This terrific image of the summer Milky Way rising from the southern sky, was captured on the moonless weekend of August 27, 2022 by Manu Mukerji while at the Carr Astronomical Observatory operated by the RASC Toronto Centre northwest of Toronto. In the foreground is a SkyShed Pod, a favorite of serious amateur astronomers who…
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As shown above, on Friday, September 9, 2022 from 5:42 to 5:48 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow low in the west-northwestern sky, and then flying through Orion and close to bright Sirius just before it sets below the southeastern…
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On Saturday, September 3, 2022, the moon will reach its first quarter phase. (Starry Night Pro) Hello, September Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 28th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. You can also…
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As shown above, on Monday, August 29, 2022 from 4:55 to 4:58 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow halfway up the west-northwestern sky near the bright star Deneb, and then setting below the northeastern horizon. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites are…
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This image of the Wild Duck Cluster, also known as Messier 11 and NGC 6705 in Scutum covers a patch of sky equal to the diameter of the full moon. The magnitude 6.3 open star cluster is visible with unaided eyes and through binoculars and telescopes, despite its 6200 light-year distance. It was taken using…
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As shown above, on Friday, August 26, 2022 from 5:41 to 5:46 am EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow low over the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying past the W of Cassiopeia before setting below the northeastern horizon near Venus.…
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This spectacular Perseids meteor was captured by RASC member Don Hladiuk of Calgary at 3:53 am MDT on August 13, 2022. Follow Don on Twitter at @Astrogeo (Yes – we’re each other’s doppelganger!) Hello, mid-August Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 14th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass…
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A detailed map of the lunar region around Copernicus, which is best viewed as the moon is within several days of full. (Stellarium) Hello, August Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of August 7th, 2022 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments,…
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This fantastic image of the Lion Nebula, also known as Sharpless-132, was imaged and processed by Tammy Foley. She gathered 19 hours of exposure time through various filters for it. During evening in early August, the lion is prowling the northeastern sky between the W of Cassiopeia and the bright star Deneb in Cygnus, but…
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As shown above, on Sunday, July 31, 2022 from 9:55 to 10:00 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in a bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, and then flying below the bright star Arcturus and above reddish Antares before finally disappearing into Earth’s shadow low in the…
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