Date Time: June 8, 2019 2130-0000hrs
Weather: No wind, mostly clear at 2130 hrs, shortly after that, most of the southern half of the sky was covered in light, wispy clouds. Cooled off from 14C and 42% humidity to 6C and 59% humidity. Just after dark, after 2200 hrs, the June bugs started to swarm for almost an hour. First time I've seen them this year. Some mosquitoes. All bugs stopped after 2330 hrs.
Attendance: David McCashion
Equipment: 8" Meade LX 200 with 32mm eyepiece and .6x focal reducer, Canon T3 with 18-55 lens, and attached to telescope at prime focus. Images processed with PhotoShop.
Objective: To observe the Southern sky, Jupiter and the Moon.
Report:
- Moon, in Leo, was up high in the south western sky long before dark. Viewed and imaged, with may craters visible through eyepiece. Terminator was especially impressive.
- Jupiter's four moons were evenly spaced out, with one on one side and three on the other. One belt was much thicker and easier to see, while the other thinner, fainter belt, just barely visible at times. The Earths upper atmosphere made the gas giant shimmer as if under water.
- From the side yard, facing northward, Cassiopeia was low in the North East, just over the tree line. Ursa Major was high, overhead, in the North West.
- No shooting stars were observed and only one satellite seen.
- No interference from the dozens of satellites that were recently launched for the StarLink satellite internet system.
