Pay attention: https://soundcloud.com/astrophiz/astrophiz-213-dr-ian-musgraves-mayskyguide
Could Moon Phases:
Could 4 ~1st Quarter
Could 11 ~ Moon at Apogee
Could 13 ~ Full Moon
Could 20 ~ Final Quarter Nice for star gazing
Could 26 ~ Moon at Perigee
Could 27 ~ New Moon Nice for star gazing
What’s Up in Could?
Planets:
Night Skies
Jupiter is troublesome to see this month
Mars is seen, and good to see simply an hour after sundown
Uranus will return in a few months
Many of the planetary motion is within the morning sky, Mercury Saturn and Venus are the standouts, however Mercury is misplaced within the twilight by mid month, returning to night skies in June.
Could 2 ~ Asteroid Vesta (nearly a dwarf planet) is at opposition (closest to earth) Could 8 ~ Eta Aquariids Meteor Bathe must be fairly good this 12 months (particles from Halley’s Comet) Nice meteor recognizing suggestions within the audio
Will TCrB go Nova this month? Preserve watching
Ian recommends VESTA watching with bare eye below darkish skies, in Binocs & ’scopes within the ‘Burbs. See his Astroblog, the Astrophiz FB web page or Southern Skywatch for pictures and straightforward finder charts
Ian’s Tangent: The Clouds of Mars.
Ian tells us how earth’s clouds have been named, and in regards to the clouds on different planets
Web sites to go to:
* https://cloudatlas.wmo-DOT-int/en/residence.html
* https://europlanet-society-DOT-org/cloud-atlas-of-mars-showcases-array-of-atmospheric-phenomena/
( * copy & paste, then exchange the DOT with an precise dot)
Ian’s Astrophotography Problem: Seize asteroid VESTA in your cellphone or digital camera. Nice suggestions within the audio
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Subsequent Up on Astrophiz:
In two weeks have been zooming over 14 timezones to talk with Dr Anya Nugent who’s an enthusiastically superior astrophysicist who does thrilling analysis into a few of the strongest phenomena in our universe. You’ll love her tales about how she makes use of a few of the world’s strongest optical and near-infrared observatories to search out the host galaxies of supernovae, kilonovae, and gamma-ray bursts to grasp their distinctive origins … see you in two weeks
