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Roger Parsons
12 January 2025 07:45:34

New Scentist on Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) - heads up...

A comet that has taken astronomers by surprise could shine as brightly as Venus in the night sky as it passes by Earth over the next few days.

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) was spotted in April last year by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System when it was more than 600 million kilometres from Earth. Astronomers initially assumed it wouldn’t survive its orbit close to the sun, but later observations suggested that the comet is taking a different path that will allow it to survive and perhaps even remain intact for a flyby of Earth.

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463620-comet-that-could-shine-as-bright-as-venus-set-to-be-visible-from-earth/ 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) is brightening dramatically as it falls toward the sun for a close encounter on Monday.

https://spaceweather.com/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Gandalf The White
12 January 2025 13:16:41
Not sure where this best belongs but as it’s debris from a rocket then here seems appropriate.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn9dgdwe3o 

Location: South Cambridgeshire

130 metres ASL

52.0N 0.1E



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Roger Parsons
14 January 2025 03:34:22
Did anyone see this?

Mars meets the Wolf Moon. Tonight you can see the Red Planet skim by the first full Moon of 2025

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-wolf-moon-2025 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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NMA
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14 January 2025 10:17:24

Did anyone see this?

Mars meets the Wolf Moon. Tonight you can see the Red Planet skim by the first full Moon of 2025

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/mars-wolf-moon-2025 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

Yes. I saw the sun rise over the sea earlier and the moon setting to the west. Spectacular.

I would have got a picture(s) if I hadn't been in the car.

I've just got back from the tip and one of the site staff asked if I'd seen the Wolf Moon.

Vale of the Great Dairies

South Dorset

Elevation 60m 197ft

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Roger Parsons
14 January 2025 15:39:39
New Scientist writes: 

"SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon

Two companies, Firefly Aerospace and ispace, are aiming to make the second and third successful private landings on the moon - and both are launching on the same Falcon 9 rocket.

Two private spacecraft aiming to land on the moon are set to blast off onboard a SpaceX rocket, in a sign of increasing commercial activity on the lunar surface.

Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander and ispace’s Resilience lander have both got a ride on the same Falcon 9 rocket, which is currently scheduled to liftoff on 15 January at 6.11am GMT (1.11am EST) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida."

Echos of colonial times? "The fatal impact?" 

At least there are no natives to enslave or exterminate with flu and syphilis - at least as far as we know.

Perhaps we will find a way to trasport our unwanted human under-caste there?

Roger

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

DEW
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14 January 2025 17:27:04
Small meteorite hits a car near Birmingham, UK

https://watchers.news/2025/01/14/small-meteorite-hits-a-car-near-birmingham-uk/ 

Dateline Jan 14th but picking up a Boxing Day report

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

Chichester 12m asl

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Roger Parsons
19 January 2025 06:45:20
"A rare and potentially-historic outbreak of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) is underway inside the Arctic Circle. Janne Kukkola photographed the display from Rovaniemi, Finland."

https://spaceweather.com/images2025/19jan25/finland_strip.jpg 

https://spaceweather.com/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

Retron
19 January 2025 06:56:11

"A rare and potentially-historic outbreak of polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) is underway inside the Arctic Circle. Janne Kukkola photographed the display from Rovaniemi, Finland."

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

They're not really rare at all, of course - we had some here last winter. I'm a bit surprised at SpaceWeather TBH!

Leysdown, north Kent
Roger Parsons
19 January 2025 08:59:08

They're not really rare at all, of course - we had some here last winter. I'm a bit surprised at SpaceWeather TBH!

Originally Posted by: Retron 

I suspect they mean "rarely seen" rather than "very unusual".  Poor choice of words, perhaps due to brevity. I've seen some from here BTW.

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
21 January 2025 09:07:47
Great photo on Spaceweather.com: Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) has just emerged into the evening sky of the southern hemisphere--and it is a beauty.

https://spaceweather.com/images2025/19jan25/cometselfie_strip2.jpg 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
21 January 2025 16:43:41
spaceweather.com says: "...sunspot 3967 erupted this morning, producing a beautiful solar flare (category M3) and a potentially Earth-directed CME. NASA models show it grazing our planet on Jan. 24th."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

Watch aurorawatch for alerts. Night sky clear? Look north.

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Windy Willow
21 January 2025 16:54:01

spaceweather.com says: "...sunspot 3967 erupted this morning, producing a beautiful solar flare (category M3) and a potentially Earth-directed CME. NASA models show it grazing our planet on Jan. 24th."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

Watch aurorawatch for alerts. Night sky clear? Look north.

https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/ 

Originally Posted by: Roger Parsons 

Could be lucky and have clear skies overnight on the 24th according to the current forecast.

South Holland, Lincs 5m/16ft ASL

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Barry White

It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) - R.E.M.

