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Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Albireo and AURORA?!

Ccolvin968

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Ccolvin968

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Yesterday night (June 22nd) could have been one of the most amazing nights for observing yet. I started out with the Moon as I always do if it's out. I love observing right along the terminator. So much detail even from the smaller craters. I moved over to Jupiter right after that. All four moons were visible. One almost eclipsed by the other. I've gotta learn to identify each moon. I also spent some time with Venus. It appeared closer to 50% full than my last report. Another target I wanted to try to split was Albireo. I'd read it was really easy to split. I got it in my scope and it was stunning! In a 24mm ep on a 5 inch scope, it split it very well. Right around this time I noticed what I thought were high level clouds. Never fun in this hobby. As I was staring at them in disdain, I noticed a green hue. I thought, "No way..." I had heard forecasts saying that there was a major solar storm, but it wouldn't impact my area. Sure enough, it got darker, and I grabbed my camera. It turned out to be a stunning display for about 2 hours. Blues, greens, and purples. The sky was alive. At least it looked that way. As I was letting my camera snap away, I was facing to the SSE, and boom! A meteor goes streaking across the sky. Fairly slow, bright, and blue in color. I'm fairly certain it was a Sagittarid meteor. There was a second one to the south as well. It was much more faint and had a different radiant. The night couldn't have been better. The Moon, two gorgeous planets, my first double star I have ever split, my first Aurora I've seen in person, and meteors. All over a two hour period. So much was going on! For sure a night I will never forget. I have pictures of the Aurora posted in the special events forum under the observations thread if you are interested.

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Special. Those nights won't come along very often. But when they do......

Thanks for posting. Next up? Have a crack at the Double Double (Epsilon Lyra - 2 close pairs) near Vega.

Paul

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Epsilon Lyra* sorry. I was at my scope and excited. I waited until it got darker. I didn't know binaries could be spaced what looks far away from their companion star.

very neat Paul! Thanks for the suggestion!

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That's exactly what I saw. I had to pull back on the magnification. Once I did that I saw both of them and their companions. I expected some fairly close companions for both. Also verified on a star chart that I was seeing the correct thing. Very cool pair. Thanks again for the tip! I was out again last night and had some new planetary filters and nd moon filters. New report as soon as I have time to organize my thoughts. :-)

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