Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday
3/25/2017 at 2:20 PM.
Tonight's Messier Marathon has been cancelled due to
weather conditions.
Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Messier Marathon*!
Stay all night to
observe
the complete list of
110
Messier objects
with ACA club members. We'll have the best
free
coffee in
Akron
brewing all night.
. Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from the ACA Observatory on the date of this event...
Sunset:
7:46 pm
(EDT)
Civil Twilight:
8:12 pm
(EDT)
Nautical Twilight:
8:44 pm
(EDT)
Astronomical Twilight:
9:17 pm
(EDT)
Moonrise:
5:59 am
(EDT) 3/25/2017
Moon transit:
11:33
am
(EDT) 3/25/2017
Moonset:
5:13
pm
(EDT) 3/25/2017
Moon phase:
5.8%
(waning crescent)
The Moon will look like this afternoon
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the Clear Sky Chart below...
Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic
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.