Programme – Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society Dartford

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Basic members are welcome to attend Lectures but will be charged a small fee.

Jul

Thu

IO synchronous transit

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Jul 9 @ 2:15 am – 4:30 am

On the night of Thurs July the 9th at 02.15 hrs to 04.30 hrs BST Jupiter’s Moon IO

will transit across the face of the planet at the same time as it’s (IO’s) shadow,

this is the first of 2 such transit’s

If you do intend to observe / image this event remember to dress for the conditions

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The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) Project

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Jul 9 @ 7:45 pm – 9:45 pm

Prof Alan Fitzsimmons, Queen’s University Belfast

Will be talking to us about The Asteroid Impact Deflection Assessment (AIDA) cooperation between NASA, ESA, & AIS LICIA cube-sat

The aim of the cooperation is to show that deflecting NEA’s Near Earth Asteroids is possible,

Alan may well talk about NASA’s D.A.R.T mission due to launch sometime in 2021

Details will be emailed to members prior to this event

Jul

Fri

Europa synchronous transit

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Jul 10 @ 1:15 am – 4:15 am

At 02.15 hrs to 04.15 hrs BST on Fri the 10 of July Jupiter’s Moon Europa

will transit across the face of the planet at the same time as it’s (Europa) shadow

this is the second of 2 such transit’s

If you do intend to observe / image this event remember to dress for the conditions

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Jul

Sun

The planet Mars will be 3.5 deg from the Moon

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Jul 12 @ 1:00 am – 4:00 am

Weather Permitting

At approx 01.00 hrs on the morning of Sun the 12th of July

The Moon and the planet Mars will rise, with Mars being above & 3.5 deg to the right of a lit 59% waning gibbous Moon,

this should be visible until approx 04.00 hrs, as Sun rise approaches

If you do intend to observe / image this event remember to dress for the conditions

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Jul

Tue

5 Years Ago……………….

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Jul 14 all-day

Today is the fifth anniversary of NASA’s new horizons mission arriving at Pluto,

the flyby only lasted 30 mins but sent back some of the best images of Pluto to date.

The Pluto image to the left was taken by the Faint Object Camera of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994 and is representative of the highest resolution achieved from Earth. The Pluto image to the right was taken by New Horizons just 16 hours before closest approach in July 2015. This LORRI image is the raw, compressed version seen by New Horizons scientists shortly after midnight on July 13, but it still clearly demonstrates the dramatic increase in science content available from a flyby mission. Credits: NASA/ESA/A. Stern and M. Buie (left image); NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI (right image)

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Jupiter at opposition

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Jul 14 @ 9:00 am – 9:00 am

During the morning of Tues the 14th of July at 09.00 hrs,

The planet Jupiter will reach opposition i.e. :-

it will be directly opposite the Sun as we see it

although low in the sky this should afford some excellent views

as Jupiter becomes visible during the night

If you do plan to observe / image, any astronomical event please dress for the conditions

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