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In the Sky this Week – November 30, 2021

By Robert Trembley  |  30 Nov 2021  |  Sacred Space Astronomy

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

Endeavour Space Academy – What are they teaching these kids?

My wife and I held another meeting of our after-school astronomy and space science club – Connie is having the students construct Pop! Rockets. She was using two different types of old film canisters (which the students had never seen before) and Alka-Seltzer® as propellant. I really need to order some model rocket kits for them next!

I asked the students if they’d ever seen a SpaceX launch and landing – they hadn’t… I honestly did say “What are they teaching kids these days? MAN!” I showed them the Falcon Heavy launch and landings, and the “How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster” video.

I discussed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission at length… because asteroids! 

Schematic of the DART mission shows the impact on the moonlet of asteroid (65803) Didymos. Post-impact observations from Earth-based optical telescopes and planetary radar would, in turn, measure the change in the moonlet’s orbit about the parent body. Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

As a comparison, I also showed them the animation of comet Tempel 1 being struck by the Deep Impact mission’s impactor.

The impact of comet Tempel 1 in 2005. Credit: NASA

And I discussed the Parker Solar Probe’s latest perihelion – see the Inner Solar System image below.

Something I found this morning in the latest WGSBN Bulletin: Sigourney Weaver now has an asteroid named after her!

(550525) Sigourneyweaver = 2012 NL
Discovery: 2012-07-12 / T. Kryachko, B. Satovski / Zelenchukskaya Stn / 114

Sigourney Weaver (b. 1949) is a talented actress and selfless nature protector. Her participation in the legendary cycle of Alien films interested a young generation in the possible problems of space exploration and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

From: https://www.wgsbn-iau.org/files/Bulletins/V001/WGSBNBull_V001_012.pdf

Also from that same bulletin:

19 newly named #asteroids from Greek mythology: Asaeus, Mecisteus, Imbrius, Cynus, Oloosson, Nastes, Laogonus, Mulius, Rhigmus, Eetion, Harpalion, Leitus, Hypsenor, Othryoneus, Pytho, Hyria, Deipyrus, Rhene, Hecamede.https://t.co/FlYEeTCe6i

— AstroBalrog (@AstroBalrog) November 30, 2021

The Sky - In the Sky

Mars continues to appear low above the east-southeastern horizon before sunrise all week – on Dec. 2nd, a very thin waning crescent Moon appears near Mars.

Southeastern horizon on before dawn
A very thin waning crescent Moon appears near Mars low above the southeastern horizon on Dec. 2nd before sunrise. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

The planets Jupiter, Saturn and Venus appear in the south-southwestern sky after sunset all week. The planets look pretty much the same as last week – but on Dec. 6th, the waxing crescent Moon will appear near Venus.

South-southwestern sky after sunset
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus appear in the south-southwestern sky after sunset this week. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

The constellations Taurus and Orion rise in the east a few hours after sunset.

Eastern horizon after sunset
The constellations Orion and Taurus rise in the east after sunset. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.

The constellation Ursa Major, with the “Big Dipper” asterism, appears low above the northern horizon after sunset all week.

Northern horizon after sunset
The constellation Ursa Major, with the “Big Dipper” asterism, appears low above the northern horizon after sunset all week. Credit: Bob Trembley / Stellarium.
The Moon - In the Sky
  • The Moon is a Waning Crescent – visible low to the east before sunrise.
  • The New Moon occurs on Dec. 4th.
  • After Dec. 4th, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent – visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon
The Moon from Nov. 30 – Dec. 6, 2021. 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, 2021 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

Landslide on the Moon!

Lunar landslide! It's been a while since we've done a #MoonCrushMonday, but this image gives us butterflies.

The close-up of Gardner crater comes from our Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's narrow angle camera. Image is about half a mile (800 meters) across https://t.co/y4eGYXDUGh pic.twitter.com/gRwsYcHFdE

— NASA Moon (@NASAMoon) November 30, 2021

NASA’s Space Launch System - is blue?

Powered by four RS-25 engines and twin solid rocket boosters, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket produces 8.8 million pounds of thrust to propel the agency’s #Artemis missions to the Moon.

