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What's Up - Week of 29th June

  • The Moon is First Quarter on Monday and Full at the start of next week

  • The Sun remains blank

  • Due to the Sarychev volcanic erruption in Russia, plumes of Sulphur Dioxide in the stratosphere may cause deeply coloured sunsets

  • There are no ISS passes this week, but there is one bright Iridium flare on Tuesday at 23.32.44BST at 19 degrees altitude in NNE

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