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Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre Recreational Astronomy Night November 13, 2019 Andy Beaton - The Sky This Month 9:31 Ed Treijs - A cruise and a collection of conjunctions 38:19 Jim Chung - Imaging emission nebulae from your backyard with your DSLR or mirrorless camera 1:19:51 Dr Ralph Chou - Announcements 1:33:39

www.eyesonthesky.com The Transit of Mercury is a rare event - learn when and how to observe this inferior conjunction of the innermost planet as it crosses the disk of the Sun from Earth's perspective on November 11, 2019. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

Learn all about the Mercury Transit on November 11. Also this month, you can "observe the regular dimming and brightening of the 'Demon star,'" according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. -- Mercury Transit 2019: Here's Why This Celestial Event Is So Rare: https://www.space.com/mercury-transit-2019-why-its-rare.html Algol animation is licensed as CC-BY-SA 3.0. Video credit NASA-JPL/Caltech.

Jim Chung shows us some interesting facts about cleaning our telescopic optics that we didn't know. Jim is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada-Toronto Centre and gave his talk at the Recreational Astronomy Night meeting, which was held at the Ontario Science Centre on October 9, 2019.

Unveiling the Cosmos: Key Inventions Behind the Modern Telescope Sarah Kendrew of the European Space Agency/STScI The astronomical telescope is a relatively recent invention in the ancient science of stargazing. Over the past 400 years, generation after generation of technology has transformed telescopes from passive observing tools to complex, highly automated workhorses of science. This astounding increase in sophistication has brought forth a golden age of astronomical discovery and ever-new insights into the nature of the universe and our place within it. Join Dr. Sarah Kendrew for an illustrated guide to the technological inventions that enabled this cosmic transformation. Host: Dr. Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute Recorded live on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. More information: www.stsci.edu/public-lectures

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See the Moon through my 8" SkyWatcher dobsonian telescope just as I see it! In this video I take live video of the moon with and without a barlow lens, along with having my first go at imaging the Moon! Be sure to subscribe for more from Amateur Astronomy & Stormchasing! LINKS: -Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amateurastronomy_stormchasing/ -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amateurastronomyandstormchasing/ -Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/aass-store #themoon #dobsonian #telescope

Professor Mike Merrifield discusses the globular cluster Messier 68 (also known as NGC 4590). More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ More Messier objects: http://bit.ly/MessierObjects BVI CCD Photometry of Galactic Globular Clusters. II. M68: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1994AJ....108..555W/abstract Studies based on the colors and magnitudes in stellar clusters. VII. The distances, distribution in space, and dimensions of 69 globular clusters: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1918ApJ....48..154S/abstract Deep Sky Videos website: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeepSkyVideos Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyVideos More about the astronomers in our videos: http://www.deepskyvideos.com/pages/contributors.html Supported by the University of Nottingham Back us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/deepskyvideos Video by Brady Haran and James Hennessy

Highlights of the November sky include how to watch as Mercury transits the Sun on Nov. 11, plus how to observe the regular dimming and brightening of the "Demon star," Algol, with your own eyes. Additional information, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://go.nasa.gov/34hp376 . Algol animation is licensed as CC-BY-SA 3.0. Video credit NASA-JPL/Caltech.

Fly across the local galactic neighborhood to the Triangulum galaxy (M33), a smaller spiral than our Milky Way galaxy. Zoom in first on one of M33's bright regions of star birth, nebula NGC 604, glowing with hot ionized hydrogen gas. The remarkable ability of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to resolve millions of individual stars is on display in this pan across M33's dense star field. Read the press release: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2019/news-2019-01.html Credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

