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Saturday February 29, 2020 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Announced by our Observatory Director on Saturday,
February 29, 2020 at 3:54 PM |
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Status update by our Observatory Director on on
Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 3:54 PM. |
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Clear Skies for this evening!
The observatory will be open at 7:00pm for Lunar
observing and
observing of the Great Orion Nebula. The observing time
will only be
one hour (7:00pm to 8:00pm). This is plenty of time to
see some
spectacular views of the Moon and Great Orion Nebula.
The 5-day old Moon will show central peaks of craters
along the
terminator that are lit up by the low angle of the Sun.
The observatory telescope does a fantastic job of
showing amazing detail of the Orion Nebula. Observatory
opens at 7:00pm! |
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event
It looks like a great evening for stargazing
What will we be looking at tonight?
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We plan to have a star party Friday evening
starting at