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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
July 2019 Celestial Events & Space Research News
July 2019 SkyMaps & Sky Guides will not be available until July 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
July 2019 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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BBC The Sky at Night – July 2019
Meteorite Times Magazine – July 2019 – available mid-July
At the start of July 2019 the Sunspot Number is 0
UPDATE July 01 2019 – Unfortunately our Web Editor, John, has had a nasty fall resulting in a dislocated shoulder, and is unable to contribute to updating the news pages for the foreseeable future. I am working in Germany and cannot get cluster access so there will be few updates until I can find a work-around solution – Polly
July 01 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 2015 XC352 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
“Live webcasting for Total Solar Eclipse 2019 at La Silla” – Live from ESO tomorrow
“Prehistoric art on TS megaliths depict constellations: Study”
“Chile’s mystical Elqui valley and its sky full of stars”
“July 2019: Stalking the Scorpion” – Sky & Telescope Podcast
“Total solar eclipse”
July 02 2019 – 19:16 UT
New Moon
July 02 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Total Solar Eclipse – visible from Central Chile, Central Argentina
Total Eclipse of the Sun in Chile and Argentina – Vimeo animated map by Larry Koehn
Live webcasting for Total Solar Eclipse 2019 at La Silla – Live from ESO today
2019 Total Solar Eclipse – Live from Chile
2019 Total Solar Eclipse – Live from Argentina
July 03 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 04 2019 – 22:11 UT
Earth at Aphelion
(furthest from the Sun – 1.017 AU)
July 04 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Moon Occults Mars
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia July 04 – July 11”
July 05 2019 – 04:54 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 363,729 km)
July 05 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The 2019 Taurid resonant swarm: prospects for ground detection of small NEOs”
July 06 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 10145 (1994 CK1) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
July 07 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 3.8° From
Mars – as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2016 NO56 encounter – miss distance 3.4 LD, size = 26 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2016 NO56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
Apollo Asteroid 2016 OF Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
July 08 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 09 2019 – 10:55 UT
First Lunar Quarter
July 09 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Saturn –
At Opposition
Apollo Asteroid 3200 Phaethon –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.810 AU)
“Dust storms brew over Mars”
July 10 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 209P/LINEAR –
Closet Approach To Earth (0.668 AU)
“Sky-surveying Telescopes Sweep Up Near-Earth Asteroids”
“India set to launch Moon rover and orbiter”
July 11 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Japanese spacecraft snags second sample from asteroid”
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia July 11 – July 18”
July 12 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 2016 NJ33 Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
July 13 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 14 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2018 BF5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
“Ploonets: When a planet’s moon goes rogue”
July 15 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 NB7 encounter – miss distance 2.3 LD, size = 12 metres
“Don’t miss Tuesday night’s partial lunar eclipse”
“Asteroid with shortest year spotted”
July 16 2019 – 21:38 UT
Full Buck Moon
July 16 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Partial Lunar Eclipse – visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
Moon Occults Saturn
Asteroid 2019 OB encounter – miss distance 2.7 LD, size = 23 metres
“Using ‘frozen smoke’ to build terraforming domes on Mars”
“Our Guide to Tuesday Night’s Partial Lunar Eclipse”
“Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars… “
July 17 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Scientists start developing a mini gravitational wave detector”
“The Science of Apollo”
“Inside Project A119, the secret US plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the Moon”
“Gaia Mission is Mapping Out the Bar at the Center of the Milky Way”
July 18 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia July 18 – July 25”
“Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September”
July 19 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan”
July 20 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Starship Prototype Catches Fire After a Recent Test, But Appears Undamage”
July 21 2019 – 00:01 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 405,480 km)
July 21 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) –
At Opposition (0.852 AU)
Aten Asteroid 2016 KO Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
July 22 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“India successfully launches unmanned mission to the far side of the Moon”
“The Milky Way cannibalized a neighboring galaxy”
July 23 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Hints of previously unknown asteroid impact found in Florida clam fossils”
July 24 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 5.7° From
Venus – as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2019 OD encounter – miss distance 0.9 LD, size = 72 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2015 HM10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Comet P/2006 S1 (Christensen) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.890 AU)
“India’s Chandrayaan-2 is Heading to the Moon”
July 25 2019 – 01:18 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
July 25 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 OK encounter – miss distance 0.2 LD, size = 79 metres
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia July 25 – August 01”
“A large asteroid just zipped between Earth and the Moon”
July 26 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2010 PK9 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
“Thanks to Gaia, we Now Know Exactly How Big Europa is”
“Opponents of the Thirty Meter Telescope fight the process, not science”
“Fireball May Have Dropped Meteorites in Ontario”
“Ancient Mars tsunami hints at surprisingly wet world”
July 27 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 28 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 OD3 encounter – miss distance 0.5 LD, size = 15 metres
Asteroid 2019 OB1 encounter – miss distance 2 LD, size = 9 metres
July 29 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
“d–Aquarid meteor shower”
“Watch this Amazing Video of Hayabusa 2 Picking Up a Sample from assteroid Ryugu”
“As Meteorites Slice Through the Atmosphere, They’re Sculpted Into Cones”
July 30 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Crab Nebula blasts Earth with highest-energy photons ever recorded”
“August Will Have Two New Moons! What’s the Big Deal?”