231st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 10:15 am EST Welcome Rick Fienberg (AAS Press Officer) Overview & Introduction Kimberly Ennico (NASA Ames Research Center) SOFIA/HAWC+ Polarization in Galaxies: It’s All About the Magnetic Fields Enrique Lopez Rodriguez (USRA / SOFIA Science Center) HAWC+/SOFIA Observations of the Rho Ophiuchi A Star-Forming Region Fabio Santos (Northwestern University) Interstellar Dust Grain Alignment — Why Do We Detect Polarization? B-G Andersson (SOFIA / USRA) Characterizing the Origin of Ionized-Carbon Emission from Spiral Galaxies Elizabeth Tarantino (University of Maryland)

www.eyesonthesky.com The 7th planet from our Sun, Uranus, is technically a naked eye object - BUT - you'll likely need some optical aid to track it down and observe it. Here's how to easily find it from a small, bright constellation and observe the planet with binoculars or a telescopes. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

It's Night Sky News time again where we recap everything that's happened in space news this past month and everything to look out for in the sky in the coming month. #stargazing #spacenews #astronomy Name Saturn’s Moons: https://carnegiescience.edu/NameSaturnsMoons Mercury transit interactive map: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2019-november-11 ------ Mercury retrograde - 00:39 Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon - 02:59 Mercury transit - 03:40 Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 - 04:53 20 New Moons in Saturn - 06:40 Lyman ⍺ filmanets in the cosmic web - 09:18 - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1910.01324.pdf What if Planet Nine is a primordial black hole? - 13:50 - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1909.11090.pdf ----- My new book 'Space: The 10 Things You Should Know' is out now worldwide (except US & Canada) on September 5th 2019! You can pre-order it (UK only) from amazon here: http://bit.ly/SpaceDrBecky News on US & Canadian publication coming soon! Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video! --------- Dr. Becky also presents videos on Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols and Deep Sky Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos Dr Becky Smethurst is an astrophysicist researching galaxies and supermassive black holes at Christ Church at the University of Oxford. http://drbecky.uk.com https://rebeccasmethurst.co.uk ------------ News Theme 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/

This presentation is an overview of the content and resources for the National Science Olympiad (NSO) Division B 2020 Reach for the Stars Event (RFTS). The NSO 2020 national competition will be held May 15th-16th at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.

This presentation is an overview of the content and resources for the National Science Olympiad (NSO) Division B 2020 Reach for the Stars Event (RFTS). The NSO 2020 national competition will be held May 15th-16th at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.

This presentation is an overview of the content and resources for the National Science Olympiad (NSO) Division B 2020 Reach for the Stars Event (RFTS). The NSO 2020 national competition will be held May 15th-16th at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC.

About this Video In November, hunt for the fainter constellations of fall, including Pisces, Aries, and Triangulum. They will guide you to find several galaxies and a pair of white stars. Stay tuned for space-based views of spiral galaxy M74 and the Triangulum Galaxy, which are shown in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light. About this Series “Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/learning-resources/tonights-sky. This product is based upon work supported by NASA under award numbers NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Sonoma State University. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

www.eyesonthesky.com Mercury can be hard to find and see even under ideal circumstances. This month, the ecliptic is low to the horizon, but there are a few things you can do to more easily locate the fast-moving innermost planet! Check out all of the tips Dave shares in this video to learn how to spot Mercury, Venus and a VERY young Moon late in October 2019. See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

Professor Karim Jaffer presented his method of engaging Grade 12 level students from diverse backgrounds in the field of astronomy. With the aid and partnership of RASC Montreal Centre, he mentors students in observational techniques and public outreach. He discusses some of the projects they have created as well as the students who are still engaged in astronomy by participating in outreach events and by becoming members of RASC Montreal Centre even after they have left college. He spoke at the RASC/AAVSO General Assembly, which was held on campus at York University on June 15, 2019.

What's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist? - NASA's Michelle Thaller explains that these terms are used interchangeably: both are physicists who study objects and phenomena in the sky. - How can you become an astronomer? There is a defined path to take: Do an undergrad degree in astrophysics, physics, mathematics or computer science, then complete a doctorate in astrophysics. You could also work with astronomers by studying engineering and building telescopes. - In this fascinating explanation of what an astronomer's day-to-day job actually looks like, Thaller shines a light on the unexpected skills you might need and answers the question on every ambitious astronomer-to-be's mind: How will I know what to discover?

