A new sunspot!
There is a new sunspot on the Sun after three months of being spotless! Both Bill Weir and Joe Carr captured this apparition. More info on SpaceWeather.com for June 6, 2020.
Golden Week of Webinars in Astrophysics 2020
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Note the time is for Chile time zone which is the same as Central Time
Photos from Edmonton
Thanks to Dave Robinson for forwarding these photos.
![Moon set over Edmonton by Larry Wood - June 5th about 5am -ISO 100, 300 mm, 1/60 second](https://www.victoria.rasc.ca/media/20200608-image002-1024x683.jpg)
![Noctilucent clouds on the morning of June 4th - a follow up to what Alister Ling talked about last week.](https://www.victoria.rasc.ca/media/20200608-image001-1024x683.jpg)
![Alister with one of his patented moonset shots from Friday - the view from Kinnaird Park.](https://www.victoria.rasc.ca/media/20200608-image003-1024x633.jpg)
Undulating fog in the river valley – a time-lapse captured by Alister. The movie really shows the bulk motions that are not visible to the eye. Sped up 100X. Definitely on the meteorology side of things, but the Moon is in the movie at the start!
Masked Men Make Off with VCO Telescope
On June 4th, vigilant lunar astrophotographer Mike Nash captures RASCals in the act as they conduct top secret mission to ship Victoria Centre Observatory scope to a telescope spa in the Los Angeles area.
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Crate Last Seen Passing Southbound Through Richmond BC
Venus setting behind the Chiricahua Mountains from Portal, Arizona
On May 28, 2020, I shot a video of the crescent Venus setting behind the Chiricahua Mountains. This was just 6 days before Venus passed between Earth and the Sun (i.e., inferior conjunction). Shot from Bifrost Observatory, 8-inch Meade LX200, Sony A6000. Fred Espenak (Mr. Eclipse)
Planet Venus setting on 2020 May 28 from Fred Espenak on Vimeo.
Observing
- This Week’s Sky – Skynews magazine
- This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope magazine