#its altair thursday

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Autumn Tour Performance Schedule!

Evening

The autumn Tour performance schedule has been released💙

🕺Morning Musume '24 Concert Tour Autumn WE CAN DANCE!

Suddenly realizing I'm graduating, I ended up being fidgety about this announcement… It was announced…

I'm really starting to head towards the end😳

With it being like, its finally my last tour..

I could really feel it, Deciding this schedule

34 performances..🪽

As Ishida who stands on stage as Morning Musume, Please definitely come and see me at the venue😌🫶🏻

This tour,

is titled, WE CAN DANCE!🕺 fufu

Its starts on the formation date of Morning Musume, September 14th

And there is also a performance on September 29th, the day 10th generation joined

And we're going to my hometown, Miyagi, twice

Also its really been a while since visiting Yamaguchi and Yamanashi..!

I'm also happy we can go to Ishikawa this year too

Even just thinking about it, Its filled with fun and happiness😌🫶🏻

But its kinda like, Each place has a ton of memories,

I'm happy to go to each place, There is a sense of sadness towards the places I can't go😂 Thank you for the many memories~~

Last tour, We still haven't actually had rehearsals towards it but, I'm already absolutely looking forward to it🤭💙

I'll do my best!

Wait for me!

Summer has just started so, Again,

Spending time standing on stage as Hello Pro..

I love it💎💎 Thank you very much towards every weekend

Also this weekend, We're performing at The MuisQuest as well❤️‍��

Everyone who got tickets, It'd make me happy if you stirred it up, So definitely cheer a ton---

I'm counting on you all to help out🐣🐣

Play▶️List

Graduation Announcement Blog🐣🪽

Hello! Station #531 I also talk about my graduation in this video

📺Hello Pro Dance Gakuen Season 11

Every other Thursday at 11:30PM~ Learning Locking from HIYORI-san

📺Sendai Broadcast "Ara Ara Kashiko" Ishida Ayumi Goes~! I appear once a month as part of the AraKashi Family

The previous shows, and makings, are on OX VIDEO STORE!

Otoboke POPS TokyoMX August 17th (Sat) 9:30~10:00PM Ishida, Sakurai, Yumigeta are appearing

Thank you for following.. Instagram💙🩵

💿 August 14th new single✨ "Nandaka Sentimental na Toki no Uta/saiKIYOU"

Cheki Sign Talk Meet Announcement

̗̀📣You Can Apply On This Site

̗̀📣Limsta

🪩The MusiQuest 2024 July 21st (Sun) PiaArena MM

We're challenging a new festival stage❤️‍🔥 Absolutely, Definitely, Thank you for your support❤️‍🔥

🪩Hello! Project 2024 Summer ALL OF US "Vega" "Altair" From July 13th~September 1st Traveling To 7 Cities Nationwide All Hello! Project groups are performing🔥

⚾️"Hawks SUMMER BOOST" July 28th (Sun) Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka

After the match, we'll be having a live!

📚July 20th Release "non-no September" special issues cover is, Morning Musume '24

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Releasing on July 23rd

"Up To Boy vol.341" September Issue I will be on the 7net limited cover page

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📻Morning Musume '24 Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~

Airs Every Saturday, On Radio Nihon at 12:00AM~

Past Broadcast Episodes Are Available →Program Details

I visited as a guest🪽 "Sayashi Riho and The Time From Now On" presented by Meiji Bulgarian Yogurt

Its a bit, after all…

Like, someday!

I feel a bit like, I wasn't able to make, going to all 6 prefectures in Tohoku come true~~

In particular everyone in Akita, have been waiting a long, long time.. But I'm sorry about this last one too..🥲🥲

I understand how difficult it is to make this come true

However that it can be held, That we're able to have lives, I'm first off thankful and happy about that in any case😌🫶🏻

Lets make it a nice autumn

Thank you very much for reading this!

See you ayumin <3

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New Post has been published on https://coinprojects.net/ethereum-hits-new-ath-above-4400/

Ethereum hits new ATH above $4,400

Ethereum’s price soared to a new all-time high of $4,416 on Thursday Friday morning, reaching the landmark price level amid increased optimism around the smart contracts platform.

The ether (ETH) token jumped to the new peak after buyers broke above a crucial hurdle bears have relied on since the dip from local highs of $4,380 in May.

As ETH rode positive sentiment to break above $4.4k, the cryptocurrency’s market cap shot above $500 billion. It helped establish Ethereum’s position as the second largest crypto by market valuation behind Bitcoin (BTC).

At the time of writing, ETH is trading around $4,338. It’s about 4.5% in the green over the past 24 hours, with 7% and 55% of its current value added in the past 7 and 30 days respectively.

Ethereum price outlook

The march to a new ATH for Ethereum comes after the network’s Altair upgrade successfully implemented ahead of full transition to proof-of-stake via Ethereum 2.0.

On-chain data analysis platform Santiment has noted that Ethereum’s surge followed a bullish divergence in the daily token circulation output. On Tuesday, the figure reached 1.74 million ETH, and resulted in the demand reload scenario that has seen prices break key supply walls around $4,300 and $4,380.

Chart showing Ethereum’s token circulation. Source: Santiment on Twitter

Looking at the daily chart, we see ETH/USD is looking to turn $4,000 into a new support line. A daily close above this level will encourage fresh bids. As the chart shows, the 20 EMA and 50 SMA are aiding a bullish outlook, which is likely to strengthen if the RSI flips north towards the overbought territory.

ETHUSD daily chart. Source: TradingView

 According to Pepperstone researcher Chris Weston, Ethereum has the momentum and “looks bloody strong” in the wake of the London and Altair network upgrades. Weston told Reuters that given the upside momentum, its possible ETH will “blast” higher during later sessions on Friday.

Source link By Benson Toti

#Altcoin #Bitcoin #BlockChain #BlockchainNews #Crypto #ETH #Etherium

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Lovely Luna in Evening, Saturn Shines at Maximum, and Moonlight-Friendly Sights!

(Above: Look - a donut! The Ring Nebula in Lyra, imaged by Ron Brecher of Guelph, Ontario on July 25, 2012. His other excellent images are found at  http://astrodoc.ca/ )

Hello, Summer Stargazers!

Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of July 7th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where all the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are Eastern Time. Please click this MailChimp link to subscribe to these emails. If you are a teacher or group leader interested joining me on a guided field trip to York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory or the David Dunlap Observatory, visit www.astrogeo.ca.

I can bring my Digital Starlab inflatable planetarium to your school or other daytime or evening event. Contact me, and we’ll tour the Universe together!

The Moon and Planets

This is the week of the lunar month when skywatchers worldwide can enjoy the moon in the early evening sky - just ahead of next week’s 50th anniversary of Apollo 11. And, two more planets will reach opposition and maximum visibility this week. Here are the Skylights!

(Above: The moon at First Quarter, imaged by Michael Watson of Toronto in spring, 2015. Michael’s amazing photos can be viewed on his Flickr page here.) 

Tonight (Sunday) the moon will begin the week as a pretty waxing crescent in the western, early evening sky on the border between Virgo (the Maiden) and Leo (the Lion). On Tuesday morning, the Earth-orbiting moon will reach a 90 degree angle from the sun - setting up its First Quarter phase, when it appears half-illuminated from Earth. We call this phase “first quarter” because the moon has completed one-quarter of the trip around Earth. 

First quarter moons rise around noon and set around midnight. The evenings surrounding this lunar phase are the best times to look at the moon under magnification. As the sun slowly rises over the moon’s eastern horizon (which takes a week!), its steeply slanted rays of light cast deep, black shadows to the west of every elevated feature – mountains, crater rims, boulders, and even fault lines. Every hour, and every night, the zone alongside the terminator, the pole-to-pole boundary dividing the lit and dark hemispheres, creeps west - revealing new breathtaking vistas. 

On Tuesday night, the moon will take up a position above (celestial north of) the very bright, white star Spica in Virgo. Over the course of several hours, you can watch the moon’s orbital motion carry it eastwards of that star. That’s toward the left for Northern Hemisphere observers, and vice versa. 

On Thursday and Friday night, the waxing gibbous (which means “more than half-illuminated”) moon will visit Libra (the Scales) and then land above the up-down row of three little white stars that mark the claws of Scorpius (the Scorpion). 

