This simulated image of Saturn for Sunday, July 26 at 10:30 pm EDT shows several of the larger moons labelled and the distinctive Cassini Division that splits the rings. Hello, Late-July Stargazers! Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of July 26th, 2020 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your…
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As shown above, on Thursday, July 30 from 10:10 to 10:15 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the west-northwestern horizon, and then passing very close to the bright star Vega in the Summer Triangle before disappearing into the Earth’s shadow over…
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This stunning image of Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) was captured in cottage country, near Haliburton, Ontario, by Kersti Meema of Toronto using her Canon T7i camera. She took the image at 11:15 EDT on July 13, 2020. Serendipitously, she also captured an auroral display! The fainter, blue ion tail of the comet can be discerned…
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A composite of several images of the ISS taken through a 10″ telescope by James Boone from Tampa, Florida on Apr 27, 2014 Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be bathed in sunlight while the sun is below the horizon for earthbound observers. When the geometry is just right, brilliant beams…
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Ian Wheelband captured this close-up view of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) at 4:17 am on July 11, 2020 from his home in Nova Scotia. Note the brighter tail composed of dropped particles, and the slightly offset ion tail to its left. The stacked, combined 4- and 10-second exposure photograph was taken using his Nikon D7100…
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As shown above, on Thursday, July 16 from 10:02 to 10:09 pm EDT, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising over the southwestern horizon, passing very close to the bright star Vega, and then disappearing below the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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This simulated view of Jupiter shows the transit of Jupiter’s moon Io and its shadow across Jupiter, accompanied by the Great Red Spot, on Tuesday, July 7 at 2:40 am EDT. A good backyard telescope will let you view the 2.5-hour event, although a telescope might flip and/or mirror this view. Hello, July Stargazers! Here…
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This image by Dylan O’Donnell of Australia shows the ISS zipping across the face of the full moon on June 30, 2105. Such passes last for only about 1/3 of a second. This image has been enhanced to show the moon’s colours better. NASA APOD for July 31, 2015 Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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