Denis Grey highlights the upcoming month's celestial wonders with an emphasis on the November 11 transit of Mercury with the Sun. Denis is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre. He gave his presentation on October 9, 2019 at the Ontario Science Centre.

Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre Recreational Astronomy Night October 9, 2019 Jim Chung - What You Never Knew About Cleaning Optics 7:55 Adrian Aberdeen - Quality Astrophotography on a Budget 33:20 Denis Grey - The Sky This Month 1:08:07 Ralph Chou - Announcements 1:35:53

Dr. Emily Martin spoke about the oddities and mysteries we have discovered on the outer planets of the solar system. Recorded at Star Gaze 2019 hosted by the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club (NOVAC)

Join us on Saturday, October 5th, starting at 1 PM PDT | 4 PM EDT | 20:00UTC to watch spectacular views of the First Quarter Moon to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night! Slooh will train its huge telescopes, based at its flagship observatory at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, on the First Quarter Moon. Join Slooh host, Paul Cox and Slooh's experts Bob Berman, Dr Mike Shaw, and Helen Avery who will tell us everything there is to know about Earth's satellite. The team will be discussing the range of lunar features viewers can watch in the live streams and from their backyards, how viewers can photograph the Moon, as well as cultural and spiritual aspects of the Moon down the ages. Bob Berman, who runs the "Strange Universe" club at Slooh said: "The Moon’s best mountain range, the Apennines, will be optimally placed during the show - almost dead center, with perfect lighting. They end abruptly on their eastern edge at the dramatic crater Eratosthenes...which brings up another topic we'll discuss during the show - the time periods or epochs in the Moon’s history, and how what we see telescopically tells the actual story of these different lunar ages."

Upon receiving donated telescopes, local Scout Leaders needed help developing a program in order to utilize them. That's where Ted Treiber stepped in. Ted is a NEFAS member with a knowledge of basic astronomy and an interest in STEM education.. Together with his partner, J Lopez-Incandela, they developed a basic set of astronomy science lessons for local, giggling, teenage girls in scouting. . Ted shared his story at the May 2019 club meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS] in Jacksonville, Florida. What is NEFAS? NEFAS, or the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society, is an organization of amateur astronomers who live, serve and observe in Northeast Florida. We operate primarily in Jacksonville, Florida and its surrounding communities. Our membership rolls are currently over 100 strong. We are a “non-profit organization expanding horizons through education and observation.” Visit us at: Web: http://nefas.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2209926886/ Twitter: @NEFAS_org Instagram: nefas_jacksonville ...or at one of our club meetings or public events found on the website calendar. Clear skies!

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It took centuries for the people on Earth to decide on a common meridian to measure longitude from, but other planets also need everyone to agree about the origins of their mapping systems. In the case of the terrestrial planets a single bright spot was chosen in the early stages of exploration, and as maps improved the exact location is defined with increasing accuracy. For tidally locked moons the meridian is defined based on orientation relative to the parent body, but even then there's a lot of room for improvement as data improves. Finally some bodies are just not suited to spherical coordinated, because they're not particularly spherical.

Paul Mortfield gave an up-to-the-minute account of the instrumentation, operation and results of the exciting RASC National initiative, the Robotic Telescope project. He presented the update at the RASC/AAVSO 2019 General Assembly on June 15, 2019 at York University.

Jared and Tony Darnell from Deep Astronomy lost track of time answering a bunch of community questions ranging from why James Webb Space Telescope is being intentionally launched out of focus, what's the *next* telescope after JWST gets launched (FINALLY) to why Uranus and Neptune deserve their own dedicated space missions. For more Tony, visit the Deep Astronomy channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkLvACGWo8IlY1-WKfPp6g For more Jared: hit subscribe.

