[Astronomy Club of Akron Logo]


 

Saturday September 24, 2016 at 7:45 PM

Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday 9/24/2016 at 9:16 AM:

All forecasts call for clear skies!
The Observatory will open at 7:30 PM this evening.

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 

Planetary Nebulae Night
 
Tonight's observing agenda includes:
 
Saturn Nebula, Ring Nebula, Cat's Eye Nebula,
Blue Snowball, & Blue Flash Nebula. In addition, Saturn & Neptune will be well-placed for us tonight.
Star clusters M23, the Wild Duck Cluster,
Herschel Double Cluster, Great Hercules Cluster,
& M92 will also be observed.

  Click for MAP & DIRECTIONS to ACA Observatory

.Visible satellite passes from the ACA Observatory:



Be sure to hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser
(or the <F5> key on your keyboard) for up-to-date information

Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic

.
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.

To contact club officers with questions or comments, please visit our Contacts page
Copyright ©2020 Astronomy Club of Akron, Inc. - a 501(c)3 non-profit organization
This page of the ACA Website was last modified on 01/23/20

 

Web hosting provided by

CISNet Internet Services