Monday, June 11, 2018

June 11 - End Game for an Iceberg

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End of the journey for iceberg B15?

B15 was the largest iceberg ever recorded to break away from Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf. That was in the year 2000. Now the iceberg is nearly gone. See its remant from space, and the track of its journey.

Top 10 space objects to see during the day

Love astronomy, but don't like to stay up late? Here are 10 space objects you can see - under the right conditions - during the day.

New moon is June 13​​

The upcoming new moon is June 13 at 19:43 UTC. It's also a supermoon. Will you see it? No, it crosses the sky with the sun during the day. The difference between new moons and young moons, here.

When is Eid 2018?   

A day - or two - after this month's new moon, Muslims will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival of breaking the fast. A young moon sighting determines its date. 

Watch a total lunar eclipse

Take 37 seconds to watch the January 31 super Blue Moon eclipse. This video - from Colin Legg in Australia - is composed of more than 4,000 images.

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Keep watching … Venus, Castor, Pollux

Have you been watching them after sunset? After this - thanks to Earth's own motion around the sun - Castor and Pollux will drop into the sun's glare. Meanwhile, Venus is racing up behind Earth in its smaller, faster orbit. It'll remain in our sky for some months to come.​

End of the journey for iceberg B15?

When ISS astronauts shot this photo on May 22, this chunk of iceberg B-15 was still within trackable size. It probably won't be for long.

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