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The Year in Orbit

At night we face away from the Sun, so the part of the sky overhead at midnight changes as Earth travels around its orbit. Move through the year to see which of these targets are in season.

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    Earth is drawn on its true orbit, which is nearly circular (eccentricity 0.017) with the Sun slightly off centre, viewed from above the North Pole. Solid markers 1–10 match the portfolio and dashed markers are other popular targets, each placed at its right ascension; the shaded band is the part of the sky overhead around midnight. Peak dates are approximate, mark when a target crosses the meridian at local midnight, and ignore daylight saving.

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