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Astronomy

Monthly Astronomical Calendar

Daily lunar phases, eclipses, planetary events and meteor showers

A great computer desktop background wallpaper

Saturn’s Rings - Summer 2009

Panorama of the narrowing ring aspect from JUN through SEP of 2009

Dark side of rings face Earth from AUG 10 through our ring plane passage on SEP 04

Moon Occults Antares - Pacific Ocean Graze Map - July 03/04

Graze map for occultation of magnitude +1.1 star during the night of 2009 JUL 03/04

Full occultation between northern and southern graze paths

Moon Occults Antares - Honolulu Preview - July 03/04

Preview and data for occultation of magnitude +1.1 star as seen from Honolulu, Hawaii during the night of 2009 JUL 03/04

Moon Occults Pleiades - Wide Area Graze Map - July 18

Graze map for Europe, Near East and North Africa of occultation of Pleiades stars during the predawn hours of 2009 JUL18 - Full occultation between graze paths

Full occultation between northern and southern graze paths

Moon Occults Pleiades - British Graze Map - July 18

Graze map for England and Wales of three Pleiades stars during the predawn hours of 2009 JUL18

Moon Occults Pleiades - London Preview - July 18

Preview image for London, England of Pleiades occultation on 2009 JUL 18 at 03:00 BST

Mercury as Morning Star - Mid-2009

Panorama of the elusive planet in the eastern sky as viewed from Chicagoland 25 minutes before sunrise from 2009 MAY 28 through JUL 09

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2) After the graphic fully loads, right-click it then click Save Picture As and send it to any location in your computer’s hard drive (My Pictures and Pictures are good.)

3A) To make it your computer wallpaper, right-click the image from its saved location then click Set as Desktop Background.

Don’t worry if it seems the wrong size or poorly resolved.  Your computer will adjust it to fit (assuming that within your Windows XP Control Panel, Display/Desktop is set to Stretch.)  If using Windows Vista, right click your desktop background then click Personalize and Desktop Background and choose the positioning option on the left.

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