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Digest #3448

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OBS-V: 21P (2018 July 24) by "Maik Meyer" maiki666

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C/2017 S3, C/2018 N1, 21P, 29P, 37P, 48P, 66P. by "Juan Jose Gonzalez" jjgsgp

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OBS-V: 21P & 2017 S3 (2018-Jul-23) by "Man-To Hui" pachacotihui

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OBS-V: 21P (2018 July 24)

Mon Jul 23, 2018 10:54 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Maik Meyer" maiki666

21 2018 07 24.04 M 9.1 TK 12.0R 5 30 3.5 4/ ICQ XX MEY

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C/2017 S3, C/2018 N1, 21P, 29P, 37P, 48P, 66P.

Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:04 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Juan Jose Gonzalez" jjgsgp

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS):
2018 July 22.08 UT: m1=8.1, Dia.=6', DC=5, 25x100B.
[ Fading from previous outburst. Altitude: 20 deg.
In 20 cm SCT (77x) : m1=8.5, Dia.=4', DC=4.
Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.0.].

C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE):
2018 July 22.09 UT: m1=8.3, Dia.=15', DC=2, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Very diffuse and wide coma. Altitude: 17 deg.
Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.2.].

21P/Giacobini-Zinner:
2018 July 22.10 UT: m1=9.5, Dia.=4', DC=4, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.2.].

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann:
2018 July 22.11 UT: m1=12.0, Dia.=2.5', DC=1/, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Field stars checked in DSS. Sidgwick method.
APASScomparison stars. SQM : 21.4.].

37P/Forbes:
2018 July 22.12 UT: m1=10.5, Dia.=5', DC=1/, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.4.].

48P/Johnson:
2018 July 22.14 UT: m1=9.8, Dia.=6', DC=1/, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Observation made under better atmospheric conditions,
providing a wider outer coma diameter and brighter m1
in comparison with my previous July 18.13 estimate.
Altitude: 20 deg. Astronomical twilight. Sidgwick method.
Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 20.8.].

66P/du Toit:
2018 July 22.13 UT: m1=10.0, Dia.=4', DC=2, 20 cm SCT (77x).
[ Beginning of astronomical twilight. Altitude: 19 deg.
Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 21.2.].

( Quintanilla de los Oteros, Leon, Spain; Alt. 860 m, 42º 19' N, 5º 24' W;
SQM 21.4at zenith.).

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ICQ Format :

2017S3 2018 07 22.07 S 8.5 TK 20.3T10 77 4 4 ICQ XX GON05

2017S3 2018 07 22.08 S 8.1 TK 10.0B 25 6 5 ICQ
XX GON05

2018N1 2018 07 22.09 S 8.3 TK 20.3T10 77 15 2 ICQ XX GON05

21 2018 07 22.10 S 9.5 TK 20.3T10 77 4 4 ICQ XX GON05

29 2018 07 22.11 S 12.0 AQ 20.3T10 77 2.5 1/ ICQ XX GON05

37 2018 07 22.12 S 10.5 TK 20.3T10 77 5 1/ ICQ XX GON05

48 2018 07 22.14 S 9.8 TK 20.3T10 77 6 1/ ICQ XX GON05

66 2018 07 22.13 S 10.0 TK 20.3T10 77 4 2 ICQ XX GON05

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OBS-V: 21P & 2017 S3 (2018-Jul-23)

Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:28 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Man-To Hui" pachacotihui

21P/Giocobini-Zinner
Jul 23.48, m1=9.4, Dia.=5', DC=5, Mt. Pinos, CA, USA; 20x80; twilight

C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)
2018
Jul 23.47, m1=8.5, Dia.=5', DC=3, Mt. Pinos, CA, USA; 20x80

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[BAA-ebulletin 01012] WONDERFUL TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON NEXT FRIDAY

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WONDERFUL TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON NEXT FRIDAY

Next Friday evening, July 27, there will be a total eclipse of the Moon.
Eclipses of the Moon occur when the Full Moon passes through the cone of
shadow cast by the Earth into space. Weather permitting this will be an
fascinating event to watch from the UK because the Moon will rise totally
eclipsed, giving plenty of opportunities for stunning images of a 'ghostly
red Moon' above buildings and the landscape.

Moreover, this lunar eclipse is happening on the same night that Mars comes
to opposition (its best since 2003), with the brilliant Red Planet (at
magnitude -2.8 even brighter than Jupiter) lying just below the totally
eclipsed Moon. A blood red Moon near a stunning red Mars will surely make
this an event to remember!


