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Deep Sky Update – June 2023

Now that we are past the summer solstice, the nights are noticeably getting darker. Although we did not have a

Juno’s Perijove-51 occurred on 2023 May 16. The highlight was Juno’s closest pass yet past Io, giving JunoCam its best

There aren’t any bright comets around at the moment and the skies don’t really get dark at UK latitudes at

It’s amazing how light the ‘night’ sky is up here at 59 degrees north currently. And also how quickly the

Two challenges were set during the Solar Section Meeting in 2023 February: – White light flares. With more complex sunspot

The new European Jupiter mission, JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), was launched successfully on 2023 April 14, after a 24-hour

JunoCam at PJ50: What the pictures show –John Rogers (BAA) (2023 May 11) Juno’s Perijove-50 (PJ50) occurred on 2023

Sorry for another late update, but we are just past Full Moon so there won’t have been much in the

Deep Sky Note #4 When I read Callum’s Deep Sky Update for February, I totally missed the mention of the

JUICE, the next great Jupiter-bound spacecraft, is scheduled to be launched this Thursday April 13, at 12:15 UT, from the