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occulation 2065this one happened 3rd January 1818

2065

22nd November:  transit of Jupiter by Venus - the first for 247 years.

2597

The vernal equinox leaves Pisces and enters Aquarius.

2600

5th May: a total solar eclipse visible at London.

2880

16th March:  A small probability exists that Asteroid 1950DA (about 0.7 miles across) will hit Earth.

5800

By this time, Omega Carinae (magnitude 3.29) will have approached closer than 1° to the south celestial pole.

8569

Voyager 2 will be 4.026 light-years from Barnard's Star.  [Astronomy Now, March 1990, p28]
(See 11,800.) 

9800

Around this year Deneb will be an approximate Pole Star (about 7° from the north celestial pole).

11,800

The Solar System and Barnard's Star will have approached to about 3.8 light-years from each other (the closest they'll get). 

298,477

Voyager 2 will have approached to 4.295 light-years from Sirius.  [Astronomy Now, March 1990, p.28]

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