In the southern sky on Saturday evening, the waxing gibbous moon will land about three finger widths to the left (east) of the bright planet Jupiter. If you watch the moon and Jupiter over several hours, starting at dusk, you will see the moon’s orbit carry it farther from the planet, while the rotation of the sky will lift the moon above Jupiter.

(Above: The bright gas giant planets continue to dominate the southern evening sky. On Saturday, July 13, the bright, waxing gibbous moon will land near Jupiter, as shown here for 10 pm local time.) 

For about an hour after sunset on the Sunday evening, Mercury’s orbital motion downwards towards the sun will bring it less than 4 finger widths to the lower left (south) of slightly brighter Mars. The two dim planets will be very low in the north-northwestern twilit sky. Take care that the sun has completely disappeared below the horizon before attempting to search for them with binoculars or telescopes. The best time to look for Mercury falls between 9:30 and 9:45 pm local time. Mars sets nearly 30 minutes later, so you’ll have more time to look for it. Observers closer to the Equator will have a better chance to see the two planets – due to a darker sky after sunset. Mercury will drop too low to see after mid-week.

(Above: Mars and Mercury can be spotted with difficulty, low in the north-northwestern sky after sunset early this week, as shown here at 9:40 pm local time. Mercury is following its orbit downward, toward the sun.)  

That incredibly bright object that you’ve been seeing in the southeastern evening sky recently is Jupiter! This week, Jupiter will be visible from dusk to almost 4 am local time. Even a backyard telescope can show Jupiter’s saucy equatorial stripes and the four Galilean moons named Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. They always appear in a rough line flanking the planet. If you see fewer than four, then some are either in front of Jupiter, or hidden behind it. 

From time to time, the small, round black shadows cast by the Galilean moons become visible in amateur telescopes as they cross (or transit) Jupiter’s disk. Io’s shadow will transit Jupiter after midnight on Thursday (i.e., Friday morning) from 12:31 am to 2:43 am EDT. 

Due to Jupiter’s rapid 10-hour rotation period, the Great Red Spot (or GRS) is only observable from Earth every 2nd or 3rd night, and only during a predictable three-hour window. The GRS will be easiest to see using a medium-sized, or larger, aperture telescope on an evening of good seeing (steady air). If you’d like to see the Great Red Spot in your telescope, it will be crossing the planet starting late on Monday evening (from 10:15 pm until 2:15 am EDT). More GRS viewing opportunities will occur after dusk on Tuesday and Thursday, and on Saturday night from 10:15 pm to 1:30 am EDT. 

On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 9, Earth’s orbit will carry us between Saturn and the sun. Sitting opposite the sun in the sky on that date, Saturn will rise at sunset and arrive at its minimum separation from Earth of 9.0 Astronomical Units (an AU is the average sun-Earth distance). That’s 1.351 billion km, or 75 light-minutes! Saturn will shine at a peak brightness for the year (magnitude +0.05) and exhibit an apparent disk diameter of 18.4 arc-seconds. The rings, which will be getting narrower every year until the spring of 2025, will subtend 42.86 arc-seconds. (For comparison, the full moon is 1,800 arc-seconds across.) Don’t fret if Tuesday is cloudy. Saturn will look nearly as good for several days.

(Above: Saturn will reach peak visibility for 2019 on Tuesday, as shown here at 10:30 pm EDT. Look in the southeastern sky after dusk, about 30 degrees to the lower left of Jupiter.)  

Yellow-tinted Saturn will remain visible all night long. Its position in the sky is just to the left (east) of the stars that form the teapot-shaped constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). Saturn is quite a bit dimmer than Jupiter. To find it, look about 3 fist diameters to the lower left (east) of Jupiter. Dust off your telescope! Once the sky is dark, even a small telescope will show Saturn's rings and several of its brighter moons, especially Titan! Because Saturn’s axis of rotation is tipped about 27° from vertical (a bit more than Earth’s is), we can see the top surface of its rings, and its moons can appear above, below, or to either side of the planet. During this week, Titan will migrate counter-clockwise around Saturn, moving from Saturn’s right tonight (Sunday) to the upper left of the planet next Sunday. (Remember that your telescope will flip the view around.) 

For night owls, distant and dim, blue Neptune is in the southeastern pre-dawn sky, among the stars of Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). The planet will be rising shortly before midnight local time this week. You’ll find the magnitude 7.9 planet sitting a thumb’s width to the left (east) of a medium-bright star named Phi (φ) Aquarii. 

Blue-green Uranus will be rising at about 1:30 am local time this week. It is sitting below the stars of Aries (the Ram) and is just a palm’s width above the head of Cetus. At magnitude 5.8, Uranus is bright enough to see in binoculars. 

Venus is bright enough to see within the pre-dawn twilight sky that surrounds it, but it is sitting very low in the northeast - sinking ever-closer to the rising sun. Venus will be rising at about 5 am local time all week. 

But wait, there’s more! On Sunday, July 14, the dim and distant dwarf planet Pluto will also reach opposition. (After all, it IS sitting near Saturn this year.) On that date, Pluto will be the closest to Earth (4.91 billion km, or 273 light-minutes) and reach its greatest visual magnitude (+14.2) for 2019. Pluto will rise in the east at sunset and reach its highest elevation, over the southern horizon, at 1:20 am local time. While Pluto is far too dim to see in amateur-grade telescopes, an astronomy app can show you where it is compared to the brighter nearby stars. Even if you can’t see it directly, you will know that Pluto is there. 

Some Moonlight-Friendly Sights

While the moon will brighten evening skies all over the world this week, there are still plenty of sights to see.  

Stars shine with a colouration that is produced by their surface temperatures, and this is captured in their spectral classification. The three bright stars of the Summer Triangle, namely Deneb, Vega, and Altair, are all A-class stars that appear blue-white to the eye and have surface temperatures in the range of 7,500 to 10,000 K. High in the southwestern sky, orange Arcturus is a K-class giant star with a temperature of only 4,300 K. Finally, reddish Antares, the heart of Scorpius, is an old M-class star with a surface temperature of 3,500 K. By comparing these stars colors’ to other stars, you can estimate those stars’ temperatures. The classification letters, from hottest to coolest are: OBAFGKM. Can you think up a mnemonic phrase to remember the order? I have one.

(Above: The bright stars of summer shine with different colours. Deneb, Vega, and Altair are hot white, medium-hot Arcturus is orange, and cooler Antares is closer to reddish. The sky is shown for early July at 10 pm local time.)  

The constellation of Lyra (the Harp) is positioned high overhead in late evening in early July. This constellation features a coffee and a donut! Keen eyes might reveal that the star Epsilon Lyrae, located just one finger’s width to the left (east) of the bright star Vega (Alpha Lyrae), is a double star. Binoculars or a small telescope will certainly show the pair. Examining Epsilon at high magnification will reveal that each of the stars is itself a double – hence its nick-name, “the double-double”. To see the donut, aim your telescope midway between the stars Sulafat and Sheliak, which form the southern end of Lyra’s parallelogram. Messier 57, also known as the Ring Nebula, will appear as a faint grey ring. Higher magnification works well on this planetary nebula – which is the corpse of a star that had a similar mass to our sun.

(Above: The constellation of Lyra, the Harp features summertime’s brightest star, Vega. It also contains a coffee and a donut - the double double-star Epsilon Lyrae and the Ring Nebula, respectively.)  

Mid-July evenings bring us one of the best asterisms in the sky, the Teapot in Sagittarius (the Archer). This informal star pattern features a flat bottom formed by the stars Ascella on the east and Kaus Australis on the west, a triangular pointed spout pointing west, marked by the star Alnasl, and a pointed lid marked by the star Kaus Borealis. The stars Nunki and Tau Sagittarii form its handle. The asterism reaches maximum height above the southern horizon around midnight, when it will look as if it’s serving its hot beverage – with the steam rising as the Milky Way! 

(Above: The stars of Sagittarius form a quaint Teapot-shaper asterism. The Milky Way rises like steam from its spout, as shown here at 11 pm local time in early July.)

The Summer Triangle

If you missed last week’s note about the Summer Triangle asterism, which shines high in the eastern sky every July, I posted it here. 

Public Astro-Themed Events

Taking advantage of the moon and other bright objects in the sky this week, the RASC Toronto Centre astronomers will hold their free monthly public City Sky Star Party in Bayview Village Park (steps from the Bayview subway station), starting around 8 pm on the first clear weeknight this week (Mon to Thu only). You don’t need to be an RASC member, or own any equipment, to join them – looks are free! Check here for details, and check the banner on their website home page or Facebook page for the GO or NO-GO decision around 5 pm each day. 

