BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SpaceCatalog.org//Sky calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Sky calendar X-WR-CALDESC:The next twelve months of things that happen on a date — pla nets\, meteor showers. Every instant is the same fact everywhere on Earth. Computed from the ephemeris by spacecatalog.org. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-09-08@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20260908T184359Z DTEND:20260908T194359Z SUMMARY:The Moon 46′ from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 46′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-venus-2026-09-14@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20260914T113419Z DTEND:20260914T123419Z SUMMARY:The Moon 29′ from Venus DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 29′ from Venus — close enough that a thumb held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nht tps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opposition-neptune-2026-09-26@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20260926T012655Z DTEND:20260926T022655Z SUMMARY:Neptune at opposition DESCRIPTION:Neptune is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope at it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-09 CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opposition-saturn-2026-10-04@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261004T121254Z DTEND:20261004T131254Z SUMMARY:Saturn at opposition DESCRIPTION:Saturn is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope a t it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-mars-2026-10-05@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261005T061125Z DTEND:20261005T071125Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Mars DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Mars — close enough that a thumb h eld at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds t hem in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every ho ur\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhttp s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-10-06@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261006T102333Z DTEND:20261006T112333Z SUMMARY:The Moon 10′ from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 10′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-draconids-2026-10-08@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261008T161320Z DTEND:20261008T171320Z SUMMARY:Draconids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 21P/ Giacobini-Zinner\, and the debris burns up at 20 km/s. Under a genuinely d ark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t o Draco\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is u sually almost nothing\, and about once a generation a storm of thousands a n hour\; the slowest meteors of any shower\, and the only major one best w atched in the evening rather than after midnight.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog. org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-southern-taurids-2026-10-09@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261009T163108Z DTEND:20261009T173108Z SUMMARY:Southern Taurids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 2P/E ncke\, and the debris burns up at 27 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer sti ll. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Cetus\, whic h is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is ten weeks of ac tivity at a handful an hour\, made worth watching by the fireballs — slo w\, orange and bright enough to cast a shadow. The radiant drifts right ac ross the sky over those weeks\, from Cetus in September into Taurus in Nov ember\, so the shower is named for where it ends up rather than where it i s on any one night.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2026-10-12@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261012T100620Z DTEND:20261012T110620Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 25° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-orionids-2026-10-21@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261021T092245Z DTEND:20261021T102245Z SUMMARY:Orionids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1P/H alley\, and the debris burns up at 66 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit h the radiant overhead this is worth about 20 meteors an hour — a real s ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Orion\, wh ich is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the other hal f of Halley's dust — the same comet as the η Aquariids\, met on the way out of the stream instead of into it\, and equally fast.\n\nhttps://space catalog.org/calendar#2026-10 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-10 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-mars-2026-11-02@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261102T133854Z DTEND:20261102T143854Z SUMMARY:The Moon 58′ from Mars DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 58′ from Mars — close enough that a thumb h eld at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds t hem in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every ho ur\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhttp s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-11-02@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261102T224535Z DTEND:20261102T234535Z SUMMARY:The Moon 29′ from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 29′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-venus-2026-11-07@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261107T104229Z DTEND:20261107T114229Z SUMMARY:The Moon 57′ from Venus DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 57′ from Venus — close enough that a thumb held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars holds them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every h our\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nhtt ps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-northern-taurids-2026-11-12@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261112T091714Z DTEND:20261112T101714Z SUMMARY:Northern Taurids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 2P/E ncke\, and the debris burns up at 29 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer sti ll. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Taurus\, whi ch is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the second bra nch of the same broad stream\, overlapping the first for most of November and throwing the same slow fireballs.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar #2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-mars-jupiter-2026-11-16@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261116T020310Z DTEND:20261116T030310Z SUMMARY:Mars and Jupiter 1.2° apart DESCRIPTION:Mars and Jupiter come within 1.2° of each other\, close enough to take in with one glance and to frame together in binoculars. They are 88° from the Sun\, so look east before sunrise.