Find out what else this Moon rocket is capable of HERE >> https://t.co/zLxPsplzWZ pic.twitter.com/ZLaOlaPi1y

— NASA_SLS (@NASA_SLS) November 29, 2021

The Sun - In the Sky

The Sun has 2 named spots, and another one is growing near the center of the Sun’s face.

The Sun on November 30, 2021. Credit: SDO/HMI

The Sun seen in 193 angstroms on November 29th

The northern coronal hole is open, but the southern one has closed up – there are 2 large coronal holes on the Sun’s face, and one smaller one. All the sunspot regions are showing coronal loop activity.

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/dailymov/2021/11/29/20211129_1024_0193.mp4

The Sun seen in 304 angstroms on November 29th

Prominences and loops everywhere – and a LARGE filament blowing away from the Sun’s face!

https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/assets/img/dailymov/2021/11/29/20211129_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 on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Rossana Miani

Solar Corona

Solar wind speed is 353.2 km/sec ▼ with a density of 13.6 protons/cm3 ▲ at 1416 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:

The ESA’s Solar Orbiter completes Earth flyby – with a lot of fanfare about flying through Earth’s space debris fields.

#ICYMI 🌍 460km #EarthFlyby through #spacedebris clouds completed this weekend! 😅⁰
✅ Cruise phase complete⁰
😎 Main science mission begins!⁰
🔜☀️ March '22: 50million km close solar pass⁰
🔜🟠Regular #VenusFlyby to give us best views of the #Sun! https://t.co/3hdhRCkWLj pic.twitter.com/DcAsomKpK2

— ESA's Solar Orbiter (@ESASolarOrbiter) November 29, 2021

Asteroids - In the Sky
  • Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) discovered this month: 290, this year: 2814 (+63), all time: 27,651 (+63)
  • Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs): 2234 (+3 updated 2021-11-30)
  • Total Minor Planets discovered (NASA): 1,113,527 (updated 2021-08-17) – not updated for many weeks.
  • Total Minor Planets discovered (MPC): 1,143,435 (-28, updated 2021-11-30)

Upcoming Earth-asteroid encounters:

Asteroid Date(UT) Miss Distance Velocity (km/s) Diameter (m)
2021 WK1 2021-Nov-30 2.7 LD 8 21
2021 WJ1 2021-Nov-30 4.5 LD 10.2 13
2021 WH2 2021-Nov-30 6.2 LD 7.3 9
2021 WP2 2021-Dec-01 3.1 LD 7.3 17
2021 WR 2021-Dec-01 6.8 LD 8.8 29
2021 WF2 2021-Dec-02 11.7 LD 12.6 37
2021 WN2 2021-Dec-02 5.8 LD 8.5 16
2021 WZ1 2021-Dec-03 2 LD 13 16
2021 UP4 2021-Dec-04 13.9 LD 8.3 53
2021 VX7 2021-Dec-06 14.8 LD 6.1 41
2021 WE1 2021-Dec-06 5.6 LD 9 22
2021 WM2 2021-Dec-06 8.2 LD 12.3 22
2021 WL2 2021-Dec-06 7 LD 7.5 16
2021 WV1 2021-Dec-11 1.5 LD 3 7
4660 2021-Dec-11 10.3 LD 6.6 759
2021 WQ1 2021-Dec-12 7.8 LD 8.8 27
2021 VW27 2021-Dec-13 18.7 LD 8.4 42
2019 XQ1 2021-Dec-13 14.1 LD 9.1 30
2021 VT6 2021-Dec-14 7.7 LD 6.9 51
2004 YC 2021-Dec-15 18.4 LD 8.1 27
163899 2021-Dec-17 14.2 LD 5.6 1093
2021 LX3 2021-Dec-18 19.7 LD 6.5 124
2016 YY10 2021-Dec-21 11.3 LD 9.2 23
2017 XQ60 2021-Dec-21 13.7 LD 15.7 47
2016 TR54 2021-Dec-24 16.9 LD 15.5 135
2018 AH 2021-Dec-27 11.9 LD 12.7 112
2017 AE3 2021-Dec-29 9.3 LD 19.1 155
2014 YE15 2022-Jan-06 19.3 LD 6.4 8
2020 AP1 2022-Jan-07 4.6 LD 5.7 4
2013 YD48 2022-Jan-11 14.6 LD 14.8 107
2021 BA 2022-Jan-18 9.8 LD 9.1 22
7482 2022-Jan-18 5.2 LD 19.6 1732
2018 PN22 2022-Jan-21 11.4 LD 2.7 11
2017 XC62 2022-Jan-24 18.7 LD 4.3 112
2021 BZ 2022-Jan-27 17.6 LD 14.6 39
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.