Every Monday evening, York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory runs an online star party - broadcasting views from four telescopes/cameras, answering viewer questions, and taking requests! Details are here. On Wednesday nights they offer free public viewing through their rooftop telescopes. If it’s cloudy, the astronomers give tours and presentations. Details are here. 

On Tuesday, July 9, starting at 7 pm, U of T’s AstroTour planetarium show will be Our Musical Universe. Find tickets and details here. 

Weather permitting, on Tuesday, July 9 from 9 to 10:30 pm, astronomers from RASC – Mississauga will hold a free public star party at the Riverwood Conservancy, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga. Details are here. 

On Thursday, July 11, starting at 7 pm, U of T’s AstroTour will present their planetarium show Grand Tour of the Cosmos. Tickets and details are here. 

At 2 pm on Thursday, July 11, the Cliffcrest Library will present a free public talk by Dr. John Percy, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, in Astronomy & Astrophysics and in Science Education entitled The Amazing Universe. Check here for details. 

If it’s sunny on Saturday morning, July 13 from 10 am to noon, astronomers from the RASC Toronto Centre will be setting up outside the main doors of the Ontario Science Centre for Solar Observing. Come and see the Sun in detail through special equipment designed to view it safely. This is a free event (details here), but parking and admission fees inside the Science Centre will still apply. Check the RASC Toronto Centre website or their Facebook page for the Go or No-Go notification. 

The next RASC Family Night at the David Dunlap Observatory will be on Saturday, July 13. There will be sky tours in the Skylab planetarium room, space crafts, a tour of the giant 74” telescope, and viewing through lawn telescopes (weather permitting). The doors will open at 8:30 pm for a 9 pm start. Attendance is by tickets only, available here. If you are a RASC Toronto Centre member and wish to help us at DDO in the future, please fill out the volunteer form here. And to join RASC Toronto Centre, visit this page. 

Keep looking up, and enjoy the sky when you do. I love questions and requests - so, send me some!

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HI AGAIN GUYS

My mobile data ran out and i cant pay the wifi bill until thursday but i didnt go use the library wifi until the day before cos i wanted to ISOLATE MYSELF IN THE INSPIRATION CUBE

I am happy to say i've finished editing the next episode of the lets play!! It took quite a ehile cos i was fighting those usual "i know i just succeeded at starting a thing but what if i am Somehow Bad Actually" nerves. I cant upload it immediately at midnight tho cos its 9am that the internet company's customer support line opens and i dont know how long itll take to turn my service back on once i talk to them. And also there's a few moments in this vid that could be improved if i add some pics and video clips, maybe? Need the net to get those and im too embarassed to watch youtibe in the library because i dunno lol im weird.

But as soon as all of that is done i will BLAST YOU WITH UPLOADS!!!!!

I'm so excited aaa i wanna get into the groove of making at least one vid a week. Its fun and it makes me feel more confident and also im learning new skills of editing and such! Its a growing experience!

So yeh im in the library now waiting to have The Final Meeting with DJ Psychologist and also meet my new mental health support worker and its all a bit scary but i think i can do it because I AM FULL OF POWERFUL LP ENERGY

So while i'm here i'm gonna leave you guys with a question and i'll check your answers when i leave in an hour or so.

If i did a one off random episode of another LP to upload together with Pokemon Randomdozer Ep 2, which would you prefer?

Brief discussion of Dokapon (badly translated gba game with great spritework, deadly hard roguelike, nostalgic childhood thing)

Play a pokemon romhack (super rising thunder, altair version, naranja version)

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Ethereum Scales All-Time High to $4,400 Following Altair Upgrade

Ethereum reached an all-time high of $4,400 on Friday to cap off a 147% 3-month surge since July 21st.

Ethereum (ETH) rose to an all-time high of $4,400 on October 29th after surging by approximately 46.6% since October started, according to the ETH/USD price indexes on Coinmarketcap and Coinbase. Furthermore, blockchain data revealed that the Ethereum blockchain burned more tokens than it emitted within the last 24 hours. The reason for this was primarily due to strong moves from Shiba Inu (SHIB).

Coindesk data reveals that ETH first rose to its new all-time high during Asian hours, surpassing its previous record high of $4,379 back in May. The digital asset, which spiked to $4,308 only eight days ago, has been on a 3-month bullish run since July. On July 21st, ETH dropped to about $1,780, but has since climbed by 147%. In addition, at the going price of $4,370, the digital currency is up by 45% on a month-to-month basis – compared with the 40% gain from Bitcoin. Thursday’s First Mover newsletter suggested that the volatility spread ratio of both prominent tokens augurs well for Ether. This is a sign that the market expects ETH to keep leading price action in the weeks to come.

Tokenview tracked current circulatory data of ETH and SHIB. The blockchain search engine discovered that the former produced 15,109.34 ETH, while burning 16,710.2 ETH over the past 24 hours. By comparison. SHIB burned 770.12 ETH. Further, token circulatory data tracked by Tokenview showed that Uniswap V2 destroyed 2729.22 ETH while Tether burnt with 1248.72 ETH.

Recent Ethereum Success Expected to Continue and Also Push For New All-Time High

Yesterday, CoinSpeaker reported that the Ethereum 2.0 Altair Beacon Chain update was off to a successful start, with up to 98.7% of nodes upgraded. The success of the Altair upgrade to the Beacon Chain means the protocol can now look ahead to other planned key developments. This includes merging with the Ethereum mainnet and transiting to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism in Ethereum 2.0.

Ethereum’s success also comes from extensive usage of the protocol in the worlds of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In addition, the rising demand for Ethereum further ensures that its bullish outlook will continue throughout the fourth quarter – and beyond. As analyst Raoul Pal said on Twitter:

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​🗓 News digest 29.10.2021 🗓

📌 The Wharton School, one of the premier business schools in the United States, will accept Bitcoin (BTC) and other forms of cryptocurrencies for tuition fees, Bloomberg reported.

📌 SEC reportedly not approving leveraged Bitcoin ETF

📌 Facebook will officially change its corporate name to Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday.

📌 Ethereum Price Hits New All-Time High After Altair Upgrade.

#freshnews #freshnews #bitcoin #facebook #change #ceo #school #tuition#businessschools #Meta #ETF #SEC #USA #Ethereum #WhartonSchool

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Thursday 12th November

Subject Research: Constellations

I've been challenged to incorporate imagery of constellations into my artwork as part of the Black Holes project because of the connotations of outer space; I'm planning to use the outlines of each constellation shown in the star maps below.

Andromeda: known as the daughter of Cepheus, which is another constellation named after a king from greek mythology,can be viewed in November. It’s brightest star is Alpheratz and the boundary of the constellation contains 19 stars that also host exoplanets.

Aquila: known as the eagle, is best seen during September, it’s brightest star is Altair and its boundary contains 9 stars which host exoplanets.

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Journey to the Future

Here I am with the first review of the season in “Let’s Listen to”! Today’s subject is the newest work by the visual kei band SID, precisely the fifth album Nomad, released today. The concept of the release can be found in the title-track, talking about a journey towards the future, which doesn’t have a precise destination, because it depends on us, making each one as a nomad. And now... let’s review!

