Astrophiz 215: Dr Ian Musgrave’s June SkyGuide
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Abstract:
Mars near skinny crescent moon.
Occultation of Antares behind the moon within the early night sky.
The moon comes near a number of the vivid planets.
… and Mars is near the moon once more on the finish of the month.
Moon Phases:
June 3 ~ 1st Quarter Moon, and one other time to catch the ‘Lunar X’ late within the night time, about 11pm for Australian Jap states. 10:30 for central states and 9pm within the West.
Lunar X Tip: take a picture every 1/2 hour from moonrise.
June 7 ~ Apogee, furthest from earth
June 11 ~ Full Moon
June 19 ~ Final Quarter Moon ~ splendid for stargazing
June 23 ~ Perigee, closest to earth
June 25 ~ New Moon ~ splendid for stargazing
June 21 ~ Solstice: shortest day in Southern Hemisphere. longest day in Northern Hemisphere
Night Skies:
Jupiter is misplaced into the twilight
Mercury returns to night skies mid-month, on the twenty seventh it’s 3°from the moon an hour after sundown, and can proceed to be glorious till mid-July.
Mars is low within the NW night skies, and continues to be readily seen
T Coronae Borealis is seen in late night skies and nonetheless has not ‘Gone Nova’ so the problem continues to be … to seize a Nova earlier than and after it blows! This Nova iswell ‘overdue’ so all eyes are on it!
Tuesday 10 June ~ The Occultation of Antares by the Moon is definitely seen in binoculars and telescopes (for instances, test Ian’s Astroblogger web site)
Additionally June is a superb alternative to see The Darkish Emu within the south, the Southern Cross and the magnificent globular cluster Omega Centauri can also be at it’s highest within the south.
Morning Skies:
Venus is furthest from the solar on 1 June, and is a half-moon form in telescopes, and beside the crescent moon on 22 June
Saturn is climbing greater within the morning sky,
Scorpius is a characteristic at midnight morning sky within the east
Sagittarius and the Coronary heart of the Milky Manner are additionally rising, a very good alternative to catch the Triffid and Lagoon nebulas in Sagittarius.
Ian’s ’Tangent’
Ian discusses long-lived facets of Indigenous astronomy like The Eagle, Stingray and Darkish Emu, and the way Western constellation names have modified over time. eg Argo was declared out of date in 1930.
Ian’s Astrophotography Challenges:
Seize The Occultation of Antares on June tenth (virtually full moon), after which on a darkish night time with no moon, have a go at imaging The Darkish Emu, along with your cell phone/DSLR/digital camera, conveniently at 8pm within the south close to Scorpius, the Pointers and the Southern Cross.
Ideas:
- Use your machine’s highest ISO (ASA)
- Underneath city skies, take 10 x1second exposures, and stack them utilizing a free stacking program or app.
- Underneath darkish skies, you’ll be able to take longer exposures
- If stacking in RAW, do a ‘darkish body’ subtraction
- If stacking in JPEG, don’t use darkish body subtraction.
Subsequent Month: Episode #216 is our 10 yr anniversary of Astrophiz.
And in two weeks now we have our particular 10 yr anniversary episode the place we take a look at essentially the most vital breakthroughs within the final 10 years in addition to how gentle air pollution is impacting on our valuable darkish skies.
