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Meteor-2018-12.Pdf meteor A MAGYAR CSILLAGÁSZATI EGYESÜLET LAPJA Journal of the Hungarian Astronomical Association Tartalom H-1300 Budapest, Pf. 148., Hungary 1037 Budapest, Laborc u. 2/C. m TELEFON: (1) 240-7708, +36-70-548-9124 Irány a Hold! .................................................................3 E-MAIL: [email protected], HONlaP: meteor.mcse.hu A NASA „aranykora” – 1968 ........................................4 HU ISSN 0133-249X KIADÓ: Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület Egy 44 éves rejtély megoldása: a Phaethon! .............10 Kopernikusz-évvége ...................................................12 MAGYARORSZÁGON TERJESZTI A MAGYAR POSTA ZRT. Csillagászati hírek ......................................................14 HÍRLAP TeRJESZTÉSI KÖZPONT. A KÉZbeSÍTÉSSEL kaPCSOLATOS RekLamÁCIÓkaT A távcsövek világa TELEFONON (06-1-767-8262) KÉRJÜK JELEZNI! A Sky-Watcher új 150/1200-as ED refraktora .........20 Két évforduló ..............................................................23 FÕSZERKESZTÕ: Mizser Attila SZERKESZTÕBIZOTTSÁG: Dr. Fûrész Gábor, Óbudai nyár ................................................................26 Dr. Kereszturi Ákos, Dr. Kiss László, Dr. Kolláth Zoltán, Mizser Attila, Dr. Sánta Gábor, Sárneczky Krisztián, A kõ–vas meteoritok ..................................................30 Dr. Szabados László, Dr. Szalai Tamás és Tóth Krisztián. FELELÕS KIADÓ: az MCSE elnöke A hónap képe A Bondoc-meteorit ...................................................36 A METEOR ELÕFIZETÉSI DÍja 2019-RE: nem tagok számára 8220 Ft Meteorok Egy szám ára: 685 Ft A Draconidák kitörése október 8/9-én .....................38 AZ EGYESÜLETI TAGSÁG FORMÁI (2019) rendes tagsági díj (jogi személyek számára is) Hold (illetmény: Meteor+ Csill. évkönyv) 8000 Ft A Cauchy-kráter vidéke ............................................42 ifjúsági tagság 4000 Ft családi tagság 12 000 Ft Üstökösök rendes tagsági díj (RO, SRB, SK) 8000 Ft A C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS) tündöklése és bukása .48 más országok 19 000 Ft Változócsillagok AZ MCSE baNksZÁMlasZÁMA: Változóészlelések a hosszúra nyúlt nyárban ............52 62900177-16700448-00000000 IBAN szám: HU61 6290 0177 1670 Mélyég-objektumok 0448 0000 0000, BIC: TAKBHUHBXXX Tavaszi mélyég-észleléseink ....................................56 AZ MCSE ADÓSZÁMA: 19009162-2-43 Kettõscsillagok Az MCSE a beküldött anyagokat nonprofit céllal Válogatás a közelmúlt észleléseibõl .........................64 megjelentetheti írott és elektronikus fórumain, hacsak a szerzõ írásban másként nem rendelkezik. Jelenségnaptár – Programajánló Tilos a kiadvány bármely részét sokszorosítani, 2019. január ............................................................68 reprodukálni akár elektronikus, akár mechanikus úton, beleértve a fényképezést és más módokat is, Karácsonyi üzenet ......................................................72 valamint bármilyen információtároló és visszakeresõ rendszerben tárolni a Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület elõzetes írásos engedélye nélkül. XLVIII. évfolyam 12. (510.) szám Lapzárta: 2018. november 25. CÍMLAPUNKON: AZ ANDROMEDA-GALAXIS HÕDÖR GÁBOR KÉRJÜK, TÁMOGASSA A METEORT FELVÉTELÉN. 