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Saturday May 12, 2018 at 8:30 PM |
Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
May 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM |
Due to the nature of the weather forecast,
the star party for this evening has been
CANCELLED. |
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Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory:
Double Stars
We’ll examine the Mizar-Alcor star system with the 100mm
wide field telescope and then close-up with 16” observatory
telescope to view optical & visual doubles. Observing
session will follow. |
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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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8:37 pm
(EDT) |
Civil Twilight: |
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9:05 pm
(EDT) |
Nautical Twilight: |
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9:44 pm
(EDT) |
Astronomical Twilight: |
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10:26 pm
(EDT) |
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Moonrise: |
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4:50 am
(EDT) 5/12/2018 |
Moon transit: |
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11:05
am
(EDT) 5/12/2018 |
Moonset: |
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5:29 pm
(EDT) 5/12/2018 |
Moon phase: |
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7.94%
(waning crescent) |

The Moon will look like this today
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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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