Buresh Blog: Briefly Drier … Sea Butterflies



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    Buresh Blog: Briefly Drier … Sea Butterflies



July 10, 2018 – Finally a bit of a dry spell this week. The multiple consecutive days without measurable rain will be the longest since the first week of June and – for some regions – the longest since the first two weeks of May!

Interesting marine life sighted on the beaches of the region recently. Stephanie Zangla had a curious mind as to what the creatures were – see the pictures below ….

These are "sea butterflies" – snail swimmers. The shells tend to stick on / in swimsuits and can be rather uncomfortable with a slight tingling sensation. Harmless but embarrbading at the same time.

The night sky in front of "Sky and Telescope":

July 11 (early evening): The mercury is at the maximum angular separation of the Sun (26 °) and easy to see lower right of Venus near the western horizon for several days.

July 15 (early evening):

Very thin crescent moon and Venus forming a dazzling duo, less than 2 ° each for the east coast but only about ½ ° for the west coast

July 20 (night): The waxy gibbous moon, the giant planet Jupiter and the moderately bright star Zubenelgenubi form a compact triangle.

July 24 (Night): The Waxy Gibbous Moon Visits Saturn in Sagittarius, where the ringed planet has been most of this year.

July 26-27 (all night): March arrives at the l & # 39; opposition, sitting facing the Sun in the sky. Look east after 9 am or 10 pm

July 26-27 (night): Total eclipse of the Moon. Visible from Europe, Africa and Asia, but not from North America.

July 30-31 (all night): Mars is closer to the Earth that it has not been since 2003. Look east after 9pm or 10pm

August (evening, all month): Four bright planets are visible at the same time . West to the east: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mars

Phases of the Moon

Last Quarter: July 6, 3:51 am EDT

New Moon : July 13, 22h48 EDT

First quarter: July 19, 15h52 EDT

Full Moon: July 27 at 8pm. EDT (Buck Moon, total lunar eclipse visible in the eastern hemisphere)

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