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Friday March 11, 2016 at 7:00pm |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Friday 3/11/2016 at 4:24 PM: |
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Okay, the skies will continue to clear so observatory
opens at 7:00pm.
I stopped at observatory this afternoon and the grounds
are damp so
PLEASE DO
NOT PARK on the observatory grounds.
Park on road north of observatory or in the ranger
parking lot.
The north part of the observatory grounds is dry enough
for telescope setup.
Should be a great night! |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event!
We'll still be able to observe the winter sky
including the Great Orion Nebula. This is one of the most
spectacular celestial objects to observe! We'll point the
16" observatory telescope at NGC 2419, a rogue globular
cluster at a distance of 304,000 lightyears (3X the distance
across our galaxy). Jupiter makes an appearance during our
observing session. We should be able to see pretty good
detail as Jupiter is relatively close to Earth at this point
in its orbit. In addition, we'll have a large field of view
telescope setup to view Pleiades. |
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