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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The Dumbbell Nebula, imaged by Steve McKinney, is a large planetary nebula in Vulpecula (the Fox). It’s visible (without colour) in a backyard telescope. Planetary nebulae are the corpses of stars with mass similar to our sun. This one resembles and apple core! This image covers a patch of sky about as wide as a…
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As shown above, on Friday, July 29, 2022 from 9:55 to 10:00 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, and then flying past the Big Dipper’s handle before finally disappearing into Earth’s shadow low in the southeastern…
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A comparison of images of Stephan’s Quintet of galaxies in Pegasus, taken in infrared by the James Webb Space Telescope in 2022 (left) and the visible and near-infrared wavelengths by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009 (right). The spiral galaxy at left is NGC 7320. It is only 40 million light-years away. The rest of…
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As shown above, on Sunday, July 17, 2022 from 9:55 to 10:01 pm EDT, the International Space Station will be visible flying over the GTA in a bright pass, rising from the western horizon near Spica, then flying past Polaris before finally setting in the northeast. (courtesy: Heavens-above.com) Artificial satellites are visible because they are…
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User Eberhard Stickel requested this north-up image of Comet C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) through the luminance filter of the robotic Burke-Gaffney Observatory at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, NS. The dust tail extending upwards reveals the comet’s trajectory downwards. The sun is toward upper right. The double star below the comet is Struve 2122 in central…
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