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Saturday March 21, 2015 at 7:30 PM

Status update at 7:00pm by our Observatory Director...

The observatory will open at 7:45pm. The skies appear to be clearing slowly from west to east. Our President reports chili is hot & ready.
Best Free Coffee in Akron will be brewing all observing session.
Musical selection will be best hits from the 40's.
I hope to see you here!

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 

Messier Marathon*!
 
Stay all night to observe the complete list of
110 Messier objects with ACA club members.  We'll have the best free coffee in Akron
brewing all night.

  Click for MAP & DIRECTIONS to ACA Observatory

Official ACA Messier Marathon Observers' Forms are available here

*What's a "Messier Marathon?" Click here for additional information!

.Visible satellite passes from the ACA Observatory:



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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic

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Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from the ACA Observatory on the date of this event...

New feature: The "T" on each object's line in the chart above indicates the time of transit in addition to the rise and set times for the object.


Jet Stream
(
updates automatically to latest available image)
    The Jet Stream affects astronomical "seeing" (steadiness of the air)
    If we're in a gray area, seeing will not be as good as in a white area.
    If we're in a white area, the shorter the arrows, the better.

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