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Jupiter in July 2020 – Amateur Astrophotography Competition
Following our Theme for the Month – Jupiter in July, ASSA Johannesburg is holding an online Astrophotography Competition:
Best Amateur Photo of Jupiter (Taken in July 2020).
Jupiter is beautiful and bright in the early evening sky, in opposition 13 July 2020.
First Prize: Astrophotography for the Amateur by Michael A. Covington
Second Prize: Hubble’s Universe by Terence Dickinson
Judges : Chris Stewart, Bosman Olivier, Martin Heigan
Final Submission Date: 10 August 2020
Winners will be announced online on 12 August 2020 at 8:30pm
Entrants must live in South Africa, be amateur astronomers and describe how, when and the equipment used to take the photo.
Submissions can be sent to chairperson@astronomyjhb.co.za or submitted to our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/assajhb with Jupiter in July in the description.
Notice of Next Meeting
Our next monthly meeting:
- Date: Wednesday 12 August 2020
- Time: 19h30
- Presenter: Joshua Nall (Chair of the Royal Astronomical Society’s Heritage Committee)
- Topic: Calculation and Conflict: Anniversary Reflections on the Early History of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Location: Zoom Meeting
- Book a spot via Facebook or send a e-mail to Secretary@astronomyjhb.co.za to receive the password.
Picnic under the Stars
Our next Picnic under the Stars:
- Date: TBA
- Time: 18h30 – 22h00
- Location: Jhb. Observatory, Top of the hill at the Herbert Baker Library. Map.
- Topic: Whats Up – a detailed overview of some objects.
Please see our facebook page for more information or cancellations and to book your Spot
https://www.facebook.com/assajhb/
The murmering and chuckling displays delight, comfort and contemplative joy at what will be seen in the sky tonight. Bursts of joyous laughter bring one back to the chatter and fun of the evening. Do join ASSA JHB on the hill for a lovely picnic and stars evening. Dress warmly, bring along your own food and drinks. and oops, do not forget a chair or ‘situpon’. You may bring your own telescope if you want to.
There is a gas braai available at the picnic.
Events
- Lecturer: Gill Jacobs
- Topic: Introduction to Astronomy Lectures Series
- Location: Zoom Meeting
- Date:
Lecture 2: June 24 @ 19h30
Lecture 3: July 1 @ 19h30
Lecture 4: July 8 @ 18h30
Lecture 5: July 15 @ 19h30
Lecture 6: July 22 @ 19h30
For login details, book a spot via Facebook or send an email to
Astronomy.com
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- SpaceX: Crew Dragon is returning to Earth – here’s when to hold your breath
- The Sky This Week: There’s a bright Moon and planets to view
- Is Eta Corvi a window into our past
- Astronomers develop new method for predicting explosive solar flares
- What planets should we search to find alien life?
- Mars 2020 launch: NASA's Perseverance rover ready for journey to the Red Planet
- What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
- Mini-Neptunes could be super-Earths with bloated atmospheres of water
- Megaripples: Mars shifting sands revealed by long-term observations
- The Sky This Week: Evening comets and morning meteors
- Infinity and Beyond: Episode 4 — NASA's Perseverance rover
- China’s first Mars rover, Tianwen-1, rockets away to the Red Planet
- Two exoplanets seen dancing around Sun-like star for the first time
- Two exoplanets seen dancing around Sun-like star for the first time
Space.com
- How NASA's Apollo Astronauts Went to the Moon
- Why the Lunar Module Looked So Much Like a Moon Bug
- Could NASA Build the Famous Saturn V Today? It's Working on It, with a Twist
- At Solar System's Edge, NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Copes with Reduced Power
- In Photos: Soyuz Rocket Launches Russia's Meteor M2-2 Weather Satellite on Rideshare Mission
- Voyager 2 Transformed Our Ideas of Jupiter's Moons 40 Years Ago
- Surface Rupture from Ridgecrest Earthquake Spotted from Space (Photo)
- Saturn's Rings Shine Extra Bright This July: How to Catch Them
- SpaceX's Starhopper Prototype to Make 1st Untethered Hop Soon, Musk Says
- NASA's 'Green' Fuel Satellite Passes Its First Test
- July Full Moon 2019: 'Thunder Moon' Lunar Eclipse Meets Saturn in the Night Sky
- NASA Announces a Dozen Science and Tech Experiments to Scout the Moon
- India Gearing Up to Launch 2nd Moon Mission This Weekend
- LightSail 2 Beams 1st Photos Home from Orbit! How to Track the Little Satellite.
- Telescope Teamwork Reveals Gas Dwarf Planet's Atmosphere
Universe Today
- Perseverance Went Into Safe Mode Shortly After Launch, But it’s Fine
- SpaceX Just Completed a Static Fire of Starship Prototype SN5. Next Comes the Hop
- How Loop Quantum Gravity Could Match Anomalies in the CMB with Large Structures in the Modern Universe
- Juno Captures Pictures of Ganymede for the First Time
- Ancient Meteorites Can be Found Embedded in Rocks, Like Fossils
- This Is Fascinating. An Image of a Galaxy’s Magnetic Field
- There are Natural Starshades Out There, Which Would Help Astronomers Image Exoplanets
- Supermassive black holes can cloak themselves in a cocoon of dust, making them invisible even when they should be bright quasars
- China’s Mars Mission Took This Picture of the Earth and Moon
- Earth Observation Satellites Could be Flown Much Lower than Current Altitudes and Do Better Science
- Perseverance Rover Rumbles Off the Launchpad to Mars
- There’s a flash of ultraviolet just as a white dwarf is exploding as a supernova
- Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” IV: What is the Rare Earth Hypothesis?
- A Group of Meteorites All Came From a Destroyed Planetesimal With a Magnetic Core
- Thanks to Cosmic Radiation, There Could be Life on Mars, Just a Couple of Meters Under the Surface
British Astronomical Association
- Observer's Challenge - Saturn 2020
- BAA Summer Webinar - Saturday 4th July
- Results of the CPRE Star Count 2020
- Observer's Challenge - Venus/Moon Occultation 19th June
- Dwarf nova PQ And undergoes rare outburst
- Observer's Challenge - Three Galaxies in Virgo
- Tonight's webinar: Sir Patrick Moore - Early Life, Mentors and Notebooks (Part II)
- Tonight's webinar: Sir Patrick Moore - Early Life, Mentors and Notebooks (Part II)
- The Whirlpool Galaxy - a video from John Mason
- Observing Highlights for Mercury and Venus - a video from Pete Lawrence and Paul G. Abel
- News of the binary black hole, OJ287
- Spring Webinar Saturday 25th April
- BAA Weekly Webinars
- Venus and Sky Notes videos
- BAA videos available for all