Links and shownotes from tonight’s show, with Skyguides Marty Kunz and John Foote. Nick Evetts and Starstorm will return next week!

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The Tesla Orbit  http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/9407876-3×2-700×467.jpg

SLS  https://www.sciencealert.com/images/2016-08/meet-rocket.jpg

BFR vs Saturn V https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7177153/Screen_Shot_2016-09-27_at_3.29.56_PM.0.png

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/

http://archive.stsci.edu/proposal_search.php?mission=hst&id=15166

Continuing a Snapshot Survey of the Sites of Recent, Nearby Supernovae: Cycles Alex Filippenko  University of California – Berkeley

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2018/09feb18/hmi1898.gif?PHPSESSID=g6ki6oefggp8o1umvc7thqcbt0

As you wish marty re astronomy pics Gabriela Mistral Nebula (NGC 3324) 2018/02/08 07:36 UTC

https://flic.kr/p/KghVEP

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/a​stronomy-news/asteroid-2018-cb-gr​aze-earth-friday-watch-online/

Twistedge shared the following Vista From Mars Rover Looks Back Over Journey So Far

https://www.astrobio.

Featuring Skyguides Marty Kunz and John Foote – Skyguide Nick Evetts will return in two weeks!

http://www.lunar-occultations.co​m/iota/bstar/bstar.htm

http://asa.usno.navy.mil/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/god​dard/2018/nasa-s-newly-rediscover​ed-image-mission-provided-key-aur​ora-research

Hubble Space Telescope

Mission type

Astronomy

Operator

NASA · ESA · STScI

COSPAR ID

1990-037B

SATCAT no.

20580

Website

nasa.gov/hubble

hubblesite.org

spacetelescope.org

Mission duration

Elapsed: 27 years, 9 months, 9 days

Spacecraft properties

Manufacturer

Thanks to Dale for the links…….

The Moon scores a Hat Trick! Super Moon, Blue Moon, and Blood (eclipsed) Moon!

Tonight’s links:

Here is an eclipse photo from Mr. Eclipse, Fred Espenak:

http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/01/eclipse-lunar-1-31-018-Fred-Espenak-e1517414546162.jpg

They talked a bit about the water issues for Cape Town:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/africa/cape-town-satellite-images-trnd/index.html

We celebrate the anniversary of our first successful satellite launch:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-1/

https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/

Speaking of satellites, we discover an undead one:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/amateur-astronomer-discovers-revived-nasa-satellite

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-image-confirmed

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/amateur-search-for-dead-spy-satellite-turns-up-

undead-nasa-mission/

Here’s what’s up in the sky:

Tue, Jan 30, 10h Moon at perigee

Wed, Jan 31, 13h FULL MOON, Eclipse

Wed, Jan 31, 13h Ceres at opposition

Thu, Feb 01, 19h Regulus 1°.0 S. of Moon, Occn.

Wed, Feb 07, 16h LAST QUARTER

Wed, Feb 07, 20h Jupiter 4° S. of Moon

Times given in UT. These events, and more can be found at:

http://asa.usno.navy.mil

No mention of the sun, apart from its role in the lunar eclipse.

Diane had a thought or two about this opinion piece:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/is-the-golden-age-of-astronomy-nearly-over/

Marty came up with an of AAVSO notice:

A Great Start to 2018 with  our first guest of the year Wendy Clark, My Thanks as always to my co-hosts  Mary McIntyre and Neil Norman and to the Northolt crew for the entertainment as we recorded!

Astro Farm France

Minor Planets Center (IAU)

BAA Comet Section page 

BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page

BAA YouTube Channel

The Astronomer

The Astronomer  Youtube Channel

The German Comet Group

Seiichi Yoshida’s page

Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia

Comet chasing

The Sky Live (Comets) 

My Thanks to Starstorm for the links right up to when chat crashed . My Thanks to Rob for fixing the website so we can post the show notes and apologies for the Skype Comedy of errors towards the end of the show!

http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/news​/2018/new-nz-research-shows-first​-jet-from-massive-young-star-dete​cted-outside-our-galaxy.html

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/pape​rs/1801/1801.08147.pdf

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.​ssf/2018/01/first_fragments_of_mi​chigan_me.html

http://www.meteoritemen.com/

https://www.imo.net/

https://www.amsmeteors.org/home.html

https://www.thehumanitystar.com/

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/sky-and-telescope-magazine/beyond-the-printed-page/the-radio-jove-project-listening-in-on-jupiter/

https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/

https://www.primalucelab.com/radioastronomy/radiotelescopes/spider230c-compact-radio-telescope.html

http://spaceweather.com/

Tonight’s links are:

