Podcaster: Shane and Chris
Title: The Observer’s Calendar for September 2024
Organization: Actual Astronomy
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Description: The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents The Observer’s Calendar for September 2024. In this episode Chris and Shane share some recent observations, an update on the observatory build plus an opportunity to observe Mercury is on the horizon. Saturn and Antares are also occulted by the Moon this month and there is a possible bright comet headed our way.
Bio: Shane and Chris are amateur astronomers who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and performing outreach where they help the eyes of the public to telescope eyepieces.
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Transcript:
The September 2024 Observer’s Calendar on Episode 446 of the Actual Astronomy podcast. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for everyone who enjoys going out under the stars.
- Did you get any observing in this week Shane?
- I observed Smoke and wild late night thunderstorms
- There’s been progress made on the observatory
- Sept 1 – Zodiacal light becomes visible this month
- Mercury is also paired with the Moon in morning, but might be tough
- Sept 3 – New Moon
- Sept 5 – Mercury at Greatest Elongation 18-degrees from Sun in Morning Sky
- Sept 8 – Saturn at Opposition
- Mars 0.9 degrees from OC M35 after midnight
- Sept 9 – Mercury 0.5 degrees North of Regulus in morning sky
- Sept 10 – Antares Occultation by the Moon for places like Australia and Indonesia
- Sept 11 – First Quarter Moon
- Sept 17 – Saturn Occulted by the Moon – Visible barely here just about 5:30am so you want to ideally be west of the Saskatchewan ‘/ / Alberta Border…straight through NA.
- Sept 18 – Partial Lunar Eclipse – Best visible from Brazil and region but most of Eastern NA and Western Europe and Africa
- It is a small partial..just a little chunk goes through the Umbra
- BUT YOU SHOULD GO LOOK
- BECAUSE
- At 1:15 am SK Time…so that’s 3:15 am EDT the Moon Occults Neptune for most of us in NA except far southern reaches of USA.
- Sept 21 – Neptune at Opposition
- Sept 22 – Equinox
- Moon 0.2-degrees from Pleiades
- Sept 25 – last quarter Moon
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