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I altered the Events code so that we can create monthly pages which will appear automatically at the start of each month. I've put together tables for upcoming months, which I can put into the relevant pages, but I thought I'd check here first, see if anyone has any suggestions for improving them first, or if there's a better way of doing it than this. Worldtraveller 20:07, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

May 2005
5 May Eta Aquariids meteor shower: up to 60 meteors per hour
8 May, 08:46 New moon
15 May, 11:01 Mars lies only 1°06' from Uranus
23 May, 20:19 Full moon
June 2005
6 June, 21:56 New moon
14 June, 03:15 Pluto is at opposition
22 June, 04:14 Full moon
26 June, 12:34 Mercury lies only 1°21' from Saturn
26 June, 02:35 Venus lies only 1°16' from Saturn
27 June, 16:03 Mercury lies only 0°03' from Venus
27 June June Bootids meteor shower: up to 50 meteors per hour
July 2005
6 July, 12:03 New moon
9 July, 03:19 Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation
21 July, 11:01 Full moon
28 July Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower: up to 20 meteors per hour
August 2005
5 August, 03:05 New moon
8 August, 16:10 Neptune is at opposition
12 August Perseids meteor shower: up to 100 meteors per hour
19 August, 17:53 Full moon
23 August, 23:18 Mercury is at greatest western elongation
September 2005
1 September Alpha Aurigids meteor shower: up to 10 meteors per hour
1 September, 21:44 Venus lies only 1°13' from Jupiter
1 September, 03:02 Uranus is at opposition
3 September, 18:46 New moon
18 September, 02:01 Full moon
October 2005
3 October, 10:28 New moon; Annular solar eclipse lasting up to 04m32s Visible from Europe, Africa, south Asia
5 October, 19:41 Mercury lies only 1°18' from Jupiter
8 October Draconids meteor shower: usually weak; occasionally up to 1000 meteors per hour
17 October, 12:14 Full moon; Partial lunar eclipse lasting 00h58m Visible from Asia, Australia, Pacific, North America
21 October Orionids meteor shower: up to 20 meteors per hour
November 2005
2 November, 01:25 New moon
3 November, 15:50 Venus is at greatest eastern elongation
3 November, 15:50 Mercury is at greatest eastern elongation
7 November, 08:20 Mars is at opposition (apparent magnitude –2:3)
16 November, 00:58 Full moon
17 November Leonids meteor shower: up to 20 meteors per hour
December 2005
1 December, 15:01 New moon
12 December, 12:41 Mercury is at greatest western elongation
14 December Geminids meteor shower: up to 120 meteors per hour
15 December, 16:16 Full moon
22 December Ursids meteor shower: up to 10 meteors per hour
31 December, 03:12 New moon

If the events are not removed from the upcoming events list because the process is automated, then it really shouldn't be upcoming events. Phoenix2 19:26, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Very true - I've changed the heading there to 'Astronomical events in current month'. Worldtraveller 09:37, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Astronomical events in October

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How does one edit the list of astronomical events in the current month? "Orionid" is misspelled "Orionide". I would also like to add mention of the Giacobinid (Draconid) meteor shower peaking on October 8, and the occulation of the Pleiades by the Moon on October 9/10. --Shawn81 05:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I added an 'edit' help link to make this easier. Thanks for helping out! Awolf002 11:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent, thanks so much. I added the discussed events to the list. Thanks for letting me do the honors. :) --Shawn81 12:09, 4 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that Awolf. I remember it took me like 5 minutes to find the page for September events when I was trying to check it out. At least, now I have easy access. --Nishkid64 00:15, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Your welcome! I hope you will find even more possible improvments to this portal. It would be nice to get it featured at some point. Awolf002 01:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Update

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So long time no one has updated this field? Newone (talk) 10:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]