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In the Sky this Week – June 2, 2022

By Robert Trembley  |  2 Jun 2022  |  Sacred Space Astronomy

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This entry is part 232 of 244 in the series In the Sky This Week

Feature|The Sky|The Moon|The Sun|Asteroids|Fireballs|The Solar System|Spacecraft News|Exoplanets|Aurora|Light Pollution|The Universe|

James Webb’s First Images – July 12th – Save the Date

There will be nationwide viewing events for the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. A few months ago there was a huge push from NASA/JPL’s Solar System Ambassador program to have Ambassadors participate in events this summer. Stay tuned!

I must admit I’m more than a tad excited to see JWST’s first images, but “having to do your visual presentation” right after Sgr A* is gonna be really challenging for them!

🗓 July 12 — Save the date!

Count down with us to the big reveal of Webb’s first full-color images and spectroscopic data: https://t.co/hyZAYXvwfN

Want a hint on how Webb will #UnfoldTheUniverse? Read more: https://t.co/tv4SBRv9xI pic.twitter.com/FDDv1poFFa

— NASA Webb Telescope (@NASAWebb) June 1, 2022

The Sky - In the Sky

Venus, Jupiter, Mars appear in the eastern predawn sky all week.

Eastern sky before sunrise
Venus, Mars and Jupiter appear in the eastern sky before dawn. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

Saturn has pulled away so far Venus that I’d have to zoom WAY out in Stellarium to show all four planets in one image, or I could show Saturn’s portion of the sky in a separate image – which I have.

Southeastern predawn sky
Saturn appears in the southeastern sky before dawn. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

The Waxing Crescent Moon appears near the star Pollux in the constellation Gemini in the northwestern sky after sunset on June 2nd. The ISS makes an appearance too!

Northwestern sky after sunset
The Waxing Crescent Moon appears near the star Pollux in the constellation Gemini in the northwestern sky after sunset on June 2nd. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

From 10:02 PM – 10:04 PM over my location in Clinton Township, Michigan, you should be able to see the ISS bright in the sky! For all sorts of satellite flyovers for your location, head over to Heavens-Above.com.

ISS Flyover 2022-06-02 Clinton Twp MI 10:02 PM – 10:04 PM Credit: Heavens-Above.com

The Moon - In the Sky
  • The Moon is a Waxing Crescent – visible low to the southwest in the early evening.
  • The First Quarter Moon occurs on June 7th – visible high in the southern sky in early evening.
Moon
The Moon from May 31 – June 6, 2022. Visualizations by Ernie Wright / NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio.

If you click on the Moon image above, or click this link, you will go to NASA’s Moon Phase and Libration, 2022 page – it will show you what the Moon looks like right now. If you click the image on that page, you will download a high-rez TIFF image annotated with the names of prominent features – helpful for logging your lunar observations!

Moon News

BREAKING: NASA selects Axiom Space & Collins Aerospace to develop the next generation spacesuits for moonwalking and spacewalking for the Artemis Program. https://t.co/9Znj2Yu0vB pic.twitter.com/Vwxybi8VAH

— Toby Li (@tobyliiiiiiiiii) June 1, 2022

The Sun - In the Sky

The Sun has only four named sunspots – down from eight last week.

Spaceweather.com says “Sunspot AR3027 has a reversed magnetic polarity,” which is weird… They also say “Yesterday, a magnetic filament on the sun erupted, hurling a faint CME into space. NOAA forecasters say it could hit Earth’s magnetic field on June 5th or 6th. Even weak CME strikes can cause geomagnetic storms, so there is a chance of minor G1-class storms when the CME arrives.”

The Sun on June 2, 2022. Credit: SDO/HMI

The Sun seen in 193 angstroms on June 1st.

BOOM! Something big explodes across the Sun’s face at the beginning of this video! One very small coronal hole is near the center of the Sun’s face. The North pole looks to have a small coronal opening. The active region in the northern hemisphere is flaring like crazy – it looks like it’s boiling!

 

 

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/dailymov/2022/06/01/20220601_1024_0193.mp4

The Sun seen in 304 angstroms on June 1st.

The BOOM mentioned in the previous video is visible in this one as a large and short-lived filament. There is another filament in the southern hemisphere that remains for the entire length of the video. There are several prominences all along the Sun’s limb.

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/dailymov/2022/06/01/20220601_1024_0304.mp4

Videos courtesy of NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science teams.
You can view the Sun in near real-time, in multiple frequencies here: SDO-The Sun Now.
You can create your own time-lapse movies of the Sun here: AIA/HMI Browse Data.
You can browse all the SDO images of the Sun from 2010 to the present here: Browse SDO archive.


