Skywatch -- Look up! (Astronomical Bulletins)

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Saw a fireball late last night. Going to check and see if anyone else has reported it.

Did you know you can report and track fireballs (very bright meteors that break up or explode) on the website of the American Meteor Society? If enough people in different places file reports it's possible to determine the altitude and actual flight path of the meteor:

https://www.amsmeteors.org/

https://www.amsmeteors.org/fireballs/

Giant supermoon rising this evening.

Lovely crescent moon this evening.

Quick List

• Dec 21-22 - Usrid meteor shower peak (10-30 meteors per hour)
• Jan 1-2 - 2018's Perigee Full Moon
• Jan 3-4 - Quadrantid meteor shower peak (short peak of up to 120 meteors per hour)
• Jan 30-31 - Super Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse (Eclipse is in the AM in Canada)*
• Jan 7 to March 17 - Several planetary conjunctions, including a persistent planetary alignment
• Early Feb and early March - The Zodiacal Light is visible in the western sky after twilight

Obviously, ymmv depending on where you reside and cloud cover etc...

*The path of totality is through parts of Canada and the Northern USA for those of you who happen to reside there. For our international members, there are usually great pics online of such events.

Big daytime fireball over Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium yesterday:

https://www.amsmeteors.org/2019/09/dayt ... 12th-2019/

Just had a lovely view of the International Space Station passing right overhead.

Find out when it will be over your neighborhood: https://spotthestation.nasa.gov

20 New Moons Found Around Saturn, Snagging Satellite Record from Jupiter

Saturn now has 82 known satellites.

https://www.space.com/saturn-20-newfoun ... ntest.html

Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight (approximately):

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/m ... ionid.html

Big event coming up on November 11th: a transit of Mercury. (Next one won't be for another 13 years). Details here:

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/tra ... ovember-11

Should be widely visible in Europe and North and South America.

I would like to see this but I don't think my eyes will be able to see a pinprick on a large orange.

It will probably be too dull here I suspect too.

But thanks for the heads up.

I have no idea what I did with all those solar glasses I bought for the solar eclipse in 2017.