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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

June 2, 2005 01:16 AM Forum: Deep Sky Observing

June DSO List

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Here's my list of extended deep-sky objects for this month.

Dave Mitsky

Fifty deep-sky objects for June: NGC 5466, NGC 5676, NGC 5689 (Bootes); M102 (NGC 5866), NGC 5678, NGC 5879, NGC 5905, NGC 5907, NGC 5908, NGC 5949, NGC 5963, NGC 5965, NGC 5982, NGC 5985, NGC 6015 (Draco); NGC 5694 (Hydra); NGC 5728, NGC 5791, NGC 5796, NGC 5812, NGC 5861, NGC 5878, NGC 5897 (Libra); M5, NGC 5921, NGC 5957, NGC 5962, NGC 5970, NGC 5962 (Serpens Caput); M101, NGC 5473, NGC 5474, NGC 5485, NGC 5585, NGC 5631 (Ursa Major); NGC 5566, NGC 5634, NGC 5701, NGC 5713, NGC 5746, NGC 5750, NGC 5775, NGC 5806, NGC 5813, NGC 5831, NGC 5838, NGC 5846, NGC 5850, NGC 5854, NGC 5864 (Virgo)

Challenge deep-sky object for June: Abell 2065

June 2, 2005 01:36 AM Forum: After Dark

Wednesday, June 1

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) will nearly occult the variable star Y Canum Venaticorum (La Superba). The GRS transits Jupiter's CM at 11:52 p.m. EDT (3:52 UT). Io enters occultation behind Jupiter at 1:12 a.m. EDT (5:12 UT) and exits from eclipse by the shadow of Jupiter at 3:34 a.m. EDT (8:34 UT) Thursday morning.

Dave Mitsky

June 2, 2005 06:53 PM Forum: After Dark

Thursday, June 2

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Minimum lunar libration of 5.6 degrees occurs at 3:00 p.m. EDT (19:00 UT). A double Galilean shadow transit (Europa's shadow is followed by Io's) begins at 11:34 p.m. EDT (3:34 UT 2005/06/03).

Dave Mitsky

June 2, 2005 06:55 PM Forum: Coronado-Lunt-DayStar Solar Filters

Thursday's Prominences, 2005/06/02

Posted By Dave Mitsky
I saw some pretty impressive prominences this afternoon with my Coronado PST and 8-24mm Vixen zoom lens.

Dave Mitsky

June 3, 2005 03:07 PM Forum: After Dark

Friday, June 3

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Mercury is in superior conjunction with the Sun at 9:00 UT. Asteroid 7 Iris (magnitude 9.2) is at opposition at 19:00 UT (see Current Events at http://www.rasc.ca/observing/asteroids/astmain.html for further information).

Dave Mitsky


June 4, 2005 09:09 AM Forum: After Dark

Saturday, June 4

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Mercury is at perihelion today. The GRS transits Jupiter's central meridian at 9:22 p.m. EDT (1:22 UT on 2005/06/05).

Dave Mitsky


June 5, 2005 06:45 AM Forum: After Dark

Sunday, June 5

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Venus (magnitude -3.8) is 0.06 degree north of the open cluster M35 (magnitude 5.3) in Gemini at 8:00 UT. Jupiter is stationary at 22:00 UT and resumes direct (eastward) motion thereafter.

Dave Mitsky

June 7, 2005 04:01 PM Forum: After Dark

Tuesday, June 7

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Using a binocular, look for a very young crescent Moon this evening approximately 30 to 45 minutes after sunset. It will be to the lower right of Venus, low in the west-northwest. Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz), as it heads southward through Canes Venatici, passes between the bright spiral galaxy M63 (the Sunflower Galaxy) and the interacting galaxies NGC 4485 and NGC 4490. The GRS transits at 04:48 a.m. EDT on Wednesday morning. Ganymede transits Jupiter from 1:46 a.m. to 4:18 a.m. EDT on Wednesday morning. Europa is occulted by Jupiter at 4:26 a.m. EDT. Io begins a transit of Jupiter at 5:50. A shadow transit by Ganymede starts at 6:38 a.m. EDT. The shadow of Io begins to cross Jupiter's disk at 7:02 a.m. EDT.

Dave Mitsky

June 9, 2005 03:21 AM Forum: After Dark

Wednesday, June 8

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Venus is 4 degrees south of the Moon at 12:00 UT. Maximum lunar libration of 6.8 degrees occurs at 14:00 UT. The Great Red Spot transits around 12:39 a.m. EDT (4:39 UT) Thursday morning.

Dave Mitsky

June 9, 2005 04:13 PM Forum: After Dark

Thursday, June 9

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The GRS transits Jupiter's CM at 8:31 p.m. EDT on Thursday. At 10:58 p.m. EDT, Europa begins a transit of Jupiter's disk. At 12:18 a.m. EDT on Friday, Io begins a transit. At 1:24 a.m., Europa begins a shadow transit. Io's shadow begins to cross Jupiter at 1:30 a.m. Four minutes later, Europa ends its transit. At 2:30 a.m., Io ends its transit of the planet. At 3:44 a.m, the shadow of Io departs Jupiter's disk. At 4:00 a.m., Europa's shadow leaves the disk of the planet.

Dave Mitsky

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