Watch Anna Ho, a graduate student in the astronomy department at Caltech, discuss Chaucer and Milton and other artists who grappled with developments in astronomy, and who incorporated an updated understanding of the universe into their dialogue and imagery. "I found and visited the famous Galileo grown old..." These are the words of John Milton in 1644. His most famous work, the epic poem Paradise Lost, was published in the wake of transformative discoveries and controversies enabled by the use of the telescope for astronomy. Centuries earlier, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a technical treatise on an astronomical instrument, the astrolabe; it was one of his most widely circulated works, second only to The Canterbury Tales. Anna Ho is a graduate student in the astronomy department at Caltech. For her research, she uses the Zwicky Transient Facility at Palomar Observatory to investigate the death throes, deaths, and afterlives of massive stars. Before coming to Caltech, she obtained her B.S. in Physics at MIT and spent a year on a Fulbright Scholarship at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany.

Bob Trembley will take you on a tour of the Solar System, the Milky Way Galaxy and beyond! Using the amazing app Space Engine, Bob will fly you to several different planets and moons in our solar system, and then fly you to nebulae, star clusters and wherever else the audience might wish to go. Bob’s comment about Space Engine is that “it’s one of the few apps that really makes you appreciate that you live in a sea of stars!” SpaceEngine is the application used to create the graphics for OVERVIEW VR – which Bob has shown to hundreds of people, including several WAS members. Bob uses SpaceEngine every week to create exoplanet images for his posts on the Sacred Space Astronomy blog – the blog of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. Bob Trembley has been an amateur astronomer and has loved astronomy and space his entire life; he is a volunteer NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador, and the 2019 outreach officer for the Warren Astronomical Society. Bob works for the Vatican Observatory Foundation, writing astronomy and space science posts for the “Sacred Space Astronomy Blog” with Br. Guy Consolmagno and other astronomers. Bob also maintains the VOF website, does social media work, creates newsletters and media… and whatever else gets thrown at him. Bob is fantastically interested in asteroids, near-Earth objects (NEOs), and meteorites. Bob is a HUGE fan of educational space-related PC software such as: NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System, Universe Sandbox, SpaceEngine and Kerbal Space Program. Bob and his wife Constance, a middle-school science teacher and also a Solar System Ambassador, run an after-school astronomy and space science club at Connie’s school called the “Endeavour Space Academy.” --- The views expressed in presentations are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent, and should not be attributed to, the Warren Astronomical Society.

www.eyesonthesky.com Neptune is the solar system's furthest planet, and while that may seem like that would make it difficult to find or see, that's not the case. There's two bright stars in the Great Square of Pegasus pointing to it for the 2019/2020 time frame, and the planet glows at around magnitude 8. So it is visible (barely!) in binoculars, and definitely visible in most any telescopes. Here's how to find and see it! See what's up in the night sky every week with "Eyes on the Sky" videos, astronomy made easy.

Guidance for writing a (good) referee report, plus some advice on things to avoid.

About this Video Crisp, clear October nights are full of celestial showpieces. Find Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek myth, to pinpoint dense globular star clusters and galaxies, including our neighbor Andromeda. Keep watching for space-based views of M15, NGC 7331, and the Andromeda Galaxy. About this Series “Tonight’s Sky” is a monthly video of constellations you can observe in the night sky. The series is produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of science operations for the Hubble Space Telescope, in partnership with NASA’s Universe of Learning. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at https://hubblesite.org/resource-gallery/learning-resources/tonights-sky. This product is based upon work supported by NASA under award numbers NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and Sonoma State University. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Early telegraph operators and WWI spies picked up some weird noises on radio waves. As it turned out, they were actually listening to plasma waves in Earth’s magnetic field lines! Get 10% off today —WITH FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING—by going to http://ridge.com/SCISHOW and use code “SCISHOW” at check out. Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast19jan_1/ https://plasmasphere.nasa.gov/discovery.html https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/watch-play/interactive/barkhausen-effect https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rsta.1953.0011 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whistlers/ https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/GL006i006p00511 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/212/4491/235/tab-pdf https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2006GL027019 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/JA095iA12p20967 http://vanallenprobes.jhuapl.edu/Spacecraft/index.php#EMFISIS https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/grl.50627 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/340/6129/186 Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EE8_field_telephone_in_use.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whistler_radio_palmer_2004-07-23_T035528.png https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-listens-in-as-electrons-whistle-while-they-work https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/20130228-radiationbelts.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/rbsp-belts.html https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/video/details.php?id=1250 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/mission/grand-finale/overview/ https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04433 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/10722/saturn-plasma-and-radio-waves-as-seen-by-cassini/

