Thursday, July 12, 2018

July 12 - Earth Transit from Pluto Today

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From Pluto, Earth to transit sun today
Earth transits seen from Pluto are rare. It hasn't happened since 1931, the year after Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto. It won't happen again for 161 years.
Pluto: Preparing for the perfect alignment
Astronomers plan to aim the Hubble Space Telescope and several ground-based telescopes toward Pluto today, as the Earth transit occurs.
Friday the 13th supermoon solar eclipse
The southeastern Australia coast will see a very skimpy partial eclipse on Friday afternoon. Eclipse times for that region here. This eclipse happens during the night tonight for us in the Americas. It's the 1st Friday the 13th solar eclipse since 1974. Won't happen again until 2080.
Northern Cross: Backbone of the Milky Way
On summer evenings, look for this star pattern in the east, sideways to the horizon.

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Friday the 13th supermoon solar eclipse
This is a 2013 partial solar eclipse, as seen at sunset along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina by Yoder Images.
July sunrise
Yesterday’s sunrise over the Potomac River at Fort Hunt, Virginia. Photo by Greg Diesel Walck - Lunar/Landscape Photographer. Greg calls his photo Sky and Water Collide. Check out his video here.
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