Amateur Solar Astrophotography

Sun
Sun on May 31, 2022. Credit: Gabriel Corban

Solar Corona

Solar wind speed is 340.5 km/sec ▼ with a density of 2.32 protons/cm3 ▲ at 0727 UT.

Sun
SOHO LASCO C2 Latest Image

Click here to see a near real-time animation of the corona and solar wind from the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO).

Sun News:

Launching sounding rockets into the Cusp Aurora… which I’ve never heard of!

Sounding rockets are known for being nimble. They can launch from remote locations and study fleeting events, like unusual aurora that shine during the day and help accelerate bits of our atmosphere out to space.https://t.co/yvcIaJBID2

— NASA Sun & Space (@NASASun) June 1, 2022

Asteroids - In the Sky
  • Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) discovered this month: 1, this year: 1244 (+120), all time: 29,169 (+83)
  • Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs): 2265 (+3, updated 2022-06-02)
  • Total Minor Planets discovered (MPC): 1,207,814 (+13,885 updated 2022-06-02)

Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:

Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Velocity (km/s) Diameter (m)
2022 KP3 2022-Jun-02 3.4 LD 7.2 7
2022 KN5 2022-Jun-02 4.2 LD 18.1 21
2022 KO5 2022-Jun-02 16.7 LD 5.8 24
2022 KD2 2022-Jun-03 6.4 LD 6.8 45
2022 KH1 2022-Jun-03 12.5 LD 9.6 28
2022 KC4 2022-Jun-03 5.2 LD 11.5 19
2022 KJ3 2022-Jun-03 17.9 LD 7.7 31
2022 KZ5 2022-Jun-04 8.3 LD 9.1 17
2022 LB 2022-Jun-04 12.5 LD 9.3 26
2022 KM6 2022-Jun-04 3 LD 21 20
2022 KB3 2022-Jun-06 2.9 LD 11.9 16
2021 GT2 2022-Jun-06 9.5 LD 7.5 50
2022 KV3 2022-Jun-07 17.8 LD 3.9 23
2022 KV1 2022-Jun-08 11.2 LD 15.2 62
2018 LU2 2022-Jun-09 14.8 LD 10.7 16
2022 KM1 2022-Jun-09 16.3 LD 11.1 43
2022 KC3 2022-Jun-10 6.4 LD 4.6 17
2006 XW4 2022-Jun-12 5.9 LD 7.3 49
2022 GU6 2022-Jun-12 3.2 LD 8.4 88
2015 LK 2022-Jun-13 13.6 LD 8.7 30
2015 WP2 2022-Jun-26 18.5 LD 11.4 3
2022 JE1 2022-Jul-03 8.6 LD 5.6 74
2021 EL4 2022-Jul-05 19.8 LD 9.5 25
2015 OQ21 2022-Jul-12 18.3 LD 6.6 9
2022 KY4 2022-Jul-17 15.9 LD 7.6 91
2021 OT 2022-Jul-17 16.5 LD 11.2 20
349068 2022-Jul-19 17.6 LD 22.9 756
2017 RX2 2022-Jul-24 17.2 LD 14.2 17
2016 CZ31 2022-Jul-29 7 LD 15.6 129
531944 2022-Jul-30 18.2 LD 5.9 186
Notes: LD means “Lunar Distance.” 1 LD = 384,401 km, the distance between Earth and the Moon. 1 LD also equals 0.00256 AU. MAG is the visual magnitude of the asteroid on the date of closest approach.

Click here to see NASA’s interactive “Eyes on Asteroids” close approach watch

Asteroid News:

Congratulations to our long-time partner @b612foundation for the recognition in today’s @nytimes article and the discovery of over 100 #asteroids. @Google contributed time on its #GoogleCloud platform to the THOR algorithm.https://t.co/LUF1jX44Cr https://t.co/8zuDpno4HB pic.twitter.com/BYu8XBcH45

— Asteroid Day ☄ (@AsteroidDay) May 31, 2022

Fireballs - In the Sky

On June 1, 2022, the NASA All Sky Fireball Network reported 39 fireballs!
(21 sporadics, 18 tau Herculids)

In this diagram of the inner solar system, all of the fireball orbits intersect at a single point–Earth. The orbits are color-coded by velocity, from slow (red) to fast (blue). Source: SpaceWeather.com

Fireball News:

Another nice video of the AMS Event #2823-2022:
fireball over England & Wales on May 11th.

