This Month Nick Evetts, Mary McIntyre and Neil Norman talk about the discoveries and current Comets and Welcome our Guest Jeff Tobak of Northolt Astro  and we discuss Comet Imaging and Observing.

BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page

BAA Comet Section page 

Jeff’s set up

http://astrodon.com/store/p10/Astrodon_Photometrics_UVBRI_Filters.html

Atik 383L +

http://mainsequencesoftware.com/Products/SGPro

128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1

Project Alcock

The German Comet Group

Seiichi Yoshida’s page

Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia

Comet chasing

International Comet Quarterly

Cometbase

BAA YouTube Channel

The Astronomer

Here They are! New Juno Pictures of the Great Red Spot

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/sofia-to-make-advance-observations-of-next-new-horizons-flyby-object

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-586

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/07/100-billion-brown-dwarfs

https://phys.org/news/2017-07-smallest-ever-star-astronomers.html

https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-cassini-spacecraft-views-epimetheus/

https://scitechdaily.com/chandra-peers-into-giant-molecular-cloud-w51/

 

Southern Delta Aquariids  Peak night  Jul 29-30

Active from July 12th to August 23rd

The Delta Aquariids are another strong shower best seen from the southern tropics. North of the equator the radiant is located lower in the southern sky and therefore rates are less than seen from further south. These meteors produce good rates for a week centered on the night of maximum. These are usually faint meteors that lack both persistent trains and fireballs.

Radiant: 22:40 -16.4° – ZHR: 16 – Velocity: 26 miles/sec (medium – 41km/sec) – Parent Object: 96P/Machholz?

Meteor Shower Calendar

Perseid’s  Peak night  Aug 11-12

Active from July 17th to August 24th

The Perseids are the most popular meteor shower as they peak on warm August nights as seen from the northern hemisphere. The Perseids are active from July 17 to August 24. They reach a strong maximum on August 12 or 13, depending on the year. Normal rates seen from rural locations range from 50-75 shower members per hour at maximum.The Perseids are particles released from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle during its numerous returns to the inner solar system. They are called Perseids since the radiant (the area of the sky where the meteors seem to originate) is located near the prominent constellation of Perseus the hero when at maximum activity.

Radiant: 03:12 +57.6° – ZHR: 100 – Velocity: 37 miles/sec (swift – 60km/sec) – Parent Object: 109P/Swift-Tuttle

Meteor Shower Calendar

Thank you StarStrom  for the links this week

 

 

 

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/​sunspots/

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com​/comets/29P.pdf

http://www.earthriseinstitute.or​g/

 http://www.earthriseinstitute.or​g/comets1.html

The Moon  https://www.flickr.com/photos/evetts_family/35561018156/in/dateposted-public/  

Comet 29P  https://www.flickr.com/photos/evetts_family/35656348872/in/dateposted-public/

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/o​bserving/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glan​ce-july-7-15/

 https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/​data/LATEST/current_c2.gif

 https://www.youtube.com/channel/​UChz8RTIsrIaeTOS8hqFGg3A

https://www.theregister.co.uk/20​17/06/07/new_branch_in_taurid_met​eor_swarm/

https://www.space.com/34587-taur​id-meteor-shower-guide.html

Alpha Capricornids

Active from July 11th to August 10th

The Alpha Capricornids are active from July 11 through August with a “plateau-like” maximum centered on July 29. This shower is not very strong and rarely produces in excess of five shower members per hour. What is notable about this shower is the number of bright fireballs produced during its activity period. This shower is seen equally well on either side of the equator.

Radiant: 20:28 -10.2° – ZHR: 5 – Velocity: 15 miles/sec (slow – 24km/sec) – Parent Object:169P/NEAT

 

Meteor Shower Calendar

https://www.meteorshowers.org/#iau-1

Thank you Starstorm  for tonights links !

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets​/img/latest/latest_1024_0171.jpg

 http://www.neoshield.eu/

 http://earthsky.org/space/intern​ational-asteroid-day-june-30

http://spacenews.com/spacex-drag​on-spacecraft-returns-to-earth-fr​om-the-international-space-statio​n/

http://www.marssociety.org/home/​about/mars-direct/

https://scitechdaily.com/hidden-​dimensions-could-influence-gravit​ational-waves/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eu​ropa_Clipper

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pag​es/juno/main/index.html

https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/miss​ion/saturn-tour/where-is-cassini-​now/

Next major shower peak

Southern delta Aquariids

The Delta Aquariids are another strong shower best seen from the southern tropics. North of the equator the radiant is located lower in the southern sky and therefore rates are less than seen from further south. These meteors produce good rates for a week centered on the night of maximum. These are…

Peak Night: July 29-30th.

The moon will be 54% of full.

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Ok! No Live Pirates next week; Due to the 4th of July being a Tuesday .

Asteroid Day – Home

http://www.spaceweather.com/

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/dow​nloadables

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solar-system-survey-casts-doubt-on-mysterious-ldquo-planet-nine-rdquo/

https://www.space.com/37338-spac​ex-falcon9-launch-july-2-announce​ment.html

https://scitechdaily.com/orbital-motion-discovered-pair-supermassive-black-holes/

https://www.sciencealert.com/jumping-spiders-can-see-the-moon

http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1726a/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/james-webb-space-telescope-arrives-at-nasa-s-johnson-space-center

Skyguide Nick’s Lunar Image taken from Cohoes NY  during the Show(this Image © Nick Evetts and The Albert George Childs Observatory)

https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/sunspots/

https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/6/21/15843570/astronomy-stonehenge-solstice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia

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

http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/low-mass-stars-born-pairs-04965.html

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-alert-notice-584

Kepler’s Final Crop of Promising Exoplanet Discoveries

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2017/06/arizona-wildfires-threaten-observatories

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-mars-orbiter-views-rover-climbing-mount-sharp

Mars Profiler: Which Side Is Visible?

 

Find Jupiter’s Moons – Javascript Tool and App

Transit Times of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

 

 

https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/06/15/chinese-astronomy-satellite-placed-into-orbit-by-long-march-rocket/

This Month Nick Evetts, Mary McIntyre and Neil Norman talk about the discoveries and current Comets and Welcome our Guests , William Stewart of NEMETODE and  Guy Wells & Daniel Bamberger of Northolt Astro  and we discuss Comets and the Meteor Streams they are connected to and Asteroid Day

Asteroid Day – Home

https://academic.oup.com/astrogeo/article/51/3/3.6/224632/The-association-between-meteor-showers-and-comets

International Meteor Organization

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0021916978901447

https://www.britastro.org/radio/projects/BRAMS_Meteor_Radar.pdf

NEMETODE    

The British Astronomical Association Meteor Section

Society for Popular Astronomy – SPA Meteor Section

BAA Comet Section page 

BAA Comet Section Visual Observations Page

BAA YouTube Channel

Project Alcock

The Astronomer