We interviewed Jerry Hubbell from Explore Scientific about the Mark Slade Remote

Observatory:

https://www.raclub.org

https://www.raclub.org/v3/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MSRO2.jpg

https://www.raclub.org/msro/

https://www.facebook.com/remotetelescope/

Jerry tells us that they used the scope to capture data on an exoplanet transit observation:

http://var2.astro.cz/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1515202863

165mm f/7 FPL-53 Air-Spaced Triplet ED APO Refractor

Jerry and Martin took courses at AAVSO to get ready for the exoplanet observing

https://www.aavso.org

We have a lunar eclipse coming: 31 January

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/january-lunar-eclipse/

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-january-31

Plus some occultations:

http://www.lunar-occultations.co​m/iota/bstar/bstar.htm

My Thanks to Starstorm for the links tonight

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NE​RVA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io​n_thruster

 http://www.spacex.com/mars

https://www.youtube.com/user/NAS​Atelevision

https://www.youtube.com/user/spa​cexchannel

https://www.youtube.com/user/ESA

https://www.amsmeteors.org/2018/​01/meteor-activity-outlook-for-ja​nuary-13-19-2018/

Look! Up in the Sky! It’s bird, it’s a plane, It’s a bolide!

Here are tonight’s show links:

The big news tonight is the bolide that flew over lower Michigan:

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan-meteor-sighting-what-exactly-is-a-bolide-where-

did-debris-land-

No, The Meteor Didn’t Cause an Earthquake

https://sciencealert.com/january-2018-michigan-bolide-fireball-richter-scale-recording

http://www.vofoundation.org/blog/great-2018-michigan-fireball/

The sun, on the other hand, meh. Just one spot.

http://www.spaceweather.com

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2018/17jan18/hmi1898.gif?

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/synoptic/sunspots_earth/mdi_sunspots_1024.jpg

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/eit_284/512/

And when meteors are aren’t exploding over head, there are other things to see in the night sky:

Wed, Jan 17, 02h NEW MOON

Sat, Jan 20, 20h Neptune 1°.6 N. of Moon

Times given in UT. These events, and more can be found at:

http://asa.usno.navy.mil

Look at what the Hubble scope found:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/hubble-finds-substellar-objects-in-the-orion-nebula

Marty just loves Hubble pictures, well, who doesn’t?

Thank you StarStorm for taking part in  the show tonight

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sta​rtswithabang/2017/12/15/why-nasas​-kepler-mission-is-toast/#630dc29​01da0

https://www.youtube.com/channel/​UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ

https://www.youtube.com/user/ESA

 https://www.youtube.com/user/spa​cexchannel

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/o​bserving/sky-at-a-glance/this-wee​ks-sky-at-a-glance-december-15-23​/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl​/bright-areas-on-ceres-suggest-ge​ologic-activity

https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-j​uno-spacecraft-probes-jupiters-gr​eat-red-spot/

 https://www.quora.com/Why-do-gas​-giants-like-Jupiter-emit-radiati​on

https://drive.google.com/open?id​=1LDhOvrxmi4S0eXYUQnj5DWN2LZeFwln​8

The sun’s blank right now. Not even bothering with a link.What’s up in the sky:

Fri, Dec 08, 23h Regulus 0°.7 S. of Moon, Occn.

Sun, Dec 10, 08h LAST QUARTER

Wed, Dec 13, 02h Mercury in inferior conjunction

Wed, Dec 13, 16h Mars 4° S. of Moon

Thu, Dec 14, 14h Jupiter 4° S. of Moon

Thu, Dec 14, 19h Vesta 0°.2 N. of Moon, Occn.

Times given in UT. These events, and more can be found at:

http://asa.usno.navy.mil

AAVSO Alert notice 608 is out

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-608

Marty also shared a link for checking when lunar occultations will occur:

http://www.lunar-occultations.co​m/iota/bstar/bstar.htm

There is a few super novas going off:

http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/snimages/

Marty covered the Large Magellanic Cloud for the object of the week:

https://space-facts.com/magellanic-clouds/

They found the furthest black hole so far:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/…/found-most-distant-black-hole

Speaking of life on other planets:

https://scitechdaily.com/rare-ni​trogen-molecule-discovery…/

Diary of Phenomena in iCalendar format

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