h44m 14ø 0.84 200ø 10/21/1997 Orionids 25 6h24m 15ø 0.64 209ø 11/02/1997 Taurids 8 3h44m 14ø 0.06 221ø 11/17/1997 Leonids 10 10h08m 22ø 0.87 236ø 12/08/1997 Puppids-Velids 15 9h00m -48ø 0.67 257ø 12/13/1997 Geminids 75 7h28m 32ø 1.00 262ø 12/22/1997 Ursids 5 14h28m 78ø 0.42 271ø 12/25/1997 Puppids-Velids 15 9h20m -65ø 0.16 274ø St Catharines, ON Latitude: 43ø09'40" N Longitude: 79ø14'05" W Local Time = UT - 5.00 hours Elevation: 303 meters Twilight Report for 8/01/1997 to 12/31/1997 Date Sun Astronomical Nautical Civil Rise Set Begin End Begin End Begin End 8/22/1997 5:30 19:08 3:40 20:59 4:19 20:20 4:56 19:43 8/29/1997 5:38 18:57 3:51 20:44 4:28 20:06 5:04 19:31 9/05/1997 5:46 18:45 4:01 20:29 4:38 19:53 5:12 19:18 9/12/1997 5:53 18:32 4:11 20:14 4:46 19:39 5:20 19:05 9/19/1997 6:01 18:19 4:20 20:00 4:55 19:26 5:28 18:52 9/26/1997 6:09 18:07 4:29 19:46 5:03 19:13 5:36 18:40 10/03/1997 6:17 17:54 4:38 19:33 5:11 19:00 5:44 18:27 10/10/1997 6:25 17:42 4:46 19:21 5:19 18:48 5:52 18:15 10/17/1997 6:33 17:31 4:54 19:10 5:27 18:37 6:00 18:04 10/24/1997 6:42 17:20 5:02 19:00 5:35 18:27 6:08 17:54 10/31/1997 6:51 17:10 5:10 18:51 5:43 18:18 6:16 17:44 11/07/1997 7:00 17:01 5:18 18:43 5:51 18:10 6:25 17:36 11/14/1997 7:09 16:54 5:25 18:37 5:59 18:04 6:33 17:29 11/21/1997 7:17 16:48 5:33 18:33 6:07 17:59 6:41 17:24 11/28/1997 7:26 16:44 5:40 18:30 6:14 17:56 6:49 17:21 12/05/1997 7:33 16:42 5:46 18:29 6:20 17:55 6:56 17:19 12/12/1997 7:40 16:42 5:52 18:30 6:26 17:55 7:02 17:20 12/19/1997 7:45 16:44 5:56 18:32 6:31 17:58 7:07 17:22 12/26/1997 7:48 16:48 5:59 18:36 6:34 18:01 7:10 17:26