-Nomad: the album is opened by the title-track, in a light rock melody, accompained by the violin and an enjoyable rhythm; Mao’s voice is clear and enough flowing, for a really upbeat track. ---> 8.5/10

-XYZ: an energetic guitar kicks off this short track, with a fast rock rhythm; the vocals are rapid and living, for a cheerful and quite catchy rock theme, putting off all the best energy from them. ---> 8.5/10

-Glass no hitomi (Glass pupil): the lead-track of the twenty-first single and theme of Kuroshitsuji: Book of the Atlantic is driven by a soft melody, given by the classical guitar, leading up to; Mao’s voice is soft and warm, driving an exotic rock theme, for a melodious and light ballad. ---> 9/10

-Snow: a living guitar drives the song, for a clear rock sound and well driven by the rhythmical drums; the vocals are simpler, but flowing at the right point, accompained by a relevant bass, for a decent tune. ---> 8.5/10

-Shitsuke (Discipline): Mao’s stronger voice opens a fast and really well structured rock song, with a really decise rhythm; the strong guitar builds up well the energetic and positive rock sound of this nice song. ---> 9/10

-Butterfly Effect: the lead-track of the twenty-second single is kicked off by a bright guitar, inside a really good rhythm and a strong rock sound; Mao’s voice is more paced, but pretty balanced in this good and intense track, especially for the guitar solo. ---> 9/10

-Teion (Low temperature): a strongly electronic intro opens this song, where Mao’s voice is incredibly deep in a slow but pounding rhythm; the sound becomes more and more intense, even thanks to the powerful guitar, for the best track of this release and one of the most compelling ones by SID. ---> 9.5/10

-Kill Time: a playful piano opens this song, really fast and mixing a jazzy sound with a strong funky bass, building up a warm and enjoyable rock melody; the vocals are fast, well alternated with the bass, with the guitar enriching this decent song. ---> 8.5/10

-Rasen no yume (Spiral dream): the lead-track of the twenty-third single and opening song of the anime Shoukoku no Altair, starts in a strongly melodic style, with limpid vocals and a deep violin accompaining a simple but efficient rock theme, which is quite easy to listen in its own. ---> 8/10

-Futsu no kiseki (Ordinary miracle): the album ends with a soft song, introduced by the classical guitar, in a melodic rock theme; the vocals are really well coupled with the bass lines, for a tender and positive rock ballad. ---> 9/10

Final Vote ---> 9/10

SID is a band which you can always hear about and not be annoyed by them at all, as their sound, even if closer to pop vibes, is anyway enjoyable and addicting. Nomad is a good summary of what they have done this year, between three solid singles and two good solo projects, respectively from Mao and Aki, who both managed to create a distinctive style from their main band, pretty well incorporated inside this interesting album. As always SID manage to create a nice rock release, with all their best elements mixed up with some novelty element, still making them a great object of interest in the Japanese rock scene. An album for who still enjoys SID’s simple but engaging rock music.

That’s all folks! See you tomorrow for the weekly time-travel in “Throwback Thursday”!

Thanks for the reading!

*Sorry for the delay*

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BEYOOOOONDS, Yuhane

Evening

BEYOOOOONDS Yamazaki Yuhane-chan

Congrats on graduating..🪽

Everyone in BEYOOOOONDS, Thanks for your hard work in your live🪽

The passion of lots of people pacckeeddd into the venue, With 1 screen in the middle, I was watching over them😌🫶🏻

I ended up crying a bit during Megane no Otoko no Ko…

It was funny, right, I teared up

At the beginning, I remember seeing BEYOOOOONDS rehearsing Megane no Otoko no Ko, with unexpected development, and unexpected hook, everyone watching it during the rehearsal was like Kya! Kya! lol

From the first time I saw Megane no Otoko no Ko, Until today, the whole time, Yuhane played the role as the heroine at the center

Thanks for your hard work!

.🥺🪽👏🏻

Before, when Yuhane was taking a break from lives,

Nishida Shiori-chan would sing Yuhane's parts and, I thought it was amazing and cool, so I went to tell her that,

But, she said that it was amazing that Yuha was always doing that, it really made me think, 'oh wow, you're right..', at the time I thought it was cool to be able to say that among peers

At the time it was a conversation with Nishida but,

Today, seeing everyone, Everyone, has a love for each other, and they rely on each other, I really felt that…

It was a wonderful time watching🤍🪽

Really, It conveyed a BEYOOOONDS graduation performance, with the sense of an individualistic performance🫶🏻

It was fun🫶🏻

Everyone, everyone thank you for your hard work🪽

Man…its a really weird thing to say but,

With everyone standing on stage, I didn't want anyone to go away🫣🫣

Even though its like…you are! lol I'm saying this as I'm aware of it! lol

Those that seem lonely, Or are crying, I thought, I don't want to see that anymore..🫤🫤

There have been a lot of gradution performances this month, right

Really, thank you very much, to each of the fans

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Meteors Mount, Gas Giants in Evening, and Touring the Triangle and Celestial Critters!

(Above: Albireo is the beautiful double star that marks the head of Cygnus the Swan!)

Hello, Summer Stargazers! 

Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of July 28th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where all the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are Eastern Time. Please click this MailChimp link to subscribe to these emails. 

I can bring my Digital Starlab inflatable planetarium to your school or other daytime or evening event. Contact me, and we’ll tour the Universe together! 

Meteor Shower Update

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower runs annually from July 21 to August 23. It is caused by the Earth passing through a cloud of tiny particles dropped by a periodic comet – likely Comet 96P/Machholtz. The shower peaked before dawn this morning (Sunday, July 28), but is quite active for a week surrounding that date. This shower commonly generates 15-20 meteors per hour at the peak, but is best seen from the southern tropics, where the shower’s radiant, in Aquarius (the Water-Bearer), is positioned higher in the sky. The waning crescent moon on the weekend should not adversely affect the shower very much. 

The prolific Perseid Meteor Shower runs from July 13 through August 26, so keep an eye out for a few of them this week. The moon will spoils the show on the peak nights of August 12/13, so take advantage of the darker skies this week. 

To increase your chances of seeing any meteors, find a dark location with lots of sky, preferably away from light polluted skies, and just look up with your unaided eyes. Binoculars and telescopes are not useful for meteors because their fields of view are too narrow to fit the streaks of meteor light. Don’t watch the radiant. Any meteors near there will have very short trails because they are travelling towards you. Try not to look at your phone’s bright screen – it’ll ruin your night vision. And keep your eyes heavenward, even while you are chatting with companions. I’ll write more about meteors in the coming weeks. For now, happy hunting! 

The Moon and Planets

Keep that telescope handy - the first half of this week will feature dark evening skies worldwide. Late on Wednesday, the moon will pass the sun - giving us a second new moon in July, and then our natural satellite will return to grace the western evening sky after sunset to end the week. Here are this week’s Skylights! 

If you are out under the stars before dawn on Monday, you’ll see a pretty crescent moon in the eastern sky, between the toes of Gemini (the Twins) and the upraised club of Orion (the Hunter). Yes – those winter constellations will return to view before we know it! On Tuesday morning, the moon will be lower, and closer to the sun. 

The moon will first return to view, positioned low over the northwestern horizon, shortly after sunset on Thursday evening. For the rest of the week, the moon’s delicate crescent will grow and the moon will set later – passing through the stars of Leo (the Lion) and landing a few finger widths to the right (celestial west) of the medium-bright star Porrima in Virgo (the Maiden) on Sunday evening. Viewed in a backyard telescope, Porrima splits into a lovely double star - but I recommend waiting until next spring to view it. At that time it will be higher in the sky. 

(Above: The southern evening sky at 10 pm local time.)

With the moon away, Jupiter is the brightest object in the early evening sky. After dusk, look for it gleaming in the southwestern sky. It will set in the west after 2 am local time. On a typical night, even a backyard telescope will show you Jupiter’s two main equatorial stripes and its four Galilean moons, named Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede. The moons always form a rough line flanking the planet. If you see fewer than four, then some are in front of Jupiter, or hidden behind it. 

From time to time, the small, round black shadows cast by the Galilean moons become visible in amateur telescopes as they cross (or transit) Jupiter’s disk. After midnight on Saturday night, Io’s shadow will start to transit the northern part of Jupiter at 12:44 am. Unfortunately, Jupiter will set in the Eastern Time Zone before its passage is complete; but observers farther west can watch the entire event. 

Due to Jupiter’s rapid 10-hour rotation period, the Great Red Spot (or GRS) is only observable from Earth every 2nd or 3rd night, and only during a predictable three-hour window. The GRS will be easiest to see using a medium-sized, or larger, aperture telescope on an evening of good seeing (steady air). If you’d like to see the Great Red Spot in your telescope, it will be crossing the planet tonight (Sunday evening) from dusk to 11 pm EDT, on Tuesday night from 10:52 pm to 12:30 am EDT, on Thursday from 11 pm to 2:30 am EDT, and after dusk on Friday and Sunday. I posted a calendar of Jupiter’s doings here. 

Yellow-tinted Saturn will remain visible from dusk until almost dawn this month. The ringed planet’s position in the sky is just to the upper left (celestial east) of the stars that form the teapot-shaped constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). Saturn is quite a bit dimmer than Jupiter. To find it, look about 3 fist diameters to the lower left (east) of Jupiter. Dust off your telescope! Once the sky is dark, even a small telescope will show Saturn's rings and several of its brighter moons, especially Titan! Because Saturn’s axis of rotation is tipped about 27° from vertical (a bit more than Earth’s axis), we can see the top surface of its rings, and its moons can appear above, below, or to either side of the planet. During this week, Titan will migrate counter-clockwise around Saturn, moving from the upper right of Saturn tonight (Sunday) to the lower left of the planet next Sunday. (Remember that your telescope will flip the view around.) 

