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Saturday May 23, 2015 at 8:45 PM

Status update by our Observatory Director on Saturday 5/23/2015 at 8:16 AM:

Venus, Jupiter, and 5 day old Moon are on the observing list this evening.
The weather forecast calls for mostly clear skies.
Observatory opens at 8:45 pm. We hope to see you here.

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 

5 day old Moon
 
Come out to see a 5 day old Moon.
This is one of the few star parties where we do lunar observing. See craters, mountains, rills,
and seas on the lunar landscape.

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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
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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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