We received 560 reports about this event so far.
If you see this kind of event, please report it here:https://t.co/3Bekv4HBuj pic.twitter.com/88Ds2ZqDvb

— AMSMETEORS (@amsmeteors) May 25, 2022

If you see a bright meteor or a fireball, please REPORT IT to the American Meteor Society and the International Meteor Organization!

The Solar System - In the Sky

Position of the planets & several spacecraft in the inner solar system on June 2nd:

Inner Solar System
Top-down view of the inner solar system on June 2, 2022. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Position of the planets in the middle solar system – June 2022:

Middle Solar System
Top-down view of the middle solar system on June 2, 2022. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Position of the planets in the outer solar system first half of 2022:

Outer Solar System
Top-down view of the outer solar system on Mar. 15, 2022. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Click here to see NASA’s interactive solar system website

Solar System News

Have you tried turning it off & on again? If only space were that easy. Like tech on Earth, space tech runs into roadblocks & needs creative problem solving. Our atmosphere-exploring MAVEN mission just returned to normal operations after a safe mode event. https://t.co/QERUZGDt9E

— NASA Mars (@NASAMars) June 1, 2022

Spacecraft News - In the Sky

Boeing #Starliner returns home

… with Kerbalnaut Jebediah Kerman onboard… at least that’s what we’re told!

The reusable #Starliner crew module landed safely at @WSMissileRange on May 25 after achieving all #OFT2 flight test objectives. Now, the spacecraft has been recovered and transported to a holding area. Teams will inspect Starliner before its ~1,830-mile journey to @NASAKennedy. pic.twitter.com/RZyLSdpNiQ

— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) May 31, 2022

James Webb Space Telescope

Hey… sweetheart… We’re not doing anything July 10-15, are we?

🗓 Are you free July 12-13?

Apply to come tour the places at Goddard where @NASAWebb was designed and built! Meet the people behind the world’s most advanced space telescope and help us share #NASAWebb’s first images as we #UnfoldTheUniverse together.https://t.co/Vo5cfFBoJn pic.twitter.com/rFJAk5w43R

— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) June 2, 2022

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Click to see Perseverance on NASA’s Solar System Orrery

Using a suite of sensors called MEDA (or the Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer), I've been observing Martian weather, and it turns out Jezero Crater has particularly high levels of dust and wind activity. ⁰
More on these findings: https://t.co/K3lxuyi3KZ pic.twitter.com/hEseUXHTAl

— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) June 2, 2022

Mars Helicopter’s 25th flight

An aerial view from Mars.
During #MarsHelicopter’s 25th flight, it flew 2,310 ft (704 m) at a speed of 12 mph (5.5 m/s), breaking its own distance and groundspeed records on another planet. Imagery recently downlinked shows Ingenuity’s point of view. https://t.co/NU5d6wGSdE pic.twitter.com/IqgkEmR04W

— NASA JPL (@NASAJPL) May 28, 2022

HiRISE - Beautiful Mars

Click to see Mars on NASA’s Solar System Orrery

HiRISE 3D: Monitoring the Region near the Viking 2 Lander for Changes

Anaglyphs are especially useful to detect changes to the landscape over time. Viking 2 touched down in Utopia Planitia on September 1976 and its mission ended in April 1980.https://t.co/UGksNolM9h pic.twitter.com/0sepr1NkR6

— HiRISE: Beautiful Mars (NASA) (@HiRISE) June 2, 2022

International Space Station

Can one ever really “relax” while in orbit?

Click to see the ISS on NASA’s Solar System Orrery

The Exp 67 crew relaxed Thursday following several @Commercial_Crew and private astronaut missions and now awaits a Friday cargo mission. https://t.co/zphifcL6oW

— International Space Station (@Space_Station) June 2, 2022

Europa Clipper

Complicated spacecraft are made from complicated parts – that all need to work together!

Special delivery: After months of testing, the E-THEMIS instrument has arrived @NASAJPL, where it will be integrated into our spacecraft. More: https://t.co/iDYBAqWbkk https://t.co/x9PrSOCh7Y pic.twitter.com/uhnz25TB0B

— NASA Europa Clipper (@EuropaClipper) May 27, 2022

Space Debris

Looking for space debris, asteroids, supernovae and gravitational lenses – COOL!