200/800-AS NEWTON-TÁVCSÕ, ÁTALAKÍTOTT AZ SZJA 1%-ÁNak FELAJÁNLÁSÁVAL IS! CANON EOS 1100D FÉNYKÉPEZÕGÉP, ISO 800, 31X300 AZ MCSE ADÓSZÁma: 19009162-2-43 S EXPOZÍCIÓ. KÉT KÉPBÕL ÖSSZEÁLLÍTOTT MOZAIK. ROVATVEZETÕINK Az észlelések beküldési határideje min­den­ hó­n­ap 6-a! Kérjük, a megfigyeléseket közvetlenül rovatvezetõinkhez NAP küldjék elektronikus vagy hagyományos formában, ezzel Irány a Hold! Hannák Judit is segítve a Meteor összeállítását. A képek formátumával 1042 Budapest, Petõfi u. 24., IX/27. kapcsolatos információk a meteor.mcse.hu honlapon E-mail: [email protected], tel.: +36-30-542-6880 megtalálhatók. Ugyanitt letölthetõk az egyes rovatok észlelõlapjai. HOLD Az észlelések online-feltöltése: eszlelesek.mcse.hu A Holdra szállás közelgő ötvenedik évfor- lehet, hogy több száz kilogrammnyi túl- Görgei Zoltán dulója meglehetősen ellentmondásos módon súlytól szabadulna meg az űrhajónk, amit 6500 Baja, Kálvária u. 94. E-mail: [email protected] ÉSZLELÉSI ROVATAINkbaN ALkaLmaZOTT nosztalgiát kelt bennem, hiszen 1969-ben hosszabb időtartamú életfenntartásra for- m GYakORIbb RÖVIDÍTÉSek: még nem éltem, csak csodálója lehetek díthatnánk, emellett teljesenm bizonyos, hogy BOLYGÓK CM centrálmeridián Kiss Áron Keve ennek a „nagy ugrásnak”. Hold-észlelőként ma már más módokon további tömegcsök- Ha H-alfa észlelés (Nap) 2600 Vác, Báthori u. 15. ez az érzés csak fokozódik a távcső mellett, kentés is lehetséges lenne. DF diffúz köd E-mail: [email protected] GH gömbhalmaz és afféle megismételhetetlen, „nagy idők” A különféle tévéműsorokban manapság ÜSTÖKÖSÖK, KISBOLYGÓK GX galaxis képzetét kelti bennem – és valószínűleg sokszor túldramatizált fiktív Mars-utazá- Sárneczky Krisztián NY nyílthalmaz sokunkban. A Hold felszíne még mindig sokat látunk – ezek inkább csak álmodozá- 1131 Budapest, Göncöl u. 43. XIV. lh. II/11. PL planetáris köd őrzi a hajdani expedíciók nyomait, amelyek sok –, kevés reális alappal. Mindez persze Tel.: +36-20-984-0978, E-mail: [email protected] SK sötét köd valószínűleg teljesen sohasem tűnnek el a némi ismeretterjesztő „védőréteget” kap, de meTEOROK DC a kóma sûrûsödésének foka (üstökösöknél) DM fényességkülönbség „fenséges sivárságból”. most, 2018-ban még mindig nagyon mesz- Presits Péter EL elfordított látás 1053 Budapest, Henszlmann I. u. 3. III/13. Kennedy elnök célkitűzése, amelyet sze vagyunk a Marstól. Messze vagyunk a É észak E-mail: [email protected] a hatvanas évek elején fogalmazott meg, Holdtól, az ismételt holdutazástól is, ezért D dél FEDÉSek, FOGYATKOZÁSOK K kelet mai szemmel sajnos lehetetlennek tűnik: a jeles évfordulón még nagyobb csodálattal Szabó Sándor Ny nyugat manapság egyáltalán nem vagyunk abban nézzük a tízezrek háttérmunkáját és mind- 9400 Sopron, Szellõ u. 27. KL közvetlen látás biztosak, hogy a következő évtized végé- azt az elszántságot, ami a „kis lépéshez” Tel.: +36-20-485-0040, E-mail: [email protected] LM látómezõ (nagyság) ig ismét ember lép a Holdra. Mennyire kellett. keTTÕSCSILLAGOK m magnitúdó öh összehasonlító csillag (változócsillagok) lehetünk optimisták azzal kapcsolatban, Mai eredményeink sem lebecsülendők, Szklenár Tamás hogy mi is szemtanúi lehetünk egy