“Why Is The Moon’s South Pole So Important? It’s All About Water”
“To save the internet, Silicon Valley is sending it to space”
July 31 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
August 2019
Live Celestial Events & Space Research News
August 2019 SkyMaps and Sky Guides are NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL August 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
August 2019 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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BBC The Sky at Night – August 2019
Meteorite Times Magazine – August 2019 – available mid-August
At the start of August 2019 the Sunspot Number is 0
August 01 2019 – 03:12 UT
New Moon
August 01 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Apollo Asteroid 2012 DT32 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia August 01 – August 08”
“An Open Letter To All Of Hawaii”
“Could we unleash microbes to mine asteroids?”
August 02 2019 – 07:08 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 359,398 km)
August 02 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“NASA rocket launch set to aid search for signs of alien life”
“How Habitable is Titan? NASA is Sending the Titan Dragonfly Helicopter to Find Out”
“All Life on Earth is Made up of the Same 20 Amino Acids. Scientist Now Think They Know Why”
“TESS’s First Year of Science”
August 03 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Rock Almost Rolled Into This Crater on the Moon… Almost”
“Snowball Exoplanets Might Be Better for Life Than We Thought”
August 04 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Fireball Explodes Over Ontario, Meteorite Fragments May Have Reached the Ground”
“Romancing the stars”
August 05 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Long-term radiation exposure from space travel harms memory, mood”
August 06 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 2019 PC1 encounter – miss distance 2.2 LD, size = 22 metres
“What Are Light Echoes? Using Reflections Of Light To See Even Further Back In Time”
“From Lunar Flashes to Variable Stars: Pro-Am Astronomy Projects”
August 07 2019 – 17:31 UT
First Lunar Quarter
August 07 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 PH1 encounter – miss distance 2.1 LD, size = 38 metres
“New Images from China’s Chang’e 4 as Eighth Lunar Day Ends”
“Astronomers search for radio signals from ‘dead planets'”
August 08 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
2019 Perseids Meteor Shower – Observation SkyMap for August 12/13 Peak
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia August 08 – August 15”
“When Earth’s magnetic field flips, it could take thousands of years”
“Texas Amateur Detects Possible Impact on Jupiter”
August 09 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury –
At Its Greatest Western Elongation (19°) – as seen from Earth
“SETI to use deep-sea vents for practice hunting alien life”
August 10 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2006 QQ23 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Apollo Asteroid 2005 CL7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
2019 Perseids Meteor Shower – Observation SkyMap for ugust 10-13
“A Monster Black Hole has been Found with 40 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun”
August 11 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
2019 Perseids Meteor Shower – Observation SkyMap for TOMORROW
August 12 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Perseids Meteor Shower Peak Overnight – look tonight until dawn tomorrow
2019 Perseids Meteor Shower – Observation SkyMap for TONIGHT
Perseids Meteor Shower – SkyMap
2019 Perseids Meteor Shower – history and observing advice
Apollo Asteroid 454094 (2013 BZ45) Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Moon Occults Saturn
“Perseid meteor watch: Summer’s prolific light show takes a hit”
“The origin of life: Not as coincidental as once thought?”