Roger Parsons
21 January 2025 17:15:09

Could be lucky and have clear skies overnight on the 24th according to the current forecast.

Originally Posted by: Windy Willow 

We have a useful west-facing skylight on our landing from which I can see Venus. Saturn really needs a 'scope, but you can spot it. Look SW now! Thankfully the village goes dark quite early, but there is still a glow to the north from Lincoln that makes it unlikely we will ever see the Aurora here. Astronomer, Paul Money organises an event nearby in Minting, the Horncastle Astronomy Weekend, which I've attended for years. It started in Horncastle itself. I'll send you his info when I get it. HAW 2025 (HAW 49) is September 19th to 21st 2025. More info:

https://www.astrospace.co.uk/HAW/haw.html 

https://www.astrospace.co.uk/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
25 January 2025 16:36:43
Venus and Mars performing well just now - This Week's Sky at a Glance up to February

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-january-24-february-2/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
26 January 2025 14:53:42
SpaceWeather.com writes: "The Arctic Circle could soon be filled with Type II Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) - widely regarded as the most beautiful clouds on Earth....The air temperature of the polar stratosphere could soon drop to its lowest value in nearly 50 years, if the forecast holds. This sets the stage for intense PSCs."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Ulric
29 January 2025 20:15:55
Not sure if this is space news or something much deeper. Anyway, it piqued my interest today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vd1zjlr5lo 

Solar is only worth it if your roof has toenail fungus.
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Gandalf The White
29 January 2025 20:26:30

Not sure if this is space news or something much deeper. Anyway, it piqued my interest today.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7vd1zjlr5lo 

Originally Posted by: Ulric 

Wow, that is very interesting. It begs the question how did such complex compounds find their way onto/into an asteroid.

Location: South Cambridgeshire

130 metres ASL

52.0N 0.1E



Roger Parsons
29 January 2025 20:52:49

Wow, that is very interesting. It begs the question how did such complex compounds find their way onto/into an asteroid.

Originally Posted by: Gandalf The White 

It is interesting, but I recall as an undergrad in the 60s organic compounds being found in meteorites.

Here's a later reference:

Key Building Block for Organic Molecules Discovered in Meteorites

https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/key-building-block-for-organic-molecules-discovered-in-meteorites/ 

It's an intriguing area for speculation - but why would life not find a way? [But perhaps not as we know it?  😁]

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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DEW
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29 January 2025 21:49:30
The Miller-Urey experiment produced amino acids from methane, water, ammonia and hydrogen subjected to a continual electric arc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment 

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

Chichester 12m asl

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DEW
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31 January 2025 07:57:13
100m 'wide' asteroid to hit Britain at 0525 on 22-12-2032 - Daily Star. Hmm!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgljeq0w5po 

War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Ambrose Bierce

Chichester 12m asl

roadrunnerajn
31 January 2025 07:59:23
Things are looking up for Britain at last..🤣
Germoe, part of the breakaway Celtic Republic. 80m asl
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Roger Parsons
31 January 2025 08:49:53

100m 'wide' asteroid to hit Britain at 0525 on 22-12-2032 - Daily Star. Hmm!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgljeq0w5po 

Originally Posted by: DEW 

"Science news sites are abuzz with an announcement from the ESA and NASA that newly-discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.4 percent chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. If it hit, the 100-meter space rock could cause an explosion akin to the Tunguska Event. It almost certainly won't. As often happens with newly-discovered asteroids, the risk of impact will probably evaporate in a few weeks as astronomers gather more data and refine the asteroid's orbit. Keep calm and check back in a month."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

"How bad can a solar storm be? Just ask a tree. Unlike human records, which go back hundreds of years, trees can remember solar storms for millennia."

https://spaceweather.com/ 

https://spaceweather.com/images2025/29jan25/bristlecone_strip2.jpg 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
01 February 2025 11:00:06
Night Sky - highlights - February.

Sky At A Glance - to 8th February

The waxing crescent Moon pairs up with Saturn, then Venus. 

https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/sky-at-a-glance/ 

Night Sky - RMG - highlights - February.

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-february-2025 

Full Moons: 12th February - the "Snow Moon".

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar 

RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
01 February 2025 17:28:06
If skies are clear why not look SW and admire Venus/The Moon and below them Saturn. Then look SE to Orion/Jupiter and on to Mars in the East. Then go in an get yourself a well-earned Scotch to warm you up. Or whatever does that for you. My plan is something like. 🥃🥂🥂🥃.
RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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Roger Parsons
01 February 2025 19:25:32
Moon and Venus westering now....
RogerP

West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire

Everything taken together, here in Lincolnshire are more good things than man could have had the conscience to ask.

William Cobbett, in his Rural Rides - c.1830

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