Capturing impressive deep-sky astroimages is easier than ever with Celestron’s new Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph, the perfect companion to today’s top DSLR or astronomical CCD cameras. This fast, wide-field f/2.2 system offers two huge advantages over traditional f/10 astroimaging: better apparent tracking and shorter exposures. That means you’ll create better-looking astroimages in a fraction of the time, even without the use of an autoguider.

Brandon Lawton of the Space Telescope Science Institute For thousands of years, astronomers have employed increasingly precise angular measures to track the positions of stars in the night sky. The invention of the telescope, just a few hundred years ago, greatly expanded our view beyond what the human eye could see. Technology, in the forms of photography, electronics, digital detectors, and computer analysis, brought revolutions to our capabilities and knowledge. Join us for an exploration of the modern tools and methods used by astronomers with highlights of the recent results they have enabled. In addition, get acquainted with several hands-on tools that you can use to explore authentic NASA data. Host: Dr. Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Science Institute Recorded live on Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. More information: www.stsci.edu/public-lectures

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Visit http://www.telescope.com to find high quality products for amateur astronomers. If you have any questions about any of our telescopes, binoculars, or accessories, please don't hesitate to contact one of our trained and knowledgeable customer service representatives. http://www.telescope.com/custserv/custserv.jsp To learn more about Astronomy, please visit Orion Resource Center where you can find Articles, Images, Videos and More! http://www.telescope.com/catalog/community.jsp Since 1975 Orion Telescopes & Binoculars has been offering telescopes for sale direct to customers, with an unswerving commitment to best quality products, value and unmatched customer care. Our 100% satisfaction guarantee says it all. Orion offers telescopes for every level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert. From our entry level beginner telescopes for amateur astronomers to our Dobsonian telescopes to our most advanced Cassegrain telescopes and accessories, you can find the best telescope for you.

Blake Nancarrow, a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre, takes us on a space tour of the Universe for the upcoming month. He gave this tour at the Recreational Astronomy Night meeting on Wednesday September 11, 2019 at the Ontario Science Centre. For more details and references https://www.rascto.ca/TSTM1909

Comet C/2018 W2 (Africano) which is the brightest comet of 2019 coming pretty close tonight (and the next couple of weeks). Regards, Ray Astrophotography #Comet #C2018W2 #live_event

A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have originated from outside the solar system. The object — designated C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) — was discovered on Aug. 30, 2019, by Gennady Borisov at the MARGO observatory in Nauchnij, Crimea. The official confirmation that comet C/2019 Q4 is an interstellar comet has not yet been made, but if it is interstellar, it would be only the second such object detected. The first, 'Oumuamua, was observed and confirmed in October 2017. The new comet, C/2019 Q4, is still inbound toward the Sun, but it will remain farther than the orbit of Mars and will approach no closer to Earth than about 300 million kilometers. After the initial detections of the comet, Scout system, which is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, automatically flagged the object as possibly being interstellar. Davide Farnocchia of NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at JPL worked with astronomers and the European Space Agency's Near-Earth Object Coordination Center in Frascati, Italy, to obtain additional observations. He then worked with the NASA-sponsored Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to estimate the comet's precise trajectory and determine whether it originated within our solar system or came from elsewhere in the galaxy. The comet is currently 420 million kilometers from the Sun and will reach its closest point, or perihelion, on Dec. 8, 2019, at a distance of about 300 million kilometers. Currently on an inbound trajectory, comet C/2019 Q4 is heading toward the inner solar system. On Oct. 26, it will pass through the ecliptic plane — the plane in which Earth and the other planets orbit the Sun — from above at roughly a 40-degree angle. C/2019 Q4 was established as being cometary due to its fuzzy appearance, which indicates that the object has a central icy body that is producing a surrounding cloud of dust and particles as it approaches the Sun and heats up. Its location in the sky (as seen from Earth) places it near the Sun — an area of sky not usually scanned by the large ground-based asteroid surveys or NASA's asteroid-hunting NEOWISE spacecraft. Observations completed by astronomers indicate the comet nucleus is somewhere between 2 and 16 kilometers in diameter. Astronomers will continue collect observations to further characterize the comet's physical properties (size, rotation, etc.) and also continue to better identify its trajectory.

