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Saturday May 27, 2017 at 9:00 PM

Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 3:00 PM:

Due to a family emergency and current weather conditions,
this event has been cancelled. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 

Jupiter
 
Jupiter is well placed for viewing.
See Jupiter’s equatorial belts,
the Galilean Moons orbiting the planet, and
possibly some festoons on Jupiter’s surface.
The GRS (Great Red Spot) will transit
at 11:59 pm tonight, also.

  Click for MAP & DIRECTIONS to ACA Observatory

.Visible satellite passes from the ACA Observatory:

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

     
Sunset:     8:51 pm  (EDT)
Civil Twilight:     9:21 pm  (EDT)
Nautical Twilight:   10:02 pm  (EDT)
Astronomical Twilight:   10:49 pm  (EDT)
Moonrise:     7:54 am  (EDT) 5/27/2017
Moon transit:     3:25 pm  (EDT) 5/27/2017
Moonset:   10:57 pm  (EDT) 5/27/2017
Moon phase:     7.5% (waxing crescent)





The Moon will look like this late tonight

 

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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic


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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