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Saturday August 3, 2019 from 8:50 PM to ??
Announced by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
August 3, 2019 at 7:36 AM |
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Status updated on Saturday August 3, 2019 at 4:20 PM |
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The observatory will be open this evening for
stargazing.
We'll start at 8:50pm with Jupiter in the eyepiece. |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event
It looks like a great evening for stargazing; cool
temperatures, low humidity, and clear skies.
What will we be looking at tonight?
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The observatory will be open this evening for
stargazing.
We'll start at 8:50pm with Jupiter in the
eyepiece. Ring Nebula,
Wild Duck Cluster, Great Hercules Cluster, Swan
Nebula, M24 Star Cloud,
open cluster M23, and globular clusters M3, M92,
& M80 are all
on the observing list. Saturn has been looking
beautiful through
the 16" observatory telescope;
We've had lots of comments that it looks
3-dimensional.
Star party will occur as scheduled at 8:50 PM with
Jupiter in the eyepiece
Please dress appropriately for expected
temperature conditions. |
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