For night owls, tiny blue Neptune is in the southeastern pre-dawn sky, among the stars of Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). The planet will be rising before 10 pm local time this week. You’ll find the magnitude 7.8 Neptune sitting a thumb’s width to the left (east) of a medium-bright star named Phi (φ) Aquarii. The planet is actually moving slowly toward that star! 

Blue-green Uranus will be rising at about midnight local time this week. It is sitting below the stars of Aries (the Ram) and is just a palm’s width above the head of Cetus (the Whale). At magnitude 5.8, Uranus is bright enough to see in binoculars under dark skies. 

Venus is above the east-northeastern sky, barely bright enough to see within the pre-dawn twilight sky that surrounds it. Sinking ever-closer to the rising sun, Venus will be rising at about 5:30 am local time all week. By the end of this week, Mercury will be easier to see than Venus. The swift, innermost planet is climbing away from the sun. Your best opportunity to see it will be at at about 5:30 am local time. 

A Summer Triangle Tour

When you are out on the next clear night, be sure to look for the three bright and beautiful blue-white stars of the Summer Triangle asterism, which shines high in the eastern sky in late July and early August. Once you have it identified, you can find some treasures within it, and follow its progress across the night sky until it finally disappears in late fall. 

(Above: The evening eastern sky features the Summer Triangle formed by the stars Vega, Deneb, and Altair. The Milky Way passes through it.)

Find an open area and face east. The very bright star Vega will be almost straight over your head. It’s the fifth brightest star in the entire night sky and one of the first stars to appear after dusk. Now look for the other two corners of the triangle. Altair, not as bright as Vega, sits about 3.5 outstretched fist diameters (34°) to the lower right of it. The third star, Deneb, is about 2.5 fist diameters (24°) to the lower left of Vega, and is higher up than Altair. It’s a very big triangle! 

Can you see the four fainter stars forming a small, upright parallelogram just below Vega? That shape is about a thumb’s width wide and a few finger widths tall. This box is the body of the musical harp that makes up the constellation of Lyra (the Lyre). Vega marks the top of the instrument’s neck. Vega’s visual magnitude, or brightness, is the zero reference point for the scale we use to define stars’ brightness values. Objects brighter than Vega have values lower than zero, and vice versa. Antares, the reddish star near Jupiter this summer, has a value of about 1, making it 2.5 times dimmer than Vega. (It’s a logarithmic scale.) 

(Above: A detailed view of Lyra, the Harp. The constellation features many double stars, including the Double Double, located a finger’s width from Vega)

Vega also forms a little triangle with two other dim stars, each about a finger’s width apart. The star to Vega’s upper left is Epsilon Lyrae, also known as the Double Double. Can you tell it’s actually two stars crammed tightly together? Try using binoculars. When magnified in a telescope, each star splits again! 

Deneb marks the tail of great Cygnus (the Swan). Look for a modest star sitting about two fist diameters (22°) to the right of Deneb. That’s Albireo, a colourful double star that marks the swan’s head. (I like to think of Albireo as the centre of doc Brown’s flux capacitor. The Summer Triangle stars are the gadget’s corners!) Albireo was given a single star name before telescopes revealed that there were two stars there! 

A widely spaced string of medium-bright stars aligned up-down traces out the swan’s wings. (Look closer to Deneb than Albireo for them – swans have long necks!) The brighter star in the middle of the wing span is Sadr, marking the swan’s belly. If you are in a dark location, you should also be able to see that the Milky Way runs right through Cygnus, as if she is about to land for a swim on that celestial river! 

The most southerly of the triangle’s corners is marked by Altair – the head of the great eagle Aquila. In fact, its name translates from “the flying eagle”. At only 16.8 light-years distance, Altair is one of the nearest bright stars – so close that its surface has been imaged! The star also seems to be spinning 100 times faster than our sun, probably generating an equatorial bulge. Like Cygnus, the Aquila the eagle is oriented with its wingtips up-down. The tail bends to the lower right. Two little stars named Terazed (above) and Alshain (below) sit on either side of Altair, like a balance. As a matter of fact, those two little stars’ names derive from an old-fashioned scale balance. 

Grab your binoculars and look about midway between Vega and Altair for a little grouping of stars called The Coathangar. (Hint: For North American observers, it’s oriented with the hook downwards to the right.) Finally, have a look for two little constellations in the area. Sagitta (the Arrow) comprises five faint stars running left-right, above Altair. The three on the right (west) end form the feathers. Below Sagitta, and about 1.3 fist diameters (13°) to the left of Altair is cute little Delphinus (the Dolphin). Four stars form a diamond-shaped body and another star to the lower of that right marks the tail flukes! The star names for Delphinus include a very interesting story. Look it up! 

There’s one more small constellation inside the Summer Triangle, but its dim stars make it difficult to make out. It’s called Vulpecula (the Fox), and it sits about a palm’s width above and parallel to Sagitta. I’ll post a star chart for the entire area here. Two birds, a dolphin, and a fox! (And – there’s the lizard Lacerta just to the east and a little foal Equuleus below Delphinus!) Enjoy your tour of the triangle and visit to this celestial zoo! 

(Above: The Summer Triangle neighbourhood includes a dolphin, a fox, a foal, and a lizard.)

Touring the Dark July Southern Sky

If you missed last week’s tour through the scorpion, the teapot, and the shield, I posted it with sky charts here. 

Public Astro-Themed Events

Taking advantage of dark, moonless evening skies this week, astronomers with the RASC Toronto Centre will gather for dark sky stargazing at Long Sault Conservation Area, northeast of Oshawa on (only) the first clear evening (Monday to Thursday) this week. You don’t need to be a RASC member, or own any equipment, to join them. Check here for details and watch the banner on their homepage or their Facebook page for the GO or NO-GO decision around 5 pm each day. 

Every Monday evening, York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory runs an online star party - broadcasting views from four telescopes/cameras, answering viewer questions, and taking requests! Details are here. On Wednesday nights they offer free public viewing through their rooftop telescopes. If it’s cloudy, the astronomers give tours and presentations. Details are here. 

At 8:30 pm on Wednesday, July 31, the High Park Nature Centre will host a free public Urban Bat Walk followed by stargazing (weather permitting). Check here for details. 

On Thursday, August 1, starting at 11 am, U of T’s AstroTour planetarium show will be a Kids Summer Break Show. Find tickets and details here. 

On Thursday, August 1, starting at 9 pm, U of T’s AstroTour will present a talk entitled A Brief History of Everything, followed by stargazing and a planetarium show. Find tickets and details here. 

Eastern GTA sky watchers are invited to join the RASC Toronto Centre and Durham Skies for solar observing and stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario in Millennium Square in Pickering on Friday evening, August 2, from 6 pm to 11 pm. Details are here. Before heading out, check the RASCTC home page for a Go/No-Go call in case it's too cloudy to observe. The rain date is Saturday. 

On Friday, August 2, starting at 7 pm, U of T’s AstroTour planetarium show will be Grand Tour of the Cosmos. Find tickets and details here. 

The next RASC Family Night at the David Dunlap Observatory will be on Saturday, August 10. There will be sky tours in the Skylab planetarium room, space crafts, a tour of the giant 74” telescope, and viewing through lawn telescopes (weather permitting). The doors will open at 8:30 pm for a 9 pm start. Attendance is by tickets only, available here. If you are a RASC Toronto Centre member and wish to help us at DDO in the future, please fill out the volunteer form here. And to join RASC Toronto Centre, visit this page.

Keep looking up, and enjoy the sky when you do. I love questions and requests - so, send me some!

[political-affairs]

Oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman

Attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman left one ablaze and both adrift, driving oil prices up over worries about Middle East supplies. Two oil tankers were hit in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman and the crews have been evacuated, shipping firms and industry sources said on Thursday, a month after a similar incident in which four tankers in the region were struck. One of the tankers, the Front Altair, carrying a cargo of petrochemical feedstock, was ablaze in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran. Iran's state news agency said it had sunk, although the Norwegian owner had said it was afloat and its crew were safe. The other tanker was adrift without any crew. The Bahrain-based United States Navy Fifth Fleet said it was assisting the tankers after receiving distress calls. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, part of Britain's Royal Navy, said it was investigating with its partners. Details of the incident were not immediately clear, but one operator said it suspected its ship had been hit by a torpedo. Another shipping firm said its vessel was on fire in the Gulf of Oman.