Asteroid News:

#Psyche mission

Launching #asteroid missions didn't end with #DARTMission. Watch this video from @ABC News on preparations for the #Psyche mission, which will be launched in August 2022 to explore a metal-rich asteroid:https://t.co/r4LpQUa0kQ pic.twitter.com/RTTeV83ioH

— Asteroid Day ☄ (@AsteroidDay) November 29, 2021

NASA's DART mission Launches!

Asteroid Dimorphos: we're coming for you!

Riding a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, our #DARTMission blasted off at 1:21am EST (06:21 UTC), launching the world's first mission to test asteroid-deflecting technology. pic.twitter.com/FRj1hMyzgH

— NASA (@NASA) November 24, 2021
Fireballs - In the Sky

On November 29, 2021, the NASA All Sky Fireball Network reported 11 fireballs!
(10 sporadics, 1 Nov. omega Orionid)

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). Credit: SpaceWeather.com

Fireball News:

Slow #Fireball spotted last night East of Santa Barbara, CA

Maps & Videos: https://t.co/vClaPegBHt
Report it here:https://t.co/N0EuOVkOgj pic.twitter.com/1NNjbrcqMb

— AMSMETEORS (@amsmeteors) November 25, 2021

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 November 30th:

Inner Solar System
Top-down view of the inner solar system on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Position of the planets in the middle solar system:

Middle Solar System
Top-down view of the middle solar system on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Position of the planets in the outer solar system:

Outer Solar System
Top-down view of the outer solar system on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Bob Trembley / NASA Eyes on the Solar System

Solar System News

The #DARTMission is on its way to asteroid Dimorphos—but how do we know what an asteroid looks like? ☄️👀

Radar observations by SCaN's Deep Space Network provide information on an asteroid's size, shape, spin rate, and more!

Learn more about the #DSN: https://t.co/KPkO3yW7CP pic.twitter.com/oGEdRIgipb

— NASA SCaN (@NASASCaN) November 29, 2021

Spacecraft News - In the Sky

Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble team successfully recovered the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph instrument on Sunday, Nov. 28, bringing Hubble closer to full science operations.

Three of Hubble's four active instruments are now collecting science data once again: https://t.co/QZdrrWAqMD pic.twitter.com/7avl1WhHNc

— Hubble (@NASAHubble) November 29, 2021

Rocket Lab Confirms Helicopter Capture Attempt For Next Recovery Mission

With the success of our recent recovery mission, we're eagerly looking forward to the next one: our first attempt at catching a returning booster mid-air with a helicopter. Launching first half of 2022. https://t.co/bG2Ip6gf2g pic.twitter.com/SAf9OGIpwt

— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) November 23, 2021

HiRISE - Beautiful Mars

Splat!

HiPOD: On Athabasca Valles Lava

This image shows a nice little pedestal crater atop lava in Athabasca Valles. This feature might be able to tell us something about the history of mantling of the lava. https://t.co/W1jgWp8ZCs
NASA/JPL/UArizona#Mars #science #NASA pic.twitter.com/8Crab50f04

— HiRISE: Beautiful Mars (NASA) (@HiRISE) November 30, 2021

Chang'e-4 spacecraft in Von Kármán crater on the far side of the Moon

Sunrise over the Chang'e-4 spacecraft in Von Kármán crater on the far side of the Moon occurred early UTC Nov. 27, meaning both Yutu-2 and the lander would have been active by early yesterday. Last update was on Day 35 in late October. Image: CNSA/CLEP pic.twitter.com/cq0WvOspwU

— Andrew Jones (@AJ_FI) November 30, 2021

Talking Climate with Family

Are you ready to serve up some fast facts about climate change as we head into Thanksgiving? We have you covered in case the topic comes up in conversation with friends and family ⬇️ #Thanksgiving2021

Learn more at these additional resources: https://t.co/QgEyfEEbez pic.twitter.com/gvc3XwfMTc

— NASA Climate (@NASAClimate) November 24, 2021

CO2

Huh… with atmospheric CO2 continually on the rise, when will “all the science” ever be “in” on this topic?

