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PRESS A COSMIC ENTITY ABOVE OR PRESS HERE TO GO BACK PLANET FINDER 2010 - - - £4.99 This calendar tells the moon phase , when there will be a meteor shower and is a handy planet-finder for the 5 brightest planets . You can find them using the starmap printed on the back or even easier, by using an astrolabe (see above). Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are among the brightest of the night-time objects so they're easy to spot once the calendar has told you where they can be found Planet positions for the month ahead can be found here
As you can see from the picture: Round the outer edge of the calendar are the dates when there will be a meteor shower . For example, on the calendar it shows you that the Orionids meteor shower can be seen during the last half of October Next in , are the Months, and then the Moon Phase - showing the date of New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon and then the Third Quarter Then, underneath the Date are the names of the Constellations the first five Planets are travelling through . Mercury is the outside, then comes Venus , then Mars , next Jupiter and the inside ring is Saturn The grey shaded areas show when the planet goes 'retrograde' (e.g. 4th-28th July for Mercury), this just means it appears to be travelling backwards from the point of view of our (Earth's) orbit The calendar also tells you the Dates of the Equinoxes and Solstices
An accurate starmap on the back helps you locate a planet in the sky
It has a see-thru spinner on it you can use to line up the date, day by day, to help view the info On the back is some instructions , tips , more info and a starmap naming stars and constellations visible from the Northern Hemisphere (This calendar is accurate for anywhere in the world, so the Southern Hemisphere can be printed on the back, if requested) postage costs: UK 1st class - £1.00 and for INTERNATIONAL - £2.00 To get one, either contact us and we will send you an invoice or hit this button -
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