The Sky This Week, 2013 January 22 - 29

The Moon & Jupiter, 2013 JAN 22,03:49 UT
Imaged with an 80mm f/6 Antares"Sentinel" telescope
and a Canon EOS T2i DSLR
The Moon brightens the overnight skies this week as she wends her way
from the stars of the Great Winter Circle to the rising glimmersof
spring. The year's first Full Moonfalls on the 26th at 11:38 pm
Eastern Standard Time. January's Full Moon is popularly known as the
Wolf Moon or Ice Moon. One popularAlgonquian name that I particularly
like is the "Frost in the Tepee" Moon. Luna may be found less than
five degrees from the star Alhena, which marks the "foot" of Gemini
Twin Castor, on the evening of the 24th. On the 25th she stands
between the Gemini Twin Stars Castor and Pollux and the bright star
Procyon, lead star in Canis Minor, the Little Dog. Look for the Moon
to rise near the bright star Regulus, brightest star in Leo, the Lion,
during the later evening of the28th.
Bright moonlight will wash out all but the brightest stars this week,
but fortunately her light won't erasethe lights of the winter
constellations. Thanks to the presence of nine of the sky's 25
brightest stars, these constellations are among the most easily
recognizable star patterns. Chief among these is Orion, whose seven
bright stars have been recognized as a striding figure of some
notoriety in virtually every civilization's sky lore. Since he
straddles the Celestial Equator Orion is visible from every inhabited
part of the globe. To the ancient Egyptians he was known as "Sahu",
the heavenly embodiment of the spirit of Osiris, god of the dead.
Funerary texts in Egyptian tombs refer to the deceased's desire to
beguided to the afterlife by Sahu, where they could enjoy beer, bread,
and onions throughout eternity. To the ancient Irish, Norse, and
Saxons he represented an "Armed King", while Medieval Arabs called him
"Al-Jabbar", a name which means "The Giant". Even the Hobbits of
Middle Earth had a name for him, "Menelvagor", which according to
J.R.R. Tolkien translated to "The Swordsman of the Sky". Our "modern"
interpretation of Orion comes to us from the Greeks and Romans, to
whom Orion was a mighty hunter. He was the son of a mortal and the
sea-king Neptune, described by Homer as "the tallest and most
beautiful of men", and claimed dominion over all living creatures.
Unfortunately his swagger didn't make him many friends among the Greek
immortals, and his boastful nature eventually inspired the wrathof
Hera, who sent a lowly scorpion to dispatch the prideful Hunter. Orion
and the scorpion were subsequently placed in the sky, but at opposite
sides. Both constellations have bright reddish stars within their
bounds, but the stars will never appear together at the same time!
Orion is followed by his faithful dog Canis Major, marked by the
dazzling star Sirius, which shines as a bright jewel in thedog's
collar. The Hunter and his dogseem to face the charge of Taurus, the
Bull, whose face is marked by the V-shaped group of stars known as the
Hyades with the bright reddish star Aldebaran glaring as the beast's
right eye.
You may notice another cluster of stars, the famous Pleiades, which
seem to be perched on Taurus' back. This group looks like a tiny
version of the Big Dipper and is one of the most storied asterisms in
theentire sky. They are riding on the Bull to escape the amorous
overtures of Orion according to one legend, but as with Orion there
are almost as many different stories about the Seven Sisters as there
are for the Giant himself. Those of you who drive Subaru automobiles
might like to brush up on Japanese sky lore next time you go out for a
drive.
Perched between the Pleiades and the Hyades is the bright cheery glow
of Jupiter. The giant planet is nearing the end of his retrograde loop
for the current apparition and presents a wonderful view in binoculars
of his perch between the two clusters. Look at him with a small
telescope and his basic features become readily apparent. His disc
displays its characteristic equatorial cloud belts while his
fourGalilean moons shuttle back and forth in their orbital paths,
presenting a different view every night. Larger telescopes reveal more
detail in his atmosphere.
If you have a six-inch or larger telescope, watch the moon Io drag its
shadow across the planet's faceon the evening of the 24th. You'll also
see an unusual configuration ofthe moons Ganymede and Callisto, and if
the air is steady you should also be able to glimpse the Great Red
Spot!
Golden Saturn is steadily creeping toward the evening sky. He now
rises at around 1:00 am which places him close to the meridian as
morning twilight begins to brighten the eastern horizon. The planet's
famous rings are visible in virtually any decent telescope, especially
now that they are tilted almost 20 degrees to our line of sight. As
with Jupiter, larger instruments willreveal more details, especially
in the rings. Check him out if you feel like an invigorating morning
activity!
USNO Master Clock Time
Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:40:37 UTC
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