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Saturday April 7, 2018 at 8:15 PM |
Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
April 7, 2018 at 5:28 PM |
NOAA weather forecast has changed since 7am and now
calls for
partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. Radar seems to
indicate that
forecast as well. We need clear skies for stargazing.
So, this evening's star party is
CANCELLED |
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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. |

Official ACA Messier Marathon Observers'
Forms are available
here
*What's a "Messier Marathon?" Click
here for additional information! |
.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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8:00 pm
(EDT) |
Civil Twilight: |
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8:26 pm
(EDT) |
Nautical Twilight: |
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8:59 pm
(EDT) |
Astronomical Twilight: |
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9:34 pm
(EDT) |
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Moonrise: |
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2:49 am
(EDT) 4/8/2018 |
Moon transit: |
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7:47
am
(EDT) 4/8/2018 |
Moonset: |
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12:47 pm
(EDT) 4/8/2018 |
Moon phase: |
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52.41%
(waning gibbous) |

The Moon will look like this today
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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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ical "seeing" (steadiness of the air), the shorter the arrows, the better.
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