Subj : Stargazing News - January 24th, 2025
To   : All
From : CJ
Date : Thu Jan 23 2025 07:05:58

Friday, January 24, 2025 

Moon Attacks the Scorpion (pre-dawn)

In the southeastern sky before dawn on Friday morning, January 24, the waning
crescent moon will be shining among the medium-bright stars that form the
claws of Scorpius, barely missing an occultation of the southernmost star, Pi
Scorpii. The moon's easterly orbital motion (by about its own diameter every
hour) will produce an occultation of Scorpius' brightest star Antares on
Saturday morning for observers located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar,
including Mauritius and Reunion Islands.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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