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occulation 2065this one happened 3rd January 1818

2035

Periastron of Alpha Centauri A and B.

2061

Halley's Comet returns.

2065

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

2079

11th August: occultation of Mars by Mercury.  

2439

The autumnal equinox will enter Leo. 

2597

The vernal equinox leaves Pisces and enters Aquarius.

2600

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

2656

Triple conjunction of Mars, Jupiter and Mercury.

2880

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

4385

Return of Comet Hale-Bopp (the bright comet of 1997).  [Sky at Night Magazine, July 2025, p41]

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). 

15,232

A rare combination of events: a Venus transit during a solar eclipse.  

20,279

Voyager 2 will be 3.211 light-years from Proxima Centauri.  [Astronomy Now, March 1990, p.28]

20,584

Voyager 2 will be 3.47 light-years from Alpha Centauri.  [Astronomy Now, March 1990, p.28]

22,000

Around this time Lalande 21185 will be at its closest to Earth: 4.6 light-years.

40,170

Voyager 2 will be 1.648 light-years from Ross 248.

298,477

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

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