Our observation shows the asteroid is at 16.1 magnitude. We submitted it to MPC.
Live at Eden Astronomical Observatory
Umair Asim takes us on a tour of the Eden Astronomical Observatory, operating equipment remotely from 6000+ kms away, while we stream live and answer questions!
Monthly Meeting (LIVE online at Facebook) - June 2020
Podcast #4 - Top 10 DSOs
Deep Sky Objects are celestial objects outside of our solar system, for example star clusters, nebulae and galaxies. We talk about 10 of them here.
00:00 Andromeda Galaxy 08:27 Whirlpool Galaxy 12:23 Orion Nebula 19:37 Ring Nebula 26:30 M15 + Pease 1 Nebula 30:12 Pleiades 35:40 Eagle Nebula 40:10 Bubble Nebula 43:33 Seyfert Sextet 46:13 Herbig Haro objects
Podcast Coming Up - 1st June, 2020
Questions? Want to see your favourite Deep Sky Object? Let us know !
Midnight Eclipse of June!
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse - Midnight 5-6th June, 2020
Around midnight between 5th and 6th June, the full Moon will start to get a little dark. This will not be a partial or total eclipse, which means the Moon will be fully visible, just a little dimmer than usual.
The Moon slips into Earth’s shadow during a lunar eclipse.
Courtesy: in-the-sky.org
Here you see a more detailed look at the reason behind this eclipse and the difference between a umbral and penumbral eclipse.
Earth’s shadow in space has 2 parts; a lighter (shown here in grey) and a darker part. (shown in red). When the Moon crosses the outer limits of the shadow, the shadow isn’t dark enough to completely darken the Moon - therefore the Moon only dims a little. This is called a penumbral eclipse.
On the contrary, sometimes the Moon slips into the darker, middle part of the shadow called the umbra. When this happens, the Moon appears very dark and takes on a red, almost blood colour. Why red? Well, a simple, yet mind blowing, answer would be that the light of all sunrises and sunsets falls on the Moon at the same time.
If you want a somewhat detailed answer, here it is:
Earth’s atmosphere acts like a planet-sized prism and breaks down sunlight into rainbow colours, but mostly into red and blue. These reds and blues are also cast into space along with Earth’s shadow. However, the physics of bending-light is such that the atmosphere ends up focusing red light in the middle of the umbra and blue light on the outer parts of the umbra. Whenever the Moon enters the deepest parts of this shadow, it takes those red colours.
Visibility map of the 5-6th June Midnight Eclipse. The entire eclipse, from start to end, will be visible from Pakistan.
Courtesy: in-the-sky.org
Eclipse timing for Lahore.
Courtesy: timeanddate.com
What a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Looks Like
Courtesy: timeanddate.com
Next big eclipse coming to Pakistan
Podcast #3 - Upcoming Eclipse
We talk about the upcoming partial + annular solar eclipse, to be seen on 21st June, visible across Pakistan.
Submit Your Questions For Our Next Podcast
We are taking your questions for the next episode of our podcast on the annular solar eclipse visible from Pakistan, on June 21st, 2020. Feel free to post them in the comments section below, or on our Facebook event post and on our Instagram.
Podcast #2 - How To Use A Telescope
We answer your questions about how to use a telescope and discuss the common issues faced by new and veteran telescope owners.
Upcoming Online Session
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Our all-star panel is back! This time we will talk about how to use your telescope, what to expect from your setup and we will compare some popular Image Of The Week(s) to explore what it takes to create mind blowing astro images from Lahore.
THIS IS NOT A LIVE STREAMING EVENT. A video of the discussion will be uploaded later in the evening.