The Sky This Month Sep-Oct 2019

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun N Visible at 1x power. 11 N 12 N 13 ;N 14  15 Best in binoculars. recreational meeting 05:14 twilight begins Harvest Moon at sunset work party Carr Astronomical Obsservatory Cool down the telescope. 19:38 sunset 06:50 sunrise 09:00 Mercury very full Moon smallest full Moon  Photo op! 21:14 twilight ends ISS morning flyovers near Venus DI star party U of T for the year  Video record session. ! Jupiter events continue to 16 Sep anniversary of grav. GRS transit very unsuper-duper  Rockets and satellites. Neptune opposition JAXA HTV-8 on its waves detection tmmr Umbriel elongation yesterday way to ISS  16 N 17 18 19 N 20 TN 21 N 22 asteroid Shantou occults Boeing Starliner 1 asteroid Damianpeach Jupiter events Moon nears Hyades (AM) Apollo asteroid bright ISS flyover mag 11 star (AM) uncrewed launch closest to Earth Saturn resumes Io events 2017 SL16 near Earth Moon near Messier 35 ISS evening flyovers Europa events prograde motion bright ISS flyover continue to 10 Oct Saturn stationary Moon near M45 family night DDO Moon near Uranus third quarter Moon Sun enters Virgo solar observing OSC (AM) 23 N 24  25 26 N 27 ZN 28 29 dark sky observing † dark sky observing † speakers night meeting dark sky observing † zodiacal light (AM) asteroid Lutetia opposition equinox Moon near Beehive Ariel elongation Aten asteroid visible until 11 Oct ! Jupiter events Galle's discovery of Soyuz crew launch to ISS 2017 KP27 near Earth ! Jupiter events Alouette launch (1962) Neptune (1846) Vesta stationary Mercury near Spica Ganymede disappears Moon near Venus new Moon N 30 IN 1 N 2 N 3 N 4 GN 5 N 6 city park observing † city park observing † city park observing † city park observing † World Space Week solar observing OSC (AM) ! Jupiter events Ariel elongation NASA's birthday (1958) Orionid meteors crew depart ISS continues to 10 Oct 15:00 Moon 1° to Saturn bright ISS flyover continue to 7 Nov Moon near Jupiter Sputnik launched (1957) bright ISS flyover anniversary first Venus near Spica 16:00 Moon 1° from observing Millennium Sq Int'l Observe The Moon exoplanet discovery Jupiter first quarter Moon tmmr Lunar X Moon near Pluto Ariel elongation tmmr OSC star party N 7 N 8 9 10 See pgs 114-117 of 2019 RASC Observer’s Handbook for more astro info. Draconid meteors Draconid meteors peak 05:50 twilight begins asteroid (29) Amphitrite DI = Dunlap Institute at the University of Toronto downtown campus continue to 10 Oct Mars summer solstice 07:23 sunrise opposition † Dark Sky, City Observing Sessions are run on first clear night during week . 18:47 sunset recreational meeting Ariel elongation All events in evening unless otherwise noted with (AM). 20:20 twilight ends Umbriel elongation double Jovian ISS = International Space Station. See http://heavens-above.com/ for pass info. shadows (AM) OSC = Ontario Science Centre Moon near Neptune prepared by Blake Nancarrow ( astronomy°@°computer–ease°.°com ) I've convinced myself that this is unquestionably the best Universe I know of. --Shapley