India sets up a liquid-mirror telescope in the Uttarakhand Himalayas to keep a watch on space debris, asteroids, supernovae and gravitational lenses. https://t.co/TTcL8xNenu

— Saurav Jha (@SJha1618) June 2, 2022

Space Debris

Space debris servicer

We're ready to start designing and manufacturing our latest #space debris servicer, ELSA-M!

Partnered with @OneWeb, @esa & @spacegovuk in the Sunrise Programme, #ELSAm will be able to capture and remove multiple defunct satellites in a single mission.

👉https://t.co/KadnFjpAfj pic.twitter.com/8eedCxykh2

— Astroscale (@astroscale_HQ) May 27, 2022

CO2

421.83 ppm #CO2

📈 421.83 ppm #CO2 in the atmosphere May 31, 2022 📈 Up from 419.90 ppm a year ago 📈 Mauna Loa Observatory @NOAA data & graphic: https://t.co/nu6ktMn2wU 📈 https://t.co/DpFGQoYEwb tracking: https://t.co/PTTkLiPGm2 🙏 View & share often 🙏 pic.twitter.com/M6nVmRYMDi

— CO2_Earth (@CO2_earth) June 2, 2022

GEOS18

The first look at lightning observations from @NOAA's #GOES18 satellite is electrifying!⚡️@NASA oversaw the development and launch of this mission, which will provide data to improve weather forecasts and monitor climate change.
Learn more: https://t.co/ze6F8vExpg https://t.co/iMFwJHn4VQ

— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) June 2, 2022

See a list of current NASA missions here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions?mission_status=current

Exoplanets - In the Sky

ex·o·plan·et /ˈeksōˌplanət/, noun: a planet orbiting a star other than the Sun.

All Exoplanets 5035 (+5)
Confirmed Planets Discovered by Kepler 2709
Kepler Project Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 2057
Confirmed Planets Discovered by K2 537
K2 Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 969
Confirmed Planets Discovered by TESS 217 (+4)
TESS Project Candidates Integrated into Archive (2022-06-01 13:00:02) 5725 (+1)
Current date TESS Project Candidates at ExoFOP 5725 (+1)
TESS Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 3839 (-35)
Data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive

* Confirmed Planets Discovered by TESS refers to the number planets that have been published in the refereed astronomical literature.
* TESS Project Candidates refers to the total number of transit-like events that appear to be astrophysical in origin, including false positives as identified by the TESS Project.
* TESS Project Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed refers to the number of TESS Project Candidates that have not yet been dispositioned as a Confirmed Planet or False Positive.

Click here to see NASA’s interactive exoplanet website

Exoplanet News:

May 26, 2022

Five New Planets

This week’s five new planets include three hot Jupiters and a second planet in the Kepler-1656 system.

The new planets are TOI-1181 b, TOI 1516 b, TOI 2046 b, WASP-132 c, and Kepler-1656 c. We’ve also added new sets of parameters for GJ 411 b & c and Wolf 503 b.

This week’s release bumps up the archive’s total planet count to 5,035. Find the new data in the Planetary Systems Table and its companion table, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters.

945 light-years from Earth, a gas giant exoplanet orbits its star in less than two days. It joined the known worlds last week, bringing the exoplanet catalog up to 5,035 discoveries. You can explore each one: https://t.co/HziIyiJ2ie pic.twitter.com/STRQJLQtmq

— NASA Exoplanets (@NASAExoplanets) May 31, 2022

We don't have an exact 5,000th exoplanet. More than 60 exoplanets went into NASA's Exoplanet Archive on one day, pushing the total past 5,000.

— NASA Exoplanets (@NASAExoplanets) May 31, 2022

Aurora - In the Sky

Gigantic jet!

Bucketlist capture early this morning over Kansas. After thousands of hours with TLE's , finally a Giagantic Jet- still in disbelief. It also may be the furthest north ever captured- lots of analysis to do on this one. #kswx #okwx @NASAEarth pic.twitter.com/Jl9V7saUqL

— Paul M Smith (@PaulMSmithPhoto) May 31, 2022

SpaceWeather.com Realtime Aurora Gallery: https://spaceweathergallery.com/aurora_gallery.html

Latest Aurora Oval Forecast

Aurora – 30 Minute forecast. Credit: NOAA. Click image to see northern and southern hemisphere Aurora forecast.
Light Pollution - In the Sky

What if nature had its own legal standing that could protect it from pollution? How might that reduce light pollution? Read more to learn about the "Rights of Nature" and how this new idea could change how we conserve natural nighttime darkness. https://t.co/iT2KmBZefh

— Dr. John Barentine FRAS (@JohnBarentine) June 1, 2022

  • Visit an International Dark Sky Park: https://www.darksky.org/our-work/conservation/idsp/parks/
  • If you live in Michigan, visit the Michigan Dark Skies site: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/darkskies/
The Universe - In the Sky

The School Year Wrapping Up, But Learning Does Not Have to Stop

Seriously, I learn something new each week writing these posts – I LOVE it!

