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5899 Jedicke https://www.rasc.ca/asteroids-canadian-connection https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/mpc.html https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ https://www.psi.edu/blog/tag/asteroids/

Jan 3- Earth at perihelion – 147,100,632km (91.4 mill miles) Jan 4 – Quadrantid meteors peak at 4am EST ZHR 60-200)- but moon interferes as it’s last quarter on this night – Radiant is between Bootes and Draco Jan 7 – Double Shadows on Jupiter at 9:08 pm EST Jupiter is high in the SouthContinue reading “Episode 386 – Observer’s Calendar for January 2024 Show Notes”

(Dave Chapman, 2023) Focussing on classic Greek-Roman names with occasional indigenous references. The classic names are used in some GoTo telescope software for sky alignment (e.g. Sky-Watcher SynScan and Celestron). Spectral classes O B A F G K M — Annie Jump Cannon References: Star Tales (2018) Ian Ridpath Star Names (1963) Richard Hinckley AllenContinue reading “Episode 380 – Stars You Should Know – Southern Skies Edition with Dave Chapman”

Dec 4th – Mercury at greatest Elongation in evening sky 21-degrees Dec 5th – Last quarter Moon Dec 6 – Curtis X visible – Day of Darkness Dec 9 – Venus 4-degrees North of Moon Dec 10 – try to spot Uranus at M=5.7 this week in Aries Dec 12th – New Moon December 14Continue reading “Episode 379 – Observer’s Calendar for December 2023 Show Notes”

References: Star Tales (2018) Ian Ridpath Star Names (1963) Richard Hinckley Allen Sky Safari 7 Pro (star lore by Jim Kaler) A Concise Dictionary of Astronomy (1991) Jacqueline Mitton Stars You Should Know—Fall 11 bright stars —from mag. 1.2 to mag. 3.5 (most OK to find, even in the city) —8 are used for celestialContinue reading “Episode 364 – Fall Stars You Should Know with Dave Chapman Show Notes”

Observer’s Calendar for October 2023

Sept 1 – Neptune 1.4-degrees N of the Moon Sept 4 – Jupiter 3-degrees S of the Moon Sept 5 – Uranus 3-degrees S of the Moon What all this means is these planets are closeby in the sky as I don’t think they are close for here in NA. Sept. 6 – Last quarterContinue reading “Episode 354 – Observing Calendar For September 2023 Show Notes”

Stars You Should Know—Summer (Dave Chapman, 2023) Coming up: Fall (September) South Polar (November) Focussing on classic Greek-Roman names with occasional indigenous references. The classic names are used in some GoTo telescope software for sky alignment (e.g. Sky-Watcher SynScan and Celestron). Spectral classes O B A F G K M — Annie Jump Cannon References:Continue reading “Episode 348 – Dave Chapman’s Summer Stars You Should Know Show Notes”

August 1st – Full Moon August 2nd – Saturn 2-degrees above the Moon in VERY EARLY ie 1 am morning Sky August 8th  – Last quarter Moon  August 10th – Mercury at greatest Elongation 27-degrees in Evening Sky – tough in very bright dusky sky August 13th & 14th – Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks inContinue reading “Episode 347 – Objects to Observe in August 2023”

Why would people learn Greek? This was before telescopes, right? I’ve seen more than Greek letters on charts, what else is on their? e.g. take Albireo – attractive double star in Cygnus can be referred to by Resources http://www.theiling.de/henrik.html https://www.thoughtco.com/learn-the-greek-alphabet-1525969 https://computer-ease.com/darkskies/allgreek.htm https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/greekalphabet The most popular double stars catalogue with a large number of entries wasContinue reading “Episode 343 Learn Greek Show Notes”