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Wednesday March 11, 2015
from
7:45pm
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10:00pm |
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Status updated at 4:00pm by our observatory director: |
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Forecast for clear skies at star party time. The Great
Orion Nebula will be quite
a sight to see! Venus will be in the eyepiece at 7:45pm.
I hope to see you here... |
Event report posted at 11:02pm by our observatory director: |
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We had a great turnout tonight with beautiful skies.
Lots of fun observing
the Great Orion Nebula both with & without an OIII
filter.
Let's do it again tomorrow night at another
impromptu event! |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event!
It looks like a great evening for stargazing; cool
temperatures, low humidity, and clear skies.
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What will we be looking at tonight?
This may be our only chance to see The Great
Orion Nebula through our 16" observatory
telescope. Venus observing for early-birds as it
will be lost behind the trees to the west of the
observatory before 9:30pm.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
With snowy conditions, special
consideration must be taken concerning parking:
Parking is only available on the road north of
observatory and in the Park Rangers' parking
lot. Continued snow melt will probably
allow parking in front of observatory by
Wednesday evening. Please, regardless of
snow melt,
do not park on the observatory grounds
as this will cause us serious problems with the
park service by causing ruts in the lawn. |
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