August 13 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Perseids Meteor Shower – SkyMap for pre-dawn observations
Aten Asteroid 2017 QK18 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
“Supernova dust found hidden in antarctic snow”
August 14 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Realtime Meteor Photo Gallery – from SpaceWeather.com
August 15 2019 – 12:29 UT
Full Sturgeon Moon
August 15 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia August 15 – August 22”
“Jupiter may have been hit by a massive proto-planet long ago”
“New date for ‘Late Heavy Bombardment’ may change life’s timeline on Earth”
August 16 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“A massive star completely destroyed by a supernova is puzzling scientists”
“NASA Selects Final Four Asteroid Landing Sites for Osiris-REX”
August 17 2019 – 10:50 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 406,244 km)
August 17 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 141593 (2002 HK12) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
“When it Comes to Gamma Radiation, the Moon is Actually Brighter Than the Sun”
August 18 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 19 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Exoplanet’s vaporized atmosphere reveals rare look at its rocky surface”
August 20 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Second giant planet found around nearby star Beta Pictoris”
“Image Sleuth Spots ‘Churyumoon’ Around Rosetta’s Comet”
“A brief history of Saturn’s amazing rings”
August 21 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2008 Y12 (SOHO) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.620 AU)
Aten Asteroid 2008 PR9 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
“Why do we still believe in ‘lunacy’ during a Full Moon?”
August 22 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia August 22 – August 29”
“The latest photos of Hayabusa2’s mission to asteroid Ryugu”
August 23 2019 – 14:56 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
August 23 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Life on alien worlds could be more diverse than on Earth”
August 24 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Venus
Passes 0.3° From
Mars – as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2019 QU3 encounter – miss distance 1.7 LD, size = 6 metres
August 25 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2003 YG136 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Aten Asteroid 66146 (1998 TU3) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
“NASA investigates first alleged space crime… “
August 26 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 QQ3 encounter – miss distance 0.2 LD, size = 5 metres
Amor Asteroid 2016 PD1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
August 27 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 322P/SOHO –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.883 AU)
Aten Asteroid 2002 JR100 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Apollo Asteroid 153814 (2001 WN5) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
“A star is dead: Hubble sees aftermath of a sun’s death”
“The Supernova That Destroyed Its Star”
August 28 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 OU1 encounter – miss distance 2.7 LD, size = 102 metres
“By Continuously Watching the Moon, we Could Detect Interstellar Meteorites”
“A Possible Solution to Mars’s Methane Problem”
August 29 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 2008 SJ82 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
“Changes in Earth’s orbit likely kick-started one of the hottest periods in history”
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia August 29 – September 05”
“Mysterious dark patches in Venus’ clouds are affecting the weather there”
“Have Astronomers Detected Exomoons At Last?”
August 30 2019 – 10:37 UT
New Moon
August 30 2019 – 15:57 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 357,177 km)
August 30 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Astronomers Catch Asteroid in the Act of Changing Color – For the First Time Ever”
August 31 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Millions of Black Holes Zooming Through Milky Way Like Bullets, Astronomers Say”
“Why does Mars’ methane vary across a single Martian day?”
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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
September 2019
Live Celestial Events & Space Research News
September 2019 SkyMaps and Sky Guides are NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL September 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
September 2019 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – September 2019
Meteorite Times Magazine – September 2019 – available mid-September
At the start of September 2019 the Sunspot Number is 0
September 01 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 322P/SOHO –
Perihelion (0.062 AU)
“In Search of Habitable Worlds Beyond Our Solar System… “
“September 2019: Triangle Time”
September 02 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 RQ encounter – miss distance 0.3 LD, size = 3 metres
Asteroid 2019 RE1 encounter – miss distance 3.8 LD, size = 6 metres
“European Space Agency satellite narrowly avoids crash with SpaceX ‘constellation’”
“ESA’s Gaia Space Telescope Traces Milky Way’s Stellar Families”
“India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission ready for historic landing on the Moon”
September 03 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 0.7° From
Mars – as seen from Earth
Apollo Asteroid 2018 DE1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
“Planet WASP-12b Might Be on a Death Spiral into its Parent Star”
“Loud ‘boom’ heard across New York likely a fireball entering Earth’s atmosphere”
“Solar system Chaos at Paleocene-Eocene Boundary Constrained by Geology… “
“Helicopter added to Mars 2020 rover”
September 04 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 RB2 encounter – miss distance 1.1 LD, size = 10 metres
Asteroid 2019 RF1 encounter – miss distance 3.5 LD, size = 6 metres
“SpaceX blames a ‘bug’ for dramatic near-miss with European Space Agency satellite”
September 05 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 2015 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA)
Asteroid 2019 RP1 encounter – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 10 metres
Aten Asteroid 2006 SE6 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 05 – September 12”
“If we find alien life, can we avoid harming it?”
