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Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8:30PM

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 From Starlight to the Big Bang
 .
 We'll observe the most distant object
within reach of the observatory telescope:
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Quasar 3C273
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at a distance of 2.2 billion light-years.

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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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