hasonló technikailag éppoly nehéz, avagy még 5551 Csabacsûd, Dózsa Gy. u. 41. PA pozíciószög E-mail: [email protected] S látszó szögtávolság (kettõscsillagok) eseménynek? A közvélemény talán nincs nehezebb feladatok sorát oldják meg az VÁLTOZÓCSILLAGOK is tisztában azzal, hogy mennyi tragédia űrkutatók, miközben sokszor úgy tűnik, az MÛSZERek: Kiss László, Kovács István, Jakabfi Tamás kísérte végig a Gemini-, majd az Apollo- űrtevékenység sokszor a túlélésért küzd. B binokulár MCSE, 1300 Budapest, Pf. 148. programot, amelynek eredményeit megdöb- Gondolhatunk itt a robotokra, amelyek a DK Dall–Kirkham-távcsõ E-mail: [email protected], Tel.: +36-30-491-1682 L lencsés távcsõ (refraktor) bentő módon szinte divat lett vitatni, miköz- Marson és „vidékén” kutatnak, a fejlett, MÉLYÉG-OBJekTUMOK M monokulár ben lassan a bevásárlókocsikba is GPS van térképező keringő egységekre, a leszállásra Sánta Gábor MC Makszutov–Cassegrain-távcsõ építve, és műholdak százai, ezrei segítik a egy üstökösmagon, vagy egy kisbolygón, MCSE, 1300 Budapest, Pf. 148. SC Schmidt–Cassegrain-távcsõ telekommunikációt – az űrtechnológia meg- a Pluto új arcára, vagy a Merkúrról és a E-mail: [email protected] RC Ritchey–Chrétien-távcsõ számlálhatatlan módon segíti az emberek Vénuszról manapság megsokszorozódott SZabaDSZemeS JELENSÉGek T Newton-reflektor Y Yolo-távcsõ Landy-Gyebnár Mónika mindennapjait. Azokét is, akik kételkednek ismereteinkre, a bolygóóriások nagyon sike- f fotóobjektív 8200 Veszprém, Boglárka u. 18. Armstrong Holdra szállásában. res vizsgálatára – és még lehetne folytatni. sz szabadszemes észlelés E-mail: [email protected] Holdunk emberek általi felderítése kivéte- De az ember látványa egy idegen égitest les teljesítmény volt. Meglehet, hogy a követ- felszínén nemcsak a tudomány iránt érdek- CSILLAGÁSZATI HÍRek HIRDETÉSI DÍJAINK: Molnár Péter Hátsó borító: 40 000 Ft kező ilyen esemény időben sokkal távolabb lődőket hozza lázba, hanem az űrkutatás MCSE, 1300 Budapest, Pf. 148. Belsõ borító: 30 000 Ft, van, mint Kennedy 1961-ben elhangzott elismertsége számára is óriási ugrás. Irány E-mail: [email protected] Belsõ oldalak: 1/1 oldal 25 000 Ft, 1/2 oldal 12 500 Ft, beszéde. Egy nemzettől igen nagy áldozatot hát a Hold! Reménykedjünk, hogy mi, fia- CSILLAGÁSZATTÖRTÉNET 1/4 oldal 6250 Ft, 1/8 oldal 3125 Ft. követel egy hasonló űrvállakozás, de még talabbak is látunk még leszállást egyenes Keszthelyi Sándor (Az összegek az áfát nem tartalmazzák!) 9792 Bucsu, Rohonci u. 22. mindig eltörpül a felfoghatatlanul nagy hadi adásban. Talán újra le kéne fotózni a kék E-mail: [email protected] Nonprofit jellegû csillagászati hirdetéseket (találkozók, kiadások mellett. Gondoljunk bele, ha ma üveggolyót, hogy mindenki megértse, hogy A TÁVCSÖVek VILÁGA táborok, pályázati felhívások) díjtalanul közlünk. indítanánk a Saturn V rakétát a Holdhoz, és a bolygónk közös tulajdonunk, megismétel- Kurucz János csak annyit változtatnánk, hogy kizárólag hetetlen, egyedüli példány, nem lehet mivel Tagjaink, elõfizetõink apróhirdetéseit – legfeljebb 5440 Kunszentmárton, Tiszakürti u. 412. 10 sor terjedelemig – díjtalanul közöljük. a jelenleg elérhető legjobb elektronikát sze- pótolni. 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