StarDate Susitna 10-06-24, by Kathleen Fleming

October 7, 2024 |

Jupiter, our Moon in hiding, and sunspots that may produce more big Auroras are the topics in the this StarDate Susitna.  

This is the image of the Sun on Monday 10-7-24, posted on
spaceweather.com. The big sunspot complexes can be seen through appropriate solar filters, such as eclipse shades.
Photo credit: NASA instruments SDO/HMI.
Kathleen has marked this sky chart to show how the Sun, Mercury, Venus and the waxing crescent Moon all set at about the same time. This chart is for 6pm on Saturday 10-5-24, it was generated on heavens-above.com.
Kathleen took this picture of the waning crescent high above the eastern horizon on Monday morning 9-30-24. The evening waxing crescent is not visible from our latitude during fall.  (see star chart)  Earth Shine (visible on the dark portion of the Moon) will be discussed in a future SDS program.