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Saturday August 19, 2017 at 8:30 PM |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
August 19, 2017 at 5:09 PM:
The observatory will open at 8:30pm. The forecast for
the rest of the evening is for clear skies. We will
observe Saturn and Messier objects
in the constellation Sagittarius. |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Open Clusters
Open Clusters of the Summer Constellations including M11,
NGC 6633, M23, M39,
and M26 star cloud. |
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.Visible satellite passes from the ACA Observatory:
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Solar System objects rise/transit/set times from the ACA Observatory on the date of this event... |
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Sunset: |
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8:21 pm
(EDT) |
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Civil Twilight: |
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8:48 pm
(EDT) |
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Nautical Twilight: |
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9:23 pm
(EDT) |
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Astronomical Twilight: |
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10:00 pm
(EDT) |
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Moonrise: |
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4:06 am
(EDT) 8/19/2017 |
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Moon transit: |
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11:34
am
(EDT) 8/19/2017 |
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Moonset: |
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6:58
pm
(EDT) 8/19/2017 |
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Moon phase: |
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4.1%
(waning crescent) |
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The Moon will look like this afternoon
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Be
sure to hit the REFRESH / RELOAD button on your browser
(or the <F5> key on your keyboard) for up-to-date information for
the Clear Sky Chart below...
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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic |
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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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