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.o rg/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-leonids-2026-11-17@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261117T145222Z DTEND:20261117T155222Z SUMMARY:Leonids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 55P/ Tempel-Tuttle\, and the debris burns up at 71 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 15 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Le o\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the fas test meteors that reach us\, and the shower with the most spectacular hist ory — every 33 years or so\, when the parent comet has just been past\, it has produced storms of tens of thousands an hour.\n\nhttps://spacecatal og.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2026-11-20@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261120T233539Z DTEND:20261121T003539Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 20° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opposition-uranus-2026-11-25@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261125T222702Z DTEND:20261125T232702Z SUMMARY:Uranus at opposition DESCRIPTION:Uranus is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope a t it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-11-30@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261130T082453Z DTEND:20261130T092453Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-11 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-geminids-2026-12-14@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261214T045237Z DTEND:20261214T055237Z SUMMARY:Geminids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 3200 Phaethon\, and the debris burns up at 35 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 150 meteors an hour — a r eal sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fe wer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Gemin i\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the ric hest shower of the year\, and the only major one whose parent is an astero id rather than a comet\; medium-speed\, often yellow\, and active from mid -evening because the radiant rises early.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/cale ndar#2026-12 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-ursids-2026-12-22@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261222T132029Z DTEND:20261222T142029Z SUMMARY:Ursids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 8P/T uttle\, and the debris burns up at 33 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit h the radiant overhead this is worth about 10 meteors an hour — a real s ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Ursa Minor \, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is a small northern shower nobody watches because it falls the week of the December s olstice\; the radiant never sets from most of the northern hemisphere\, so it can be watched all night.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2026-12-27@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20261227T162607Z DTEND:20261227T172607Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.4° from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.4° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2026-12 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-venus-2027-01-03@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270103T175603Z DTEND:20270103T185603Z SUMMARY:Venus at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky) DESCRIPTION:Venus stands 47° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wide st that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this is the easiest Venus gets to find.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027- 01 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-quadrantids-2027-01-03@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270103T183717Z DTEND:20270103T193717Z SUMMARY:Quadrantids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1962 56 (2003 EH₁)\, and the debris burns up at 41 km/s. Under a genuinely da rk sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 110 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t o Boötes\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is the sharpest maximum of any shower — the good hours are about six wide\ , so the peak either falls on your night or it does not.\n\nhttps://spacec atalog.org/calendar#2027-01 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-01-23@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270123T232114Z DTEND:20270124T002114Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.4° from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.4° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-01 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2027-02-03@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270203T062008Z DTEND:20270203T072008Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 18° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-02-08@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270208T035508Z DTEND:20270208T045508Z SUMMARY:The Moon 19′ from Mercury DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 19′ from Mercury — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opposition-jupiter-2027-02-11@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270211T001705Z DTEND:20270211T011705Z SUMMARY:Jupiter at opposition DESCRIPTION:Jupiter is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as the Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also about as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its brightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope at it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opposition-mars-2027-02-19@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270219T154417Z DTEND:20270219T164417Z SUMMARY:Mars at opposition DESCRIPTION:Mars is directly opposite the Sun from here\, so it rises as th e Sun sets\, stands highest at midnight and sets at sunrise. It is also ab out as close to Earth as it gets this time round\, which makes this its br ightest and biggest night of the year — the one to point a telescope at it.