We may have a visitor from interstellar space from outside our solar system. Is this another Oumuamua ? I will be watching this with my telescopes and will provide updates to you all frequently. Please stay turned for new information. This is called Comet C/2019 Q4 Borisov. Gennady Borisov's 4th comet discoverly using a custom telescope. Equipment shown in this video: (some of them contains affiliate links) Starizona Microtouch Focuser https://tinyurl.com/y2cfsh4n Starizona Feathertouch focuser for SCT https://tinyurl.com/yxcgwsa3 Celestron EdgeHD 1400 XLT Optical Tube Assembly https://tinyurl.com/yxhtxf5f Celestron CGX-L Equatorial Mount with Tripod https://amzn.to/2Gonw7m Telescope - Celestron 11" f/2.2 Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph Telescope (OTA only) https://tinyurl.com/y6o4yct5 Mount: Celestron CGX Computerized German Equatorial Mount and Tripod https://amzn.to/2E4YFTZ Filters: Baader f/2 High Speed Narrowband CCD Filter Set - 1.25" Mounted - FHSS-1 https://tinyurl.com/yxkhosqm Other Equipment: Baader f/2 High Speed OIII CCD Filter - 2" Mounted - FOIIIHS-2 https://tinyurl.com/y4fs9tqq Baader f/2 High Speed SII CCD Filter - 2" Mounted - FSIIHS-2 https://tinyurl.com/y6m85yyu Baader f/2 High Speed H-Alpha CCD Filter - 2" Mounted - FHALHS-2 https://tinyurl.com/y53rrnb9 Baader f/2 High Speed Narrowband CCD Filter Set - 2" Mounted - FHSS-2 https://tinyurl.com/y4qxvmxm Baader f/2 High Speed H-Alpha CCD Filter - 1.25" Mounted - FHALHS-1 https://tinyurl.com/y5yb96er Baader f/2 High Speed OIII CCD Filter - 1.25" Mounted - FOIIIHS-1 https://tinyurl.com/y65d3k2o Baader f/2 High Speed SII CCD Filter - 1.25" Mounted - FSIIHS-1 https://tinyurl.com/y34ru3hl Elbesee 2HQ14 | Polished Hardwood 14in Quilting Hoop https://amzn.to/2MDxu90 Orion Magnificent Mini AutoGuider Package https://amzn.to/2HQYNZ9 Losmandy 14" Universal Dovetail Plate for Refractors - DUP14 https://tinyurl.com/y55lqlmd Neiko 01409A Electronic Digital Caliper with Extra Large LCD Screen | 0 - 12 Inches | Inch/Fractions/Millimeter Conversion https://amzn.to/2VY6i4S ZWO ASI071MC-Pro 16 Megapixel USB3.0 Color Astronomy Camera for Astrophotography https://amzn.to/2HQDaZV Celestron CGX-L Equatorial Mount with Tripod https://tinyurl.com/y35l5s6d Celestron 80mm Guidescope Package with 125mm Rings and 80mm Guidescope with Extension Tube https://amzn.to/2U5KaVg Orion 52064 StarShoot AutoGuider https://tinyurl.com/y6rwt33d Celestron 51630 Star Pointer Telescope Finderscope, Black https://tinyurl.com/yy4yuzgb Neiko 01409A Electronic Digital Caliper with Extra Large LCD Screen | 0 - 12 Inches | Inch/Fractions/Millimeter Conversion https://amzn.to/2VY6i4S ZWO ASI071MC-Pro 16 Megapixel USB3.0 Color Astronomy Camera for Astrophotography https://amzn.to/2HQDaZV Celestron CGX-L Equatorial Mount with Tripod https://amzn.to/2Gonw7m Celestron 80mm Guidescope Package with 125mm Rings and 80mm Guidescope with Extension Tube https://amzn.to/2U5KaVg Orion 52064 StarShoot AutoGuider https://amzn.to/2BZUGqr Celestron 51630 Star Pointer Telescope Finderscope, Black https://amzn.to/2EskgG0 