📈 415.36 ppm #CO2 in the atmosphere for the 48th week of 2021 📈 Up from 413.55 ppm a year ago 📈 @NOAA Mauna Loa data: https://t.co/WxFPTcniYz 📈 https://t.co/DpFGQoYEwb updates to check at https://t.co/idlRE62qB1 and for print: https://t.co/IOhNjEr8dj 📈 pic.twitter.com/o762aisxx7

— CO2_Earth (@CO2_earth) November 30, 2021

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 4575 (+6)
Confirmed Planets Discovered by Kepler 2402
Kepler Project Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 2361
Confirmed Planets Discovered by K2 477 (+1)
K2 Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 1022 (+172)
Confirmed Planets Discovered by TESS 172 (+1)
TESS Project Candidates Integrated into Archive (2021-11-19 12:04:01) 4704
Current date TESS Project Candidates at ExoFOP 4704
TESS Candidates Yet To Be Confirmed 3127 (-2)

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.

Exoplanet News:

Six Planets, Near and Far

This week's new planets range from being very near (28 parsecs) to very far (7,000 parsecs) from Earth. These bring the archive's current planet count to 4,575.https://t.co/JhHd6AnbgV pic.twitter.com/wKR5eU7hW8

— NASA Exoplanet Archive (@NASAExoArchive) November 23, 2021

Aurora - In the Sky
Auroras. Taken by Rayann Elzein  on November 29, 2021 @ Utsjoki, Finnish Lapland

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

The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge keeps making me love them, more and more!

Night Sky/Northern Lights Photography Workshop

Saturday, December 4 – 7:30pm -9:30pmhttps://t.co/OLDM9tQorD

The purpose of this workshop is to educate people on how to capture the beauty of the northern lights and the night sky on camera. pic.twitter.com/A6vIZzuF6c

— Keweenaw Mountain Lodge (@KeweenawMtLodge) November 30, 2021

On December 7th, IDA Executive Director, Ruskin Hartley joins photographer/conservationist Art Wolfe to discuss Art's new book, Night on Earth & the impact that light pollution has on the planet. A livestream will also be available.

Learn more: https://t.co/BgcXZEkRxS

— IDA Dark-Sky (@IDADarkSky) November 30, 2021

  • 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

'Gangotri wave' connecting two of Milky Way's spiral arms discovered

'Gangotri wave' connecting two of Milky Way's spiral arms discovered https://t.co/Erj3fQLl48 #Astronomy #space #cosmos #SpaceHour #Astrohour #astrophysics #sciencefacts #education #physics @dconspacetrack @AstroBalrog

— John Schmit 🚀🌃🌌 (@JRSchmit) November 30, 2021

Explore Solar System & Beyond: NASA's Hunt for Signs of Life...Earth Reflections, Tuesday 11/30/2021, 6:00 pm ET

Explore Solar System & Beyond: NASA's Hunt for Signs of Life...Earth Reflections, Tuesday 11/30/2021, 6:00 pm ET, FREE 1-hour Webinar, Educators, Students, & Parents in Grades K-16. https://t.co/fCRlWKSro3 #NASA #EPDC #STEM #TXST pic.twitter.com/lwBC2iNnHT

— NASA EPDC (@NASAEPDC) November 30, 2021

Beautiful Universe: Jupiter’s Very Volcanic Moon Io

I showed this image to students during my after-school astronomy and space science club.

Io, a world of volcanos, shown in infrared via the Juno spacecraft (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM). Image processed by Roman Tkachenko.

Jupiter’s moon Io is a world of active volcanoes. It’s the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Hundreds of volcanoes dot Io’s surface, some spewing lava dozens of miles into the moon’s thin sulfur dioxide atmosphere. The dramatic infrared image above is from the Juno spacecraft, which has been in orbit around Jupiter since July 2016.

The craft’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) captured Io in infrared, seen here as processed by Roman Tkachenko (@_RomanTkachenko on Twitter), an amateur astronomer and music producer in Kursk, Russia, and one of many citizen scientists who contribute to the Juno mission by processing the spacecraft’s images.

Tkachenko also annotated the image, as shown below:

View larger. | Image via the Juno spacecraft (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM), processed by Roman Tkachenko.

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.

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