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Saturday May 19, 2018 at 8:45 PM |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
May 19, 2018 at 2:32 PM. |
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The star party for this evening is
CANCELLED
due to weather conditions.
We will try to have another Venus-Lunar party next week
if conditions allow. |
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Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory:
Virgo Galaxy Cluster
The Virgo Galaxy Cluster is well-placed for observing. Come
out to observe M87; a giant elliptical galaxy weighing a
trillion solar masses with a 6 billion solar mass black hole
at the center. Sky Tour of the Spring Constellations.
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.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... |
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Sunset: |
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8:44 pm
(EDT) |
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Civil Twilight: |
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9:13 pm
(EDT) |
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Nautical Twilight: |
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9:52 pm
(EDT) |
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Astronomical Twilight: |
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10:37 pm
(EDT) |
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Moonrise: |
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10:06 am
(EDT) 5/19/2018 |
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Moon transit: |
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5:40
pm
(EDT) 5/19/2018 |
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Moonset: |
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1:09
am
(EDT) 5/20/2018 |
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Moon phase: |
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26.67%
(waxing crescent) |
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The Moon will look like this today
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Be
sure to hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser
(or the <F5> key on your keyboard) for up-to-date information for
the Clear Sky Chart below...
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ical "seeing" (steadiness of the air), the shorter the arrows, the better.
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