Oil prices surged by 4per cent after the report that has stoked tensions in the region that have already been heightened by attacks last month on Gulf oil assets amid a dispute between Iran and the US over Tehran's nuclear programme. The Gulf of Oman lies at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, a major strategic waterway through which a fifth of global oil consumption passes from Middle East producers. There was no immediate confirmation from authorities in Oman or the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in whose territorial waters four tankers were hit last month. An investigation said limpet mines were used. The US and Saudi officials blamed Iran for the May attack, a charge Tehran has denied.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE said the attacks on oil assets in the Gulf posed a risk to global oil supplies and regional security. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attacks on the two oil tankers, warning that the world cannot afford “a major confrontation in the Gulf region.” “I strongly condemn any attack against civilian vessels. Facts must be established and responsibilities clarified,” he told a meeting of the UN Security Council on cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.

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Oil prices spike as attack on tankers near crucial Gulf passage fan fears of conflict

Oil prices spike as attack on tankers near crucial Gulf passage fan fears of conflict Two oil tankers were attacked on Thursday near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, stoking fears that high-stakes diplomatic efforts won’t avert a military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran. Oil prices surged. The incidents, including an assault on a Japanese-operated vessel, were the second in a month to hit ships near the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, through which about 40 per cent of the world’s seaborne oil travels. They come as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a rare ally of both Donald Trump and Iranian leaders, visits Tehran in an effort to ease tensions. It’s unclear what exactly happened or who carried out the attacks, but some are likely to cast suspicion on Iran or groups acting under its sponsorship.   “Even in the absence of ironclad evidence, the U.S. and its allies will point the finger at Iran,” said Fawaz A. Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics at the London School of Economics. “These incidents are a bad omen because they point to a calculated escalation that tells us both sides are hunkering down.” The Trump administration said it was evaluating reports of an attack on ships in the Gulf of Oman and will “continue to assess the situation,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in an email.

An Iranian navy boat tries to stop the fire of an oil tanker after it was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1D5E81AD00 The prospects of a conflict have spiked since the Trump administration tightened its sanctions on Iranian oil exports in early May. Trump last year abandoned the 2015 deal that was meant to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb and reimposed sanctions in a bid to force the Islamic Republic to rein in its military program and proxy militias. Facing economic catastrophe, Iran has threatened to retreat from the accord itself unless European parties throw it an lifeline. Its supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, told Abe on Thursday that his country would not repeat the “bitter experience” of talks with the U.S. High-Stakes Diplomacy The manager of one tanker, the Norwegian-owned Front Altair, said it was sailing in international waters when it was damaged by an explosion, and that the incident is being treated as a “hostile attack.” The ship had loaded a cargo of naphtha in Abu Dhabi and was bound for Taiwan, a company official said. A distress call over VHF radio from the Front Altair said the ship was “under attack and on fire,” said Donald MacLeod, a navigation officer on a vessel about 45 miles away on the Oman Sea. “They had to abandon ship.” Kokuka Sangyo, the Japanese operator of the other ship, said it was attacked twice, three hours apart, forcing the crew to evacuate. The tanker was carrying 25,000 tons of methanol from Saudi Arabia to Asia. Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing Kokuka Sangyo’s chief executive officer, said the ship was hit by a shell. Brent oil crude closed at $61.25 a barrel, up 2.1 per cent on the day. Stocks in Saudi Arabia and Dubai were down. The incidents come a day after Iran-backed rebels in Yemen fired a missile at a Saudi airport, wounding 26 people. The projectile crashed into the arrivals hall, damaging ceilings and windows and causing a fire, though the airport was able to keep functioning with only two flights canceled. Houthi rebels last month hit oil infrastructure hundreds of kilometres inside Saudi Arabia, forcing it to temporarily close an oil pipeline. Iran distanced itself from any attack. “Iran is concerned by the suspicious events around commercial tankers related to Japan,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, was quoted as saying on Fars news agency. “We see this as going against efforts from within the region and beyond to reduce tensions.” Oil tankers last became a target in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea during the so-called “Tanker War” in the 1980s — a sideshow of the Iran-Iraq conflict. Between 1981 and 1988, a total of 451 ships suffered some sort of attack in the region from Iraqi or Iranian forces, according to a report from the U.S. Naval Institute. With assistance from Abbas Al Lawati, Bruce Stanley, Ann Koh, Zainab Fattah, Donna Abu-Nasr, Javier Blas and Ladane Nasseri Bloomberg.com Published at Thu, 13 Jun 2019 20:04:33 +0000 Read the full article

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Plushie

Evening

LINE CUBE SHIBUYA🟢🟢

Thank you very much, For the 2 days!

Today was also really fun

I didn't really think this during the live but, Our 2 days in Aichi next week, Is the end of the Hellcon Waa~~~

I'm having a lot of fun😌🫶🏻

Thank you for having fun😌🫶🏻

A photo that can only be taken at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA🟤⚪️

It was really fun,

Its a strange way to have fun but,

Behind the scenes, I have fun watching my juniors give advice, I was watching them like 'hmm, hmm!')

(Those girls don't know I was watching them)lol

It was a wonderful time..😌🤍

I also took this picture without them noticing!

The 2 were taking pictures over there, and I was taking a selfie,

This cuteeeeeeee plushie was, the Angerme Mangers, I said, you have a cute kid! And they lent it🤤🤍

Its really cute..

But, My panda-san was proud too (in the photo)

I'm happy they understood, the meaning of making a good face🤍

Thank you for your hard work today too!

I'm watching the performance video already!

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[astrogeoguy]

A Wonderful Week of Lunar Doings, and a Bright Stars Guide!

(Above: I’ve labelled this image of the moon by Michael Watson of Toronto  with many of the interesting features you can see on the moon when it’s full. The red numerals are the Apollo landing sites.)

Hello, Stargazers! 

Here are your Astronomy Skylights for the week of May 12th, 2019 by Chris Vaughan. Feel free to pass this along to your friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics. I repost these emails with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where all the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are Eastern Time. Please click this MailChimp link to subscribe to these emails. If you are a teacher or group leader interested joining me on a guided field trip to York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory or the David Dunlap Observatory, visit www.astrogeo.ca. 

I can bring my Digital Starlab inflatable planetarium to your school or other daytime or evening event. Contact me and we’ll tour the Universe together!

Public Astro-Events

Every Monday evening, York University’s Allan I. Carswell Observatory runs an online star party - broadcasting views from four telescopes/cameras, answering viewer questions, and taking requests! Details are here. On Wednesday nights they offer free public viewing through their rooftop telescopes. If it’s cloudy, the astronomers give tours and presentations. Details are here. 

Weather permitting, on Tuesday, May 14 from 9 to 10:30 pm, astronomers from RASC – Mississauga will hold a free public star party at the Riverwood Conservancy, 4300 Riverwood Park Lane, Mississauga. Details are here. 

On Thursday, May 16 at 7 pm, the Brentwood Library will present a free public talk by U of T Professor Emeritus John Percy entitled Our Amazing Universe. Details are here. 

On Saturday, May 18 at 3 pm, the Aga Khan Museum will present Listening to the Moon with Poet Laboni Islam, exploring the moon in art, science, and spirituality. Tickets and details are here. 

The next RASC Family Night at the David Dunlap Observatory will be on Saturday, May 18. There will be sky tours in the Skylab planetarium room, space crafts, a tour of the giant 74” telescope, and viewing through lawn telescopes (weather permitting). The doors will open at 8:30 pm for a 9 pm start. Attendance is by tickets only, available here. If you are a RASC Toronto Centre member and wish to help us at DDO in the future, please fill out the volunteer form here. And to join RASC Toronto Centre, visit this page. 

The Moon and Planets

The moon is a shared global experience. Everyone on Earth sees the same phase of the moon. This week, the moon will pass from First Quarter to Second Quarter in its monthly trip around Earth. What’s Second Quarter, you ask? Why, it’s the Full Moon! Measuring from the New Moon phase, when the moon is hidden beside the sun in the daytime sky, the First Quarter Phase occurs about seven days later, at which time the moon passes a point in the sky that is 90° from the sun. (If you stretch one arm west towards the setting sun and the other south towards the first quarter moon, you’ll form that 90° angle.) A week later, the moon will appear opposite the sun in the sky and fully illuminated, rising just as the sun sets. 