The school year may be wrapping up, but the #NASASTEM EXPRESS newsletter is still going strong!

This week's issue has the latest NASA opportunities for teachers, parents & students. And don't miss our newly updated YouTube Channel!

📨 Read & subscribe: https://t.co/nTCnXWbXMO pic.twitter.com/WVYc8fsHEP

— NASA STEM (@NASASTEM) June 2, 2022

Messier Tour: M18

M18
Messier 18 and nearby cloud of gas and dust. Credit: ESO

Image Caption: The small smattering of bright blue stars upper left of centre in this huge 615 megapixel ESO image is the perfect cosmic laboratory in which to study the life and death of stars. Known as Messier 18 this open star cluster contains stars that formed together from the same massive cloud of gas and dust. This image was captured by the OmegaCAM camera attached to the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) located at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Messier 18 (M18) is a relatively dim open star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius. The cluster lies at an approximate distance of 4,900 light years, or 1,500 parsecs, from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.5. Its designation in the New General Catalogue is NGC 6613.

Messier 18 may form a binary star cluster with the nearby NGC 6618, embedded within Messier 17 (the Omega Nebula). Scientists have speculated that the proximity of the two clusters may suggest that they had formed together. – messier-objects.com

Messier 17 (Omega Nebula), Messier 18 and Messier 24 (Sagittarius Star Cloud). Image: Wikisky

Messier 18 is one of Charles Messier’s original discoveries. Messier included the cluster in his catalogue of comet-like objects on June 3, 1764 and described it as a “cluster of small stars, a little below above nebula, No. 17, surrounded by slight nebulosity, this cluster is less obvious than the preceding, No. 16: with an ordinary telescope of 3.5-foot [FL], this cluster appears like a nebula; but with a good telescope one sees nothing but stars. (diam. 5′)” – messier-objects.com

M18
Artist’s depiction of M18’s position in relation to the Sun and the Milky Way’s core – oblique view. Credit: Bob Trembley / SpaceEngine.

The cluster is estimated to be about 32 million years old, which makes it quite young. The hottest stars have the spectral classification B3. Most of the stars in M18 are quite small, but the cluster is also home to several bright blue, yellow and orange stars. It also contains a small amount of dust and nebulosity.

Messier 18 is located between two other prominent Messier objects, Messier 17 (the Omega Nebula) and Messier 24 (the Sagittarius Star Cloud). It can be difficult to find because it is quite small, distant and invisible to the naked eye. – messier-objects.com

Yes, But How Many Stars?

Messier 18 is about 10 times more distant than the better known Messier 45 (the Pleiades), located in Taurus. M18 is probably the hardest of the 11 Messier objects located in this area of the sky to find. The cluster lies against the backdrop of the galactic plane, which makes it even more challenging to locate and for astronomers to say with certainty how many stars it contains. – messier-objects.com

It has one definite Be star and 29 B-type stars in total. There are three supergiant stars, all of class A or earlier. – Wikipedia

Astropixels.com claims that M18 contains 40 stars: Astropixels.com

This got me wondering if data from the GAIA mission can help figure out the number of stars in M18? I guess I need to do some research!

Here’s my obligatory “What would a planet look like if it were near that Messier object” pic:

This “Hot Neptune” planet orbits 0.1 AU away from a very Sun-like star. Framing the shot to get the planet, the unexpected comet, stars from M18 (bottom-middle), and the Lagoon Nebula (M8, in the background) was tough!

M18
Artist’s depiction of a “Hot Neptune” exoplanet in Messier-18. Credit: Bob Trembley / SpaceEngine.

Click here to view M18 in the Worldwide Telescope web client

Cover Image: Messier 18. Credit: ESO

Messier Object List: [Link]


Software Apps used for this post:

NASA Eyes on the Solar System: an immersive 3D solar system and space mission simulator – free for the PC /MAC.
Stellarium: a free web-based planetarium app. It’s a great tool for planning observing sessions. Latest update released on April 16, 2022.
SpaceEngine – Explore the universe in 3D and VR! Latest update released on May 16, 2022.
Worldwide Telescope – operated by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). Latest update released on March 31, 2022.

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