David Levy Musings: June 2021

Asteroid (545394) Rossetter = 2011 HH45 Earlier Designation.

I am proud to announce that TAAA member David Rossetter has been honored by the International Astronomical Union by having minor planet 545394 officially named Rossetter.

Discovery information: 2008-11-02 / T. Glinos, D. H. Levy * / Vail-Jarnac / G92. Asteroid Rossetter

David Rossetter (b. 1956) is an experienced visual observer of the night sky. His vast experience, particularly with the summer sky, has enhanced many years of the Adirondack Astronomy Retreat in New York state and he has inspired hundreds of people to enjoy the sky.

David Levy awarding the “Asteroid Rossetter” certificate to David Rossetter at CAC.

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Planets of the Month: JUNE

By Erich Karkoschka

Venus is slowly increasing its visibility at dusk, starting to get visible at 20 degrees altitude. At the summer solstice it passes by Pollux at 5 degrees distance.

Mars is also visible in the evening but setting much later than Venus. The distance between both planets decreases from 25 to 8 degrees during June. On July 12, Venus will pass Mars quite closely.

Jupiter and Saturn rise just before midnight and are transiting during dawn almost 45 degrees high. They remain separated by 20 degrees.

At the end of June, Mercury starts its morning apparition.

Vesta is still an easy binocular object in Leo during the early evening.

On July 10, there is an annular Solar Eclipse visible in eastern Canada moving over the North Pole. The next day, the thin crescent Moon will be visible at dusk just below Venus.

32 inch Cassegrain Project

Notes from the President

The messages from the TAAAA president have appeared in various forms over the years. They have appeared in the Desert Skies publications, in the TAAA Monthly Bulletin, and now appear in the revamped monthly Desert Skies TAAA Bulletin. For a period of TAAA history, the Notes were send as a stand alone message to members from 2018 to 2021. Those communications with summaries of the work of the TAAA board and important monthly accomplishments by the organization are listed below.

2021 April Notes

2021 March Notes

2021 February Notes

2021 January Notes

2020 December Notes

2021-03 Notes from the President Download