Pay attention: https://soundcloud.com/astrophiz/astrophiz221-september
September Moon Phases:
September 8 – Full Moon and Whole eclipse of the moon round 2am for many who will likely be getting up very early to see it(Finest considered in WA)
September 8 – Saturn near the Full Moon (4° aside) in night sky (additionally shut in the course of the Lunar eclipse within the early hours of the morning.2am central max 4am. wa has finest view 2am max 3am
September 10 – Moon at perigee (closest to earth)
September 14 – Final Quarter Moon – Ultimate for Stargazing
September 22 – New Moon – preferrred for Stargazing all night time
September 26 – Moon at apogee (furthest from earth)
September 30 – 1st Quarter Moon
September Highlights:
Mars continues to be within the early night North-Western skies.
1 September – ‘The Eyes of Clavius’ shadow impact on the moon is seen
September 20 – Venus very near Regulus within the morning twilight (0.5° aside) and near the skinny crescent Moon (4° aside). Will want binoculars and a stage horizon
September 17 – Jupiter close to crescent moon
September 22 – Earth at Equinox
29 September – ‘Luna X’ is sort of seen for about 4 hours within the early night beginning on the East Coast from 6:45pm, Central States from 5:25pm and on the West Coast from 4:45pm
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Night Skies:
Mars continues to be within the early night North-Western skies, setting round 9pm
Saturn at Opposition (greatest and brightest) and really good viewing in night skies from now until late October.
TCoronaBorealis nonetheless hasn’t gone nova, so hold watching it,
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Morning Skies:
Uranus within the morning twilight
Venus is falling within the east because the month progresses and gibbous in form
Jupiter is climbing increased in morning skies within the east
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Ian’s Tangent:
A third interstellar comet visits our system, and its tail is pointing within the flawed route! .
Arriving from the route of the constellation Sagittarius, the interstellar comet has been formally named 3I/ATLAS.
And Ian introduces us to the character of cometary ‘ices’ as revealed by spectroscopy, and the chemical/metallic composition of Comet 3I/ATLAS.
The comet, 3 Km in diameter, poses no menace to Earth and can stay at a distance of no less than 1.6 astronomical models (about 150 million miles or 240 million km). It’s at the moment about 4.5 au (about 416 million miles or 670 million km) from the Solar. 3I/ATLAS will attain its closest strategy to the Solar round Oct. 30, at a distance of 1.4 au (about 130 million miles or 210 million km) — simply contained in the orbit of Mars.
The interstellar comet’s measurement and bodily properties are being investigated by astronomers around the globe. 3I/ATLAS ought to stay seen to ground-based telescopes by way of September, after which it should go too near the Solar to look at. It’s anticipated to reappear on the opposite facet of the Solar by early December, permitting for renewed observations.
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Ian’s Astrophotography Problem:
Seize the Lunar Eclipse
High Tip: As the eclipse progresses you’ll need to regulate your publicity settings because the brightness of the moon modifications.
