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Friday February 21, 2020 from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Announced by our Observatory Director on Wednesday,
February 19, 2020 at 7:19 AM |
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Status update by our Observatory Director on Friday,
February 21, 2020 at 7:28 AM. |
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Clear Skies for this evening!
The observatory will open at 7:00pm with Venus in the
eyepiece.
We'll also have the ACA's 5" refractor operating on a
separate mount.
Still a bit chilly, so dress in layers with gloves &
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event
It looks like a great evening for stargazing
What will we be looking at tonight?
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We plan to have a star party Friday evening
starting at 7:00pm.
The Great Orion Nebula and the beautiful open
cluster M37 will be
well-placed for observing. Christmas Tree
Cluster, NGC 2244 (Part of
Rosette Nebula), Bode's Galaxy, and Cigar Galaxy
are on the observing list.
We'll also view Pleiades and Beehive Cluster
through the 100mm wide field telescope.
The observatory will open at 7:00pm with Venus
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Jet Stream (updates
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we're in a gray area, seeing will not be as good as in a white area.
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