To be precise, First Quarter phase occurred last night (Saturday) at 9:12 pm EDT. So it will look slightly more than half full tonight (Sunday), and will be sitting just below the stars that form Leo (the Lion). For the rest of the week, the moon will wax fuller and rise later every evening. Remember that the waxing gibbous moon is still a terrific sight in binoculars and backyard telescopes! 

On Wednesday evening, the moon will land among the stars of Virgo (the Maiden). Look for Virgo’s brightest star Spica sitting less than an outstretched fist’s diameter below the bright and nearly full moon. Your unaided eyes are unlikely to pick out the rest of Virgo’s dimmer stars – but binoculars will reveal them. 

(Above: On Friday night, the waxing gibbous moon will land between two of the bright stars in Libra, the Scales. The sky is shown here at 1 am local time on Saturday. By that time, the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn will be in view.)

On Friday night, the very bright moon (only one day shy of full) will land between the two brightest stars of Libra (the Scales). The fairly bright star to the moon’s upper left is called Zubeneschamali “the Northern Claw”, while the star to the moon’s lower right is Zubenelgenubi “the Southern Claw”. Those two stars used to be considered part of Scorpius (the Scorpion). Alternate names for those two stars describe their roles forming the balance of the scales. 

For the coming weekend, the moon will pass into Scorpius itself. The May full moon, known as the Full Milk Moon, Full Flower Moon, or Full Corn Planting Moon, will occur at 5:11 pm EDT on Saturday, so the moon will appear completely full all night long. Full moons always rise in the east as the sun sets, and set in the west at sunrise. Since no shadows are cast by the vertically impinging sunlight on a full moon, all of the brightness differences are generated by the reflectivity, or albedo, of the surface geology. Look for the bright rays of material arrayed around some of the younger craters. Tycho, the big, bright crater in the moon’s south-central region, has a huge set of them. Many more, smaller ray systems can be easily seen in binoculars. 

Did you know that indigenous people in Canada and around the world have long understood that the tidal force generated by the moon’s gravity draws the water table higher and up into the trees? Their wood-workers know not to harvest wood around the full moon. The wood will be wetter, take longer to dry, and is prone to cracking. I suppose the same rule would apply to felling trees for firewood. 

(Above: Reddish Mars will remain observable within the western evening twilight for a few more weeks as it sinks sunward, as shown here at 9:15 pm local time. Once the sky darkens, look for the bright stars Capella at right, the twin stars Castor and Pollux at top centre, and Procyon to their left.)

Reddish Mars is now truly beginning its “exit, stage West”. It will be visible for about an hour after dusk every evening, surrounded by evening twilight. Soon it will attain conjunction with the sun, followed by a re-appearance in the eastern pre-dawn sky in November. 

The next available bright planet, mighty Jupiter, will rise in the east just before 11 pm local time this week. It’s gradually making its way into position for summer evening stargazing. For now, if you are walking through the house in your pj’s during the wee hours, Jupiter’s bright beacon might catch your eye through a southerly window. Jupiter will reach its highest point over the southern horizon at about 3:30 am local time and then descend towards the west as dawn arrives. If you’d like to see the famous Great Red Spot in your telescope, it will be on the side of Jupiter that faces Earth around midnight tonight (Sunday) and Wednesday. The rest of the time, you can look for the four bright Galilean moons arrayed to either side of Jupiter. Sometimes you’ll only see two or three of them if the rest are hidden by Jupiter itself.

(Above: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter will be visible from time to time this week, including this view at 1 am EDT On Wednesday, May 15. Three of the four Galilean moons are at upper right.) 

Look for yellowish Saturn, which will be rising about 2 hours after Jupiter all summer, sitting about 2.5 outstretched fist diameters to the lower left (east) of Jupiter in the pre-dawn sky. Saturn will officially enter the evening sky in the last week of May. Dust off your telescope because even a small telescope will show its rings! 

(Above: The eastern sky at 11 pm local time features the stars that will grace the summer stargazing season. Bright Vega and almost-as-bright Deneb are two corners of the Summer Triangle asterism. Altair will complete the trio after midnight. )

Distant and dim, blue Neptune is in the southeastern pre-dawn sky, among the stars of Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). The planet will rise a before 4 am local time. But I’ll wait for summer, when it will be available in the evening, to look for it. 

Venus and Mercury are mostly invisible now, low in the eastern pre-sunrise sky. They’ll soon completely disappear in solar conjunction. Mercury will enter the western evening sky by May’s end, and Venus will appear there in September. 

Bright Stars

With the moon getting full this week, only the brighter stars will remain visible using unaided eyes. Here’s a rundown of the brightest ones. Facing west after sunset, look low in the sky for the bright yellowish Capella in Auriga (the Charioteer). A little higher, and to the east (left), is the matched pair of stars Castor (on the right) and Pollux (on the left) in Gemini (the Twins). Directly overhead, you can look for the seven bright stars of the Big Dipper. 

Swinging around to the southeast, and looking well up the sky, you’ll find yellow-orange Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes (the Herdsman).  Finally, climbing the northeastern sky is Vega, in Lyra (the Harp). To Vega’s lower left is another bright star named Deneb. These two stars are the first corners of the Summer Triangle asterism to appear. And that tells us that summer will soon arrive in the Northern hemisphere!

Keep looking up, and enjoy the sky when you do. I love questions and requests - so, send me some!

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'Attacks' on oil tankers stoke worries about US-Iran conflict

But the Japanese ship operator said sailors on board its ship, the Kokuka Courageous, saw flying objects just before the attack, suggesting the tanker wasnt damaged by mines and contradicting the US milliary. The apparent attacks, a month after four other tankers were damaged in mine explosions that the Trump administration also blamed on Iran - without providing evidence - sharply raised fears in the strategically important region that Washington might use such incidents to punish the Islamic Republic even without ironclad proof of its involvement. Pompeo told reporters in Washington that the assessment was based on US intelligence, the type of weapons used, the level of expertise needed to carry out such attack and that none of Iran's proxy groups, which operate in countries across the region, had the resources to carry out an apparent attack like Thursday's. "These attacks are a threat to international peace and security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation, and an unacceptable escalation of tension by Iran," Pompeo said. He did not elaborate, offer details or take questions in his brief appearance before reporters at the US State Department.

Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC.Credit:Bloomberg Dozens of crew members were rescued after explosions on the Kokuka Courageous and the Norwegian Front Altair. Iran has denied any connection with the incident. The suspected attack on a Japanese-owned vessel came as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a rare conciliatory visit to Tehran seeking dialogue.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, centre, meets with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is at left.Credit:AP The United States and its Persian Gulf allies, led by Saudi Arabia, have mounted a steady campaign of diplomatic isolation and economic punishment of Iran, which they blame for militancy in the Middle East. After a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council overnight Iran dismissed the US envoy's calls for it to meet the Trump administration with diplomacy - "not with terror, attacks on ships, infrastructure and diplomatic facilities" as"another Iranophobic campaign". The UN secretary-general, Antonio Guterres said "I strongly condemn any attack against civilian vessels. Facts must be established, and responsibilities clarified. "If there is something the world cannot afford, it is a major confrontation in the Gulf region," Guterres said. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Arab League's secretary-general, warned there were sides seeking to "inflame the region, and practise a kind of dangerous blackmail of the international community." If there is something the world cannot afford, it is a major confrontation in the Gulf region. Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general The Egyptian also called upon the UN Security Council to confront whoever was behind the suspected attack so the perpetrator could face "all legal responsibility". What happened? On Thursday morning, Oman time, the Front Altair and the Kokuka Courageous were sailing in international waters in the Gulf of Oman when they suffered apparent attacks about 40 kilometres off the southern coast of Iran that led to explosions on board. The Front Altair reported three detonations, according to a statement from the Norwegian Maritime Authority. It was not clear what caused the blasts, but they were serious enough to cause a major fire. Images depicted the Front Altair engulfed in a 15-mile plume of smoke that was captured by NASA satellites; later pictures showed more than a third of the deck scorched, and a video showed a raging fire in the ship's centre. The crews - 23 on the Front Altair and 21 on the Kokuka Courageous - were forced to abandon their ships, but had been evacuated and were safe, according to statements by the vessels' owners. The US Navy, according to a statement released by US Central Command, had rescued the 21 mariners from the Japanese vessel. Iran earlier had said that it had rescued all 44 of the ships' crew members.