A SPECTACULAR MOONRISE

The lunar eclipse begins at 17:15 UT (18:15 BST) when the Moon enters the
fainter outer part of the Earth's shadow known as the penumbra. The main
phase of the eclipse begins at 18:24 UT (19:24 BST) when the Moon first
enters the central, dark part of the Earth's shadow known as the umbra. The
eclipse becomes total at 19:30 UT (20:30 BST) and lasts for a full 1 hour 43
minutes (almost the maximum possible and the longest total lunar eclipse of
the 21st century), but from the UK the Moon will not rise until totality is
well underway, so the earlier phases of the spectacle will not be visible.
Maximum eclipse is at 20:22 UT (21:22 BST), and the Moon will have risen
from most parts of the British Isles (apart from the north and west of
Scotland and Northern Ireland) by this time

The exact time at which the totally eclipsed Moon will rise above the
south-eastern horizon on Friday evening varies from place to place as shown
below:

TIMES OF MOONRISE ON JULY 27

Brighton, 19:47 UT (20:47 BST)
London, 19:49 UT (20:49 BST)
Birmingham, 20:00 UT (21:00 BST)
Plymouth, 20:01 (21:01 BST)
Cardiff, 20:02 UT (21:02 BST)
York, 20:04 UT (21:04 BST)
Manchester, 20:06 UT (21:06 BST)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20:11 UT (21:11 BST)
Dublin, 20:22 UT (21:22 BST)
Edinburgh, 20:22 UT (21:22 BST)
Glasgow, 20:26 UT (21:26 BST)
Belfast, 20:27 UT (21:27 BST)


TOTALITY

The visibility and appearance of the totally eclipsed Moon at moonrise will
depend on how clear the south-eastern sky is from your location at the time.
With the naked eye, the Moon may well not be discernible until it has risen
a few degrees above the local horizon, but with binoculars or a telescope it
will be seen more easily. It is while the Moon is still low in the sky that
there should be plenty of possibilities for interesting images. The BAA's
Lunar Section, Journal Editor and Website Manager would welcome such images.

The total phase of the eclipse ends at 21:13 UT (22:13 BST). As the Moon
will be passing centrally through the Earth's umbral shadow, it is probable
that the Moon may appear quite dark during mid-totality but one never quite
knows how dark or how bright a lunar eclipse will be. Everything depends on
the conditions in the Earth's upper atmosphere through which all light
falling onto the shadowed Moon has to pass. There have been eclipses when
the Moon has been difficult to find even with a telescope, while at other
eclipses it has remained bright red or vividly coloured. The Moon appears a
reddish hue because of Rayleigh scattering - the same effect that causes
sunrises and sunsets to appear reddish - and the refraction of that light by
the Earth's atmosphere into its umbral shadow.

The partial eclipse ends at 22:19 UT (23:19 BST), when the Moon exits the
umbra. The faint penumbral phase finally ends at 23:28 UT (00:28 BST on July
28).

This will be the first central lunar eclipse (i.e. passing through the
centre of the Earth's umbral shadow since 2011 June 15, with the Moon in
Capricornus and very near apogee, its furthest distance from the Earth. The
Moon's apparent diameter will be 29' 26.6".


ONE OF THREE...

Such an eclipse of the Moon never comes unaccompanied. A solar eclipse
always occurs about two weeks before or after a lunar eclipse. Usually,
there are two eclipses in a row, but sometimes there are three in the same
eclipse season. This is the second eclipse of the season. The first, a
partial solar eclipse on 2018 July 13, could be seen only from a very small
part of northern Antarctica and the third, another partial solar eclipse on
2018 August 11, will be seen from the far northern and eastern parts of
Europe, northern parts of North America and some northern and western
locations in Asia.

Some further information on this Friday's eclipse may be found on page 14 of
the 2018 BAA Handbook, and also at:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2018Jul27T.pdf

Please send any images or other observations of this event to the BAA Lunar
Section.



