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Saturday August 4, 2018 at 8:45 PM |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
August 4, 2018 at 1:27pm |
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Clear skies are predicted for tonight!
Observatory opens 8:45pm. We'll be viewing four planets
this evening with Mars appearing about as large as it
ever gets as viewed from Earth.
Deep Sky objects are also on the observing list.
Looks like a great night ahead!
Observatory will open at 8:45pm |
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Event report by our Observatory Director on Sunday,
August 5, 2018 at 8:48am |
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We had a great time last night with six telescopes set
up to observe four planets and many deep sky objects.
Lots of public attended to observe.
The 5 inch refractor delivered pretty good images of the
planets.
Sky conditions were very good. |
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Public Observing Event
at the ACA Observatory:
Mars
Mars makes its close approach to Earth and appears nearly as
large as it ever gets. Observe Martian surface features!
Venus observing early, followed by Jupiter and Saturn
observing;
then our featured planet Mars!
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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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8:41 pm
(EDT) |
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Civil Twilight: |
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9:09 pm
(EDT) |
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Nautical Twilight: |
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9:47 pm
(EDT) |
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Astronomical Twilight: |
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10:28 pm
(EDT) |
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Moonrise: |
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0:54 am
(EDT) 8/5/2018 |
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Moon transit: |
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7:54
am
(EDT) 8/5/2018 |
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Moonset: |
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3:03
pm
(EDT) 8/5/2018 |
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Moon phase: |
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46.62%
(waning crescent) |
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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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