US Central Command released this image ir says shows damage and a suspected mine on the Kokuka Courageous in the Gulf of Oman near the coast of Iran. Credit:AP Sailors abroad the Bainbridge, the US Navy destroyer that went to assist the Kokuka Courageous, saw a device that appeared to be an unexploded mine above the waterline on the hull of the tanker and photographed it, a US official said. After the captain of the Kokuka Courageous was alerted to the device, he ordered the crew to abandon the damaged ship, a US official said. Possible use of naval mines to attack the tankers was one piece of information that led US intelligence agencies to reach a preliminary conclusion that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was responsible for the alleged attacks, one of the officials said. Last month, Trump administration officials blamed Iran for suspected attacks that damaged four oil tankers off the United Arab Emirates, citing undisclosed evidence that the Revolutionary Guard carried out the attacks using "limpet mines," a naval munition attached to a target by magnets.

The damaged Norwegian-flagged oil tanker MT Andrea Victory off the coast of Fujairah, UAE, last month.Credit:UAE/AP US National Security Adviser John Bolton has promised to provide evidence to the Security Council proving Iran's culpability in that incident, but has yet to do so. Regardless of who was behind Thursday's suspected attacks, they triggered a 4.5 per cent increase in world oil prices. The explosions occurred near the Strait of Hormuz, which serves as a crucial passageway for much of the oil from Gulf states. At its narrowest it measures a mere 21 nautical miles, yet in 2016 it ushered through some 18.5 million barrels of oil per day, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Those numbers make it an important choke point; any conflict there would have a staggering effect on trade. While details of Thursday's suspected attacks were not clear, said the Norwegian Maritime Authority, it urged Norwegian ships to "exercise extreme caution in the region" and to "keep a safe distance from Iranian waters." It also raised its security level in the area. Also unclear was what Iran would gain from such an assault - coinciding with Abe's high-profile visit to Tehran aimed at salvaging the 2015 international nuclear deal. Both ships, according to the Japanese government, were carrying "Japan-related" cargo, leading Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to question the timing of the apparent attacks. "Reported attacks on Japan-related tankers occurred while PM ShinzoAbe was meeting Ayatollah Khamenei for extensive and friendly talks. "Suspicious," he tweeted, "doesn't begin to describe what likely transpired this morning." Meanwhile, Abe had brought a message from US President Donald Trump to Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader. Khamenei rejected the letter, saying Iran had "no trust" in the US and that it would "not repeat the bitter experience" of negotiations, in a reference to the 2015 nuclear deal that was repudiated by Trump. Khamenei also said he considered Trump an unworthy person with whom to strike up a correspondence. "I do not have and will not have any response for him," said Khamenei. Nevertheless, he again emphasisedIran was not seeking the development or use of nuclear weapons. The Trump administration's quick public assertion of blame concerned some senior US officers, who said they feared that the administration was moving too quickly toward retaliating, possibly with military force, without building a public case that Tehran was responsible. Another option for the US short of military action would be to seek to build international support for steps to safeguard shipping traffic, using naval ships from the US and other countries to escort tankers and other vessels through the Persian Gulf and into the Arabian Sea. Pentagon officials said they were worried that Iran and its proxies could conduct its own reprisals against US forces or allies in the region if Washington escalates the confrontation. "We will defend our interests, but a war with Iran is not in our strategic interest, nor in the best interest of the international community," said Army Lieutenant Colonel Earl Brown, a spokesman for US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East. The Pentagon, nevertheless, has substantially increased its forces in the region recently. Early last month, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its strike group of ships arrived in waters near the Persian Gulf in response to what US officials said was intelligence suggesting Iran was preparing attacks. In late May, a fighter squadron, manned and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, engineering units and additional Patriot anti-missile batteries - comprising 1500 troops altogether - were added. An amphibious assault ship with a Marine expeditionary unit and an Air Force B-52 bomber task force were also sent. Loading Another amphibious assault ship, the Arlington, with Marines aboard, arrived in the Arabian Sea this week. Those forces are in addition to the more than 30,000 troops stationed in the region, along with hundreds of fighters and bombers at air bases in Persian Gulf countries. Critics warned that Trump administration reliance on military pressure, sanctions and other tactics against Iran carried risks. "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a US policy relying solely on coercion can backfire," Ali Vaez, senior Iran analyst and Iran project director for the International Crisis Group, said in a statement. "Diplomatic efforts by allies are necessary to dial down the tension, but they can't resolve it as long as Washington relies on an all-or-nothing approach." LA Times Most Viewed in World Loading https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/attacks-on-oil-tankers-stoke-worries-about-us-iran-conflict-20190614-p51xqp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman off Iran; US Navy responding

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the U.S. believes Iran is responsible for attacks that damaged two oil tankers near the Persian Gulf Thursday. Pompeo said the attacks are part of a “campaign” of “escalating tension” by Iran. (June 13) AP

An attack Thursday on two international oil tankers off the Iranian coast, which left one ship billowing black smoke and forced crews of both to abandon ship, was the work of Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. 

“This is only the latest in a series of attacks instigated by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates against American and allied interests,” Pompeo said.

No nation or group claimed responsibility for the attack, the second on oil tankers in the region in a month.

Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei expressed “concern and sorrow” over the incident, saying other nations would benefit from instability in the region.

The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet said it received two distress calls and sent the guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge to the scene.

“Twenty-one mariners from the M/V Kokuka Courageous, who abandoned ship, were rescued and are currently aboard Bainbridge,” the Navy said in a statement.

Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency initially claimed its nation’s search-and-rescue teams picked up the 21 sailors aboard the Kokuka Courageous and the 23 from the Front Altair and evacuated them to the nearby Iranian port of Jask. Iranian TV later aired video of some sailors gathered in a room watching TV.

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Two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz were damaged in suspected attacks on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels and the US Navy rushed to assist. (June 13) AP

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Frontline, the firm that operates the Front Altair, said an explosion caused the fire. Its crew of 23 was safely evacuated to the nearby Hyundai Dubai vessel, it said.

BSM Ship Management said the Kokuka Courageous sustained hull damage.

Japan’s Trade Ministry said the vessels had “Japan-related cargo.” The incident took place as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrapped up a visit to Tehran aimed at improving relations between Iran and the United States.

Pompeo said Iranian officials refused Abe’s overtures, then attacked ships carrying goods. 

Jamal Abdi, president of the Washington-based National Iranian American Council, urged Iran, the United States and other nations to show restraint while the investigation unfolds.

“The fact that the sabotage occurred amid Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state visit to Iran underscores that the likely motive of the attackers is to prevent any easing of tensions and block off exit ramps to war,” Abdi said.

James Piazza, a Penn State political science professor specializing in the Islamic world, told USA TODAY that although hard-line elements in Iran could be involved, Iran-allied rebels in Yemen are also among suspects.

“I think what the alleged attacks underscore is the vulnerability of petroleum resources in the Gulf and, by extension, global economic stability,” Piazza said.

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Oil prices reacted immediately – benchmark Brent crude spiked more than $3, to more than $62 a barrel, as word of the attack spread. The price began to go down later in the day. 

Smoke billows from a tanker in the Gulf of Oman on June 13. (Photo: Handout Image, IRIB TV/AFP/Getty Images)

Last year, President Donald Trump withdrew from an accord between Iran and world powers aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear capabilities. The White House has repeatedly claimed that Iran threatens American forces and facilities in the Middle East. Last month, Trump dispatched the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the region.

BSM Ship Management, owner of the Kokuka Courageous, said it launched a “full-scale emergency response following a security incident.” One crew member was slightly injured, the company said.

The Courageous, stranded 16 miles off the coast of Iran and 80 off the United Arab Emirates, was in no danger of sinking, BSM said.

Taiwan’s state oil refiner CPC chartered the Front Altair, which carried 75,000 tons of the petrochemical naphtha, when it was “suspected of being hit by a torpedo,” Wu I-Fang, CPC’s petrochemical business division CEO, told Reuters news agency.

The attack Thursday drew parallels to a similar attack last month off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia said in May that four oil tankers were sabotaged, which caused “significant damage” to the vessels. One of the ships was en route to pick up Saudi oil to take to the USA.

“It’s going to be a bad problem for Iran if something happens, I can tell you that,” Trump said after that incident. “They’re not going to be happy.” 

An investigation blamed explosive sea mines, and Saudi Arabia and the United States blamed Iran. Iran denied involvement, although Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen have launched missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.

Contributing: The Associated Press

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