“Europe and US are Going to Try and Deflect an Asteroid”
“C/2018 W2 (Africano) at perihelion”
September 06 2019 – 03:10 UT
First Lunar Quarter
September 06 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 465617 (2009 EK1) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
“Watch Live: India prepares for their first Moon landing”
“India’s Chandrayaan 2 Loses Contact with Vikram Lunar Lander”
“Mercury has Magnetic Poles that Drift Like Earth’s”
September 07 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 RC1 encounter – miss distance 0.5 LD, size = 6 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2016 LT1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
September 08 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Moon Occults Saturn
“Major Warming Event in Earth’s Ancient Past Triggered by Rare Orbital Quirk in Space”
September 09 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Piscid meteor shower Peak
Asteroid 2019 RG2 encounter – miss distance 1.4 LD, size = 12 metres
Comet 289P/Blanpain –
At Opposition (0.667 AU)
“India locates Chandrayaan-2 lunar lander lost on final approach to Moon”
“Planetary History Written in Saturn’s Rings”
September 10 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 0.3° From
Venus – as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2019 QY4 encounter – miss distance 2.5 LD, size = 10 metres
“Explosions may have formed lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan”
September 11 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Water found in habitable super-Earth’s atmosphere for first time”
“Milestone: Astronomers Discover Water Vapor on a Super-Earth”
September 12 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 12 – September 19”
“Here’s Hubble’s Newest Image of Saturn”
“Astronomers may have discovered an interstellar comet visiting our solar system”
September 13 2019 – 13:32 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 406,378 km)
September 13 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 0.3° From
Venus – as seen from Earth
Apollo Asteroid 2013 CV83 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
“Oumuamua 2.0? New Interstellar Object Passing Through the Solar System”
September 14 2019 – 04:33 UT
Full Harvest Moon
September 14 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 467317 (2000 QW7) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Apollo Asteroid 504800 (2010 CO1) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
“Images are Starting to Come in of the New Interstellar Comet”
September 15 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Bizarre Comet From Another Star System Just Spotted”
“Milky Way’s black hole appears to be getting hungrier”
“ESO’s VISTA captures detailed look at galactic neighbour”
September 16 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SJ encounter – miss distance 0.6 LD, size = 12 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2018 FU1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
“NASA reveals incredible image of circular rainbow around the moon”
September 17 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 18 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 2018 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHA)
September 19 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SC encounter – miss distance 1.4 LD, size = 13 metres
Asteroid 2019 SY2 encounter – miss distance 3.3 LD, size = 16 metres
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 19 – September 26”
“What came before the Big Bang?”
September 20 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 21 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SU2 encounter – miss distance 0.2 LD, size = 4 metres
Asteroid 2019 SS2 encounter – miss distance 0.3 LD, size = 3 metres
Asteroid 2019 SD1 encounter – miss distance 0.7 LD, size = 7 metres
Asteroid 2019 SX encounter – miss distance 1.1 LD, size = 4 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2017 SL16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
September 22 2019 – 02:41 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
September 22 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SS3 encounter – miss distance 0.7 LD, size = 20 metres
Asteroid 2019 SG1 encounter – miss distance 2.2 LD, size = 10 metres
September 23 2019 – 07:50 UT
Alban Elfed
Autumnal Equinox
September 23 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2007 TQ24 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU
September 24 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SU3 encounter – miss distance 2.4 LD, size = 16 metres
Asteroid 2019 SW1 encounter – miss distance 3 LD, size = 13 metres
Apollo Asteroid 1998 FF14 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
“Gigantic Chinese telescope opens to astronomers worldwide”
September 25 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury reaches highest point in evening sky
C/2018 W2 (Africano) reaches its brightest
September 26 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2014 U2 (Kowalski) –
Closest Approch To Earth (0.280 AU)
Aten Asteroid 2017 KP27 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 26 – October 03”
“A Summer without Sunspots”
September 27 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 28 2019 – 18:26 UT
New Moon
September 28 2019 – 02:27 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 357,803 km)
September 28 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 354030 (2001 RB18) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
September 29 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 30 2019 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2019 SN3 encounter – miss distance 2.2 LD, size = 17 metres
Asteroid 2019 SH3 encounter – miss distance 3.1 LD, size = 25 metres
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In an ironic, provocative style, Professor Magli shows the limitations of orthodox archaeology in the face of astronomically-based artefacts and tries to understand what led the ancients to construct magnificent buildings such as the city of Teotihuacan in the Mexico Valley, the Ceremonial Centre of Chaco Canyon in the USA, the Avebury stone circle in Great Britain or the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
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A possible interpretive model then emerges that is founded on the relationship the ancients had with “nature”, in the sense of everything that surrounded them, the cosmos. The numerous monumental astronomically aligned structures of the past then become interpretable as acts of will, expressions of power on the part of those who held it; the will to replicate the heavenly plane here on earth and to build sacred landscapes.”
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