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Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070 - by Fred Espenak (Paperback)

Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events - 2021 to 2070 - by  Fred Espenak (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The <strong><em>Fifty Year Almanac of Astronomical Events: 2021 to 2070</em></strong> is a catalog listing a wide range of solar system phenomena as seen from Earth. Each year gives a concise compendium of the most conspicuous and/or significant astronomical events involving the Sun, Moon and the planets. </p><p>The astronomical events include the following. <br/> - solar and lunar eclipses<br/> - phases of the Moon<br/> - apogees and perigees of the Moon<br/> - Equinoxes and Solstices of Earth<br/> - aphelion and perihelion (Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus)<br/> - oppositions and conjunctions of the planets<br/> - elongations of Mercury and Venus<br/> - close conjunctions of the Moon with the planets and bright stars<br/> - close conjunctions of planets with bright stars and other planets<br/> - peak of major meteor showers</p><p>The date and time of each event is given in Greenwich Mean Time (= Coordinated Universal Time). With 200+ events each year, the <strong><em>Fifty Year Almanac</em></strong> includes over 10,200 astronomical events.</p>

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