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Posts Made By: Dave Mitsky

June 10, 2005 02:04 PM Forum: Star Parties

The 2005 SSSP and the Bolivian Riots

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Does anyone know if the Winters went ahead with the Southern Skies Star Party this week despite the 3 weeks of prior unrest and street violence in Bolivia over the natural gas controversy? The country is now in a state of internal blockade and I fear for the safety of the participants if they are indeed there. We had a, shall I say, interesting time (one that I would not want to repeat) getting out of the country on the day before a national referendum on the issue last year. There is no notice on the web site of a cancelation.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4602463.stm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-06-bolivia-protests_x.htm?csp=24&RM_Exclude=Juno

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=52&ItemID=7388

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/international/americas/08bolivia.html

http://nytimes.com/2005/06/09/international/americas/09bolivia.html

Dave Mitsky

June 10, 2005 03:34 PM Forum: After Dark

Friday, June 10

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Io is occulted by Jupiter at 9:32 p.m. EDT (1:32 UT on 2005/06/11). Io emerges from eclipse by the shadow of Jupiter at 12:58 a.m. Saturday morning. The Moon is at apogee, subtending an angular size of 29'28" at a distance of 405,506 km (251,970 miles) at 2:00 a.m. The GRS transits Jupiter's central meridian at 2:18 a.m.

Dave Mitsky

June 11, 2005 05:25 AM Forum: After Dark

Saturday, June 11

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The GRS transits Jupiter's CM at 10:10 p.m. EDT. At 8:46 p.m., Ganymede is eclipsed by the shadow of Jupiter. The transit of Io ends at 8:58 p.m. At 10:12 p.m., Io's shadow departs Jupiter's disk. Europa exits eclipse at 10:38 p.m. The eclipse of Ganymede ends at 11:10 p.m.

Dave Mitsky

June 12, 2005 07:48 AM Forum: After Dark

Sunday, June 12

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Regulus is less than three degrees below the Moon this evening.

Dave Mitsky

June 13, 2005 07:14 PM Forum: After Dark

Monday, June 13

Posted By Dave Mitsky
The equation of time equals zero today. Minimum lunar libration of 6.1 degrees occurs at 4:00 UT.

Dave Mitsky

June 14, 2005 06:50 AM Forum: After Dark

Tuesday, June 14

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north. Venus is at perihelion. Earliest sunrise of the year from latitude 40 degrees north occurs today. The Galilean satellites Europa and Callisto are equidistant from the axis of Jupiter and are only 27" apart at 1:43 UT. Pluto (magnitude 13.8) is at opposition at 3:00 UT.

Dave Mitsky

June 15, 2005 03:19 PM Forum: After Dark

Wednesday, June 15

Posted By Dave Mitsky
First Quarter Moon occurs at 1:22 UT. Uranus is stationary at 7:00 UT. A double Galilean shadow transit (Io's shadow is followed by Ganymede's) begins at 14:36 UT. The Moon is close to Jupiter and Gamma Virgins tonight. The GRS transits Jupiter's CM at 1:27 a.m. (5:27 UT) Thursday morning.

Dave Mitsky

June 16, 2005 09:46 AM Forum: After Dark

Thursday, June 16

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Jupiter is 0.4 degree north of the Moon at 7:00 UT this morning. (An occultation occurs in southeast Asia and parts of the south Pacific.) The Moon is near the first magnitude star Spica tonight. The Great Red Spot transits Jupiter's central meridian at 1:19 UT (9:19 p.m. EDT). A double Galilean shadow transit (Io's shadow is followed by Europa's) begins at 7:57 UT on Friday morning.

Dave Mitsky

June 17, 2005 12:50 AM Forum: After Dark

Friday, June 17

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Io is occulted by Jupiter at 11:24 p.m. EDT (3:24 UT) and exits from eclipse at 2:54 a.m. EDT on Saturday morning. The GRS transits the CM of Jupiter at 3:06 a.m. EDT on Saturday morning.

Dave Mitsky

June 18, 2005 05:22 PM Forum: After Dark

Saturday, June 18

Posted By Dave Mitsky
Asteroid 18 Melpomene (magnitude 9.5) is at opposition at 17:00 UT.

Europa is occulted by Jupiter at 00:10 UT (8:10 p.m. EDT) on Saturday night. Io begins a transit of Jupiter at 00:38 UT. Io's shadow begins ingress at 01:54 UT. Ganymede is occulted at 2:12 UT. Io ends its transit at 2:50 UT. Io's shadow leaves Jupiter's disk at 4:06 UT on Sunday morning. Ganymede is eclipsed by the shadow of Jupiter at 4:44 UT. Europa exits eclipse at 5:12 UT. Ganymede exits eclipse at 7:10 UT.

The GRS transits the central meridian at 2:57 UT on Saturday night.

Dave Mitsky

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