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Saturday September 23, 2017 at 7:45 PM

Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 8:58 AM

Clear skies are forecasted for this evening.
The Observatory will open at 7:45pm.

Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory

 

Classical Music Night
 

Listen to the best musical selections of Mozart, Bach, & Vivaldi by which to gaze at the stars.

The observing list includes:

● Saturn
● Owl Cluster
● Herschel's Double Cluster
● Andromeda Galaxy
● Ring Nebula
● M23 open cluster
● Butterfly Cluster
● Blinking Nebula
● Hercules Cluster
● Wild Duck Cluster
● and MORE

  Click for MAP & DIRECTIONS to ACA Observatory

.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...

     
Sunset:     7:24 pm  (EDT)
Civil Twilight:     7:49 pm  (EDT)
Nautical Twilight:     8:21 pm  (EDT)
Astronomical Twilight:     8:53 pm  (EDT)
Moonrise:   10:29 am  (EDT) 9/23/2017
Moon transit:     4:06 pm  (EDT) 9/23/2017
Moonset:     9:36 pm  (EDT) 9/23/2017
Moon phase:   14.4% (waxing crescent)





The Moon will look like this afternoon and evening

 

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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.

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