This e-bulletin issued by:
Dr John Mason
BAA Press and Publicity Officer

2018 July 22

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[BAA-ebulletin 01007] A Regional Martian dust storm

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Members of the Mars Section received an email alert on June 5 concerning dust storm activity. A minor storm had appeared over SE Mare Acdialium on May 30, and expanded considerably (particularly to the south) over the course of a few days, after which secondary activity along the Valles Marineris caused the event to grow further, making it into a substantial Regional event. The Valles Marineris dust activity expanded to the east to completely mask Margaritifer Sinus, and later Sinus Meridiani too. Dust affected higher southern latitudes, including Argyre. Images taken on Jun 7-10 show an impressive area affected by the storm. Images of the opposite hemisphere, in the longitudes from Mare Sirenum to Syrtis Major do not show dust, except for a slight veiling far north of the latter feature, and it would appear that orographic clouds over the martian volcanoes are still being recorded, so any warming of the atmosphere due to dust has not spread into that region.

Images of the unaffected longitudes of the planet are distinctly lacking in quantity, and so I hope any members that have images or drawings not yet communicated will send them to me so that the timecourse of the event can be completely followed.

Dr Richard McKim, Director, Mars Section
2018 June 10

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[BAA-ebulletin 01005] Aurora and STEVE and NLC

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Aurora Alert, and STEVE and NLC

A coronal hole has started to impact the earth from 14.00UT 31st May 2018.

The field is swinging but is mostly negative and the wind speed is rising through 490 kps.

It is still light at the moment(Moray Firth), so no conformation. Indications are that this will

be visible in central Scotland but could go further. There is also a chance that STEVE will

make an appearance so look west as well as north. Finally, the NLC daisies are starting

to show some activity from 27th May. Star prize goes to who ever spots all 3 on the same night.


Any reports please to - sandra-b@hotmail.co.uk<mailto:sandra-b@hotmail.co.uk>


Cheers and good hunting


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Fwd: [CometObs] Digest Number 3411

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C/2015 O1, C/2016 M1, C/2016 N6, C/2016 R2, C/2018 EF9, 37P.          

Thu May 17, 2018 11:34 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Juan Jose Gonzalez" jjgsgp

C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS):
2018 May. 15.99 UT: m1=12.0, Dia.=1.2', DC=5, 20 cm SCT (100x).
[ Sidgwick method. APASS comparison stars. SQM : 21.7.].

C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS):
2018 May. 16.02 UT: m1=9.0, Dia.=4', DC=3, 20 cm SCT (100x).
[ Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 20.8.].

C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS):
2018 May. 15.97 UT: m1=11.6, Dia.=2.0', DC=4, 20 cm SCT (133x).
[ Sidgwick method. APASS comparison stars. SQM : 21.3.].

C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS):
2018 May. 15.90 UT: m1=11.3, Dia.=2', DC=2/, 20 cm SCT (133x).
[ Sidgwick method. Tycho-2 comparison stars. SQM : 20.9.
Zodiacal light. Altitude: 22 deg.].

C/2018 EF9 (Lemmon):
2018 May. 16.01 UT: m1=11.8, Dia.=3', DC=1/, 20 cm SCT (133x).
[ Sidgwick method. APASS comparison stars. Brighter than expected.
From dark mountain skies the coma appears large and very diffuse,
without central condensation. Motion checked over a 120-min period.
Field stars checked in DSS. Limiting star magnitude near comet: 14.7
(GSC). SQM : 21.4.].

37P/Forbes:
2018 May. 16.12 UT: m1=11.5, Dia.=1.5', DC=2/, 20 cm SCT (100x).
[ Sidgwick method. APASS comparison stars. SQM : 20.7.
Altitude: 10 deg.].

( Pandorado, Leon, Spain; Alt. 1190 m, 42º 47' N, 6º 00' W;
SQM 21.7at zenith.).

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2015O1 2018 05 15.99 S 12.0 AQ 20.3T101001.2 5 ICQ XX GON05

2016M1 2018 05 16.02 S 9.0 TK 20.3T10 100 4 3 ICQ XX GON05

2016N6 2018 05 15.97 S 11.6 AQ 20.3T101332.0 4 ICQ XX
GON05

2016R2 2018 05 15.90 S 11.3 TK 20.3T10 1332 2/ ICQ XX
GON05

2018EF9 2018 05 16.01 S 11.8 AQ 20.3T10 133 3 1/ ICQ
XX GON05

37 2018 05 16.12 S 11.5 AQ 20.3T101001.5 2/ ICQ XX GON05

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Tuesday May 22nd Meeting

Dear Members,

Just a reminder of Tuesdays meeting which is hopefully a Solar observing evening weather permitting,

if not there will be astro discussion inside. Also below is a reminder of meeting events for the rest of the year.