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 CATEGORIES:OPPOSITION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-02-20@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270220T045749Z DTEND:20270220T055749Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-02 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-mercury-2027-03-06@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270306T063145Z DTEND:20270306T073145Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.1° from Mercury DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.1° from Mercury — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look before dawn\; the Moon moves its own width every hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\nh ttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2027-03-17@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270317T065657Z DTEND:20270317T075657Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 28° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-03-19@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270319T092552Z DTEND:20270319T102552Z SUMMARY:The Moon 52′ from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 52′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-03 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-04-15@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270415T141902Z DTEND:20270415T151902Z SUMMARY:The Moon 55′ from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 55′ from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-lyrids-2027-04-22@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270422T162134Z DTEND:20270422T172134Z SUMMARY:Lyrids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by C/18 61 G1 (Thatcher)\, and the debris burns up at 49 km/s. Under a genuinely d ark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 18 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back t o Hercules\, close to Vega\, which is where to point a camera and not wher e to stare. It is the oldest shower on record\, watched from China in 687 BC\, and still capable of a brief outburst nobody predicted.\n\nhttps://sp acecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-04 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-eta-aquariids-2027-05-06@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270506T054734Z DTEND:20270506T064734Z SUMMARY:η Aquariids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 1P/H alley\, and the debris burns up at 66 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit h the radiant overhead this is worth about 50 meteors an hour — a real s ky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer s till. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Aquarius\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is dust from Halley's Comet\, hitting the atmosphere almost head-on and leaving glowing trains that hang for seconds\; much better from the southern hemisphere\, where the radiant climbs before dawn instead of skimming the horizon.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-venus-saturn-2027-05-07@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270507T184041Z DTEND:20270507T194041Z SUMMARY:Venus and Saturn 36′ apart DESCRIPTION:Venus and Saturn come within 36′ of each other\, close enough to look like a double star to the unaided eye and to sit in one telescope field together. They are 26° from the Sun\, so look east before sunrise. \n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:conjunction-moon-jupiter-2027-05-12@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270512T215222Z DTEND:20270512T225222Z SUMMARY:The Moon 1.2° from Jupiter DESCRIPTION:The Moon passes 1.2° from Jupiter — close enough that a thum b held at arm's length covers both at once\, and a pair of binoculars hold s them in one field. Look after sunset\; the Moon moves its own width ever y hour\, so the gap looks noticeably different either side of tonight.\n\n https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 CATEGORIES:CONJUNCTION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2027-05-28@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270528T100157Z DTEND:20270528T110157Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (evening sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 23° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look west just after sunset: this is the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any other time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-05 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:elongation-mercury-2027-07-15@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270715T192941Z DTEND:20270715T202941Z SUMMARY:Mercury at its furthest from the Sun (morning sky) DESCRIPTION:Mercury stands 21° away from the Sun in our sky today\, the wi dest that gap opens on this pass. Look east shortly before sunrise: this i s the easiest Mercury gets to find\, and Mercury is hard to catch at any o ther time.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07 CATEGORIES:ELONGATION TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-southern-delta-aquariids-2027-07-28@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270728T064225Z DTEND:20270728T074225Z SUMMARY:Southern δ Aquariids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 96P/ Machholz\, and the debris burns up at 41 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 25 meteors an hour — a rea l sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewe r still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Aquariu s\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is a broad \, faint stream with no sharp peak\, best from the southern hemisphere and from southern latitudes in the north.\n\nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calenda r#2027-07 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-alpha-capricornids-2027-07-30@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270730T085427Z DTEND:20270730T095427Z SUMMARY:α Capricornids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 169P /NEAT\, and the debris burns up at 23 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky wit h the radiant overhead this is worth about 5 meteors an hour — a real sk y and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moon fewer st ill. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to Capricornus \, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is slow and bright rather than numerous — the rate is low but a good fraction of wh at it does produce are fireballs\, and both hemispheres see it equally.\n\ nhttps://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-07 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:shower-perseids-2027-08-12@spacecatalog.org DTSTAMP:20260908T000000Z DTSTART:20270812T223427Z DTEND:20270812T233427Z SUMMARY:Perseids at maximum DESCRIPTION:The Earth crosses the densest part of a dust trail left by 109P /Swift-Tuttle\, and the debris burns up at 59 km/s. Under a genuinely dark sky with the radiant overhead this is worth about 100 meteors an hour — a real sky and a real radiant altitude will give fewer\, and a bright moo n fewer still. Meteors appear all over the sky\; they only trace back to P erseus\, which is where to point a camera and not where to stare. It is th e reliable one\, and the one that falls in the northern hemisphere's warme st nights — bright\, fast\, and often leaving persistent trains.\n\nhttp s://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08 URL:https://spacecatalog.org/calendar#2027-08 CATEGORIES:METEORS TRANSP:TRANSPARENT STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR