Fwd: July 15 - Moon and Saturn Tonight

Now I take the summer off, relax, and I know that at the end of July we're gonna start another season. 

--Jerry Orbach, Actor

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Did you see the moon near Jupiter over the weekend? Saturn won't be as spectacular since it's not as bright, but - opposite the sun now, close to a nearly full moon - it's a great one for giving you a sense of yourself in space. Read more.

Tonight … Moon goes by Saturn Earth flew between Saturn and the sun last week, placing Saturn opposite the sun in our sky. Now the moon is just one day away from full. It's also opposite the sun. So it's near Saturn in our sky and can help you identify this golden planet. Read more. Dragonfly aims for Saturn's moon Titan Scheduled for launch in 2026, the Dragonfly mission will look for clues to the origins of life, and possibly even evidence of life itself, on Saturn's alien yet remarkably Earth-like moon Titan. Read more. Partial lunar eclipse on July 16-17 North America misses out on this eclipse entirely. It's visible from South America at early evening July 16 - from Europe and Africa, later in the evening July 16 - and in Asia and Australia before sunup July 17. Read more. Thanks to all who posted moon and Jupiter photos! You captured some great ones. View this weekend's moon and Jupiter - and a lot more - at EarthSky Community Photos.

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Tonight … Moon goes by Saturn Sure, tonight's view of Saturn and the moon won't be as awesome as Jupiter and the moon this past weekend. But, like Jupiter, Saturn is a big world, too. It's the second-largest planet in our solar system. Read more.

Eclipse at sunset over the Andes View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Fred Walder captured this spectacular image of the July 2 solar eclipse. He wrote: "After the total eclipse ... the sun set below the Andes Mountains as viewed from the area near Bella Vista, Argentina. The sun was still partially eclipsed by the moon during sunset, and this caused two 'horn-shaped' solar features to be separately visible above the mountains as the sun went down. The two bright areas created separate sun stars as well as some interesting diffraction patterns in the light at the moment before they set completely." Wow! Bella vista (beautiful view), indeed. Thank you, Fred! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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The weekend night sky

https://starwalk.space/en/news/july-2019-the-sky-this-weekend-13-to-14?fbclid=IwAR3cr4xsVuGRCwuMVKY-DdxUY7tzFk3swRXandpobo6hRHW7vn2C_NRZ-2Y


summer triangle  (note the two birds :)  ) Cygnus the Swan and Aquila the Eagle, the third constellation is the Lyra the Harp ( not a bird but song)

https://starwalk.space/en/news/july-2019-summer-triangle-asterism

Fwd: [eBird Alert] Kings County Rare Bird Alert

Breeder?

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- Brown Creeper (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <hourly> Kings County Rare Bird Alert.The report below shows observations of rare birds in Kings County.  View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35645
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated

Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) (1)
- Reported Jul 12, 2019 05:40 by Matthew Monjarrez
- Prospect Park, Kings, New York
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6602841,-73.9689534&ll=40.6602841,-73.9689534
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58114898
- Comments: "Climbing up trees near prospect park lake"

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article on Shirley Chisholm park

thx to Ryan Goldberg for forwarding

https://ny.curbed.com/2019/7/11/20689777/brooklyn-shirley-chisholm-state-park-photo-essay

Links on newly opened Shirley Chisolm State Park

The page and the map. A few friends visited the park this past weekend  and reported a mostly grassland habitat potentially promising for september thru winter bird species.  October Sparrows will be prime but in early sept bobolinks might be a catch..

see the links

map

https://parks.ny.gov/parks/attachments/ShirleyChisholmShirleyChisholmStateParkMap.pdf

page

https://parks.ny.gov/parks/200/maps.aspx

nearest bus is B83 ( transfer from IRT 3 train ? http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/threelin.htm )  check the MTA webpage

also B82 is a selective service bus from Bensonhurst

https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/pdf/busbkln_2.pdf

Urban Hawks: Governors Island Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron Nest Quintuplets

https://urbanhawks.blogs.com/urban_hawks/2019/07/governors-island-yellow-crowned-night-heron-nest-quintuplets.html

The NIght sky this month

https://cosmicpursuits.com/night-sky-this-month/