June 12th – Talk by Steve Hubbard & Malcom E Brown, "Thinking about Astronomy – a century of change and continuity"
June 26th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
July 10th -Inaugural talk by President Matthew Bothwell, From Big Bang to the Big Rips! A History of Modern Cosmology
July 24th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7.30pm
Aug 14th – Summer Social Evening at Parkhill Hotel
Sept 11th – Talk by Jonathan Gale, Webb Society Committee "Observing Astronomical Asterisms"
Sept 25th- LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Oct 9th – Talk by Dr John Rogers, BAA Jupiter Section Director "Jupiter and the Juno mission"
Oct 23rd – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Nov 13th – Talk by Bob Argyle, President of the Webb Society "Observing Double Stars Past & Present"
Nov 27th – LYRA Observing/Practical night at Barn Car Park, Parkhill Hotel from 7:30pm
Dec 11th – LYRA Christmas Dinner

Kind Regards

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[BAA-ebulletin 01003] Reminder - Historical Section Meeting - Saturday May 26th 2018 - Stirling

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Historical Section Meeting - Saturday May 26th 2018 - Stirling

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A reminder of the BAA Historical Section meeting in Stirling on May 26th


Date:    Saturday May 26th 2018
Time:    10:00 - 17:00  (doors open at 09:30)
Venue:   The Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Dumbarton Rd, Stirling FK8 2RQ
Cost:    5 pounds for BAA members, 10 pounds for non-members


You can book in advance or pay at the door; advance booking is preferred.
Please use the form at www.britastro.org/historical2018 or book through the BAA shop.


Timetable:


09:30           Doors open


09:30 – 10:00   Refreshments


10:00 – 10:10   Introduction and Welcome


10:10 – 11:05   Dr. Lee Macdonald
                'Kew Observatory and the Birth of Solar-Terrestrial Physics'


11:05 – 12:00   John Rosenfield
                'Fear and Dread:The Moons of Mars'


12:00 – 13:30   Lunch Break
(lunch is not included in the price but there is a cafe in the Smith Gallery, and other places nearby)


13:30 – 13:35   Welcome Back


13:35 - 14:30   Bill Barton
                'Alice Grace Cook - an East Anglian Meteor Observer'


14:30 - 15:25   Dr. Vanessa Smer Barreto (note change of speaker)
                'Mayan Astronomy'


15:25 – 15:50   Refreshments


15:50 – 16:50   Dr. Dave Gavine
                'Thomas Dick of Dundee'


16:50 - 17:00   Concluding Remarks


17:00           Meeting Closes


Entrance to the Smith Gallery is free. We hope you will take the chance to look around! Museum exhibits include
the world's oldest football.


There is plenty of parking in the grounds of the gallery. Stirling Station is fifteen minutes walk away.


The Smith Gallery and Museum is the meeting place of Stirling Astronomical Society.


Section Director Mike Frost will be lecturing to Stirling AS on "The Green Flash" on Friday May 25th at 7:30 PM.


We also intend to visit Stirling AS's observatory on the roof of the Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, Stirling.


More details on our web site - www.britastro.org/history


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Historical Section Director: Mike Frost         frostma@aol.com
Deputy Director: Lee Macdonald                  leetmacdonald@gmail.com


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Charts-info Astrosite Groningen (May 12, 2018)

Dear comet observers,

  We have prepared the following new charts:    C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS) : 

-three 3.0x4.0 degrees charts for the period 12 - 28 May 2018

 These are now available in the charts section of our homepage at:

 http://www.shopplaza.nl/astro    

Reinder Bouma/Edwin van Dijk

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[BAA-ebulletin 01000] Bright storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere

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An observation made by Brazilian observer Maciel Bassani Sparrenberger shows a bright and distinct

spot at 67 degrees north on Saturn. This observation was made on 2018 March 29 at 08:16 UT.

Later that day (from 18:20 to 1957 UT), this spot was imaged by Trevor Barry in Australia.

To date, It has also been recorded by Damian Peach, Manos Kardasis  and Anthony Wesley.

Further observations of this object are urgently required to see  how this storm evolves.

Observations can be sent to the Saturn, Uranus and Neptune section via

saturn@britastro.org

Mike Foulkes Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Section Director

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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)

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Lyra Main Website: http://www.lyra-astro.co.uk/