Other equipment: Celestron Advanced VX Mount with Celestron Polar Axis Finder https://amzn.to/2uKgSkl LensShifter Blue - Balanced Focus and Zoom Grip for DSLR and Mirrorless Camera Lens https://amzn.to/2YEn8rx Rokinon 135mm F2.0 ED UMC Telephoto Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras https://amzn.to/2Uk38uH Dual Narrowband + LPS filter https://www.ebay.com/itm/Filter-Light-Pollution-Nebula-or-Galaxy-Improved-95-T-NPB-DGM-Skyglow-48mm-2/311649571946 ZWO ASI071MC-Pro 16 Megapixel USB3.0 Color Astronomy Camera for Astrophotography https://amzn.to/2HQDaZV ZWO T2 to EOS EF Lens Adapter - 12.5mm or 17.5mm - EOS-T2 https://www.highpointscientific.com/zwo-t2-to-eos-adapter-for-all-asi-cameras-eos-t2 Other Products used in the above demonstration: Mounts: Telescope: Telescope - Celestron EdgeHD 1400 XLT Optical Tube Assembly https://tinyurl.com/yxhtxf5f Explore Scientific Classic White Aluminum ED127 f/7.5 APO Triplet with Hoya FCD100 optics https://amzn.to/2XLQ6VT Guide Scope: Celestron 80mm Guidescope Package with 125mm Rings and 80mm Guidescope with Extension Tube https://amzn.to/2U5KaVg Guide Camera: Orion 52064 StarShoot AutoGuider https://amzn.to/2BZUGqr Red Dot Finder: Celestron 51630 Star Pointer Telescope Finderscope, Black https://amzn.to/2EskgG0 Accessories: Celestron Universal Mounting Plate - https://amzn.to/2PNrg3E Celestron 51630 Star Pointer Telescope Finderscope, Black - https://amzn.to/2PId6AM Move-It 9442 12-Inch Steel Tri-Dolly, 300-lb Load Capacity https://amzn.to/2HQbgxp Filters: Baader UV-IR-CUT Filter - 2" # FUVIR-2 2459210A - https://amzn.to/2QZGMtk Regards, Ray https://www.youtube.com/c/raysastrophotography https://www.facebook.com/raysastrophotography/ https://twitter.com/Raysastrophoto1 https://www.instagram.com/raysastrophotography/ #Visitor #Interstellar #C2019Q4

Astronomers believe they've found an interstellar visitor according to NASA, almost two years after the first, Oumuamua. Interstellar means that the object originated from outside of our solar system and appears to be coming from the direction of the galactic plane in Cassiopeia. On August 30, Gennady Borisov spotted a new comet while at the MARGO observatory in Crimea. After this initial observation, the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory also flagged the object as possibly originating from outside of our solar system. The comet is making its way toward our sun. Currently, it's 260 million miles away from our sun and will make its closest approach on December 8. The comet's current velocity is high, about 93,000 mph, which is well above the typical velocities of objects orbiting the Sun at that distance. The high velocity indicates not only that the object likely originated from outside our solar system, but also that it will leave and head back to interstellar space. The object, now known as C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), hasn't officially been confirmed to have an origin point outside of our solar system yet. Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chucksastrophotography/