2018 Week 39: (September 23-September 29)

The weather this week looks horrible.  The many weeks of below average temperatures will continue until at least October.  However, there is not too much happening in the sky.

Date	Event
September 24	Full Moon

The Moon will be full on Tuesday and that is it!

Full Moon

It is now Fall and some of the favourite cold weather astronomical wonders are beginning to rise.  The Pleiades Star Cluster will appear in the eastern sky around 10pm.  Aquarius and Pisces will be cruising across the southern sky following Mars which resides in Capricornus.  Aquarius and Pisces offer the home to Neptune and Uranus respectively.  These are great targets for beginner-intermediate observers who wish to try their skills searching for our outer planets.

The Sun sets around 7:30pm giving astronomers lots of time to view the night sky.  The main observing season has already kicked off and there will be many public events continuing throughout the upcoming months.  Stay tuned for a public star night at Ralph Klein Park on October 6!

There is one scheduled rocket launch occurring this week happening in French Guiana.  An Ariane 5 rocket will launch some communications satellites into orbit.

Date	Event
September 25	Ariane 5 - Horizons 3e & Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 (15:53)

As always you can watch live launches at the following webpage:

https://spaceflightnow.com/

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Watch out for October when we will have some meteor showers!