Hosts: Fraser Cain(@fcain, @universetoday) and Scott Lewis(@baldastronomer)
Astronomers:
David Dickinson(@astroguyz) in Florida
Mike Phillips in North Carolina
Shahrin Ahmad(@shahgazer) in Malaysia
Andrew Dumbleton in England
and James McGee
Views:
Venus at inferior conjunction
Io being occulted by Jupiter
the Moon,including near the Chang’e landing site in Mare Iridium
the Sun, with sunspot R44
Galaxy M64
tiny Mercury
filaments on the Sun
Jupiter
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
more Moon views, including Tycho crater
and finally Mars!
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