Well today could be a great day (or not). But it could be a day of two halves.<\/p>\n
If the rain clouds flooding the country relent, we could hopefully view the transit of Mercury which starts just after 12:35 today until Sunset. That’s good, as long as the clouds part so we can view it.<\/p>\n
See my details of that event here: However, there is another event taking place today which doesn’t appear to be getting a lot of attention at the moment.<\/p>\n Elon Musk’s SpaceX is launching another Starlink cluster today. The launch is scheduled for 14:56 UT, while the transit is in progress. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket can be viewed live here: spacex.com\/webcast<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 60 new Starlink satellites will be put into Earth orbit.<\/p>\n Once the satellites are in orbit, you may want to produce predictions for visibility from your location at: It could look spectacular as the cluster catch the sunlight if the last launch is anything to go by.
\nhttps:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/mercurytran-20191111<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThis might not be as good.<\/p>\n
\nA backup launch windows is scheduled for 14:34 UT tomorrow (12th).<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/n2yo.com\/passes\/?s=74001<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nBut is the launch of these satellites going to be a really bad thing for us observers \/ imagers going forward?<\/p>\n