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Friday September 15, 2017 at 7:45 PM
Announced by our Observatory Director on Wednesday,
September 13, 2017 at 5:43 PM |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Friday,
September 15, 2017 at 12:37 PM |
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The Observatory will open this evening at 7:45 PM
Saturn will be first on our observing list to
commemorate
Cassini's fiery crash into the planet this morning. |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event aka
Star Party Doubleheader!
The forecast for this weekend calls for clear skies
Friday night & Saturday night. We're going to plan a
star party for each evening. Friday will be an
impromptu star party so we need pristine skies. And
with a high pressure system moving in Friday after
Irma leaves the area, that is a very good
possibility. |
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Here's what's on the observing list for tonight... |
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● Saturn
● Wild Duck Cluster
● Ring Nebula
● Blue Snowball
● Blinking Nebula
● Butterfly Cluster
● Great Hercules Cluster
● Veil Nebula with OIII filter
● Dumbbell Nebula with OIII filter
● Herschel's Double Cluster
● Lagoon Nebula
● globular cluster M15
● Andromeda Galaxy
● M26 Star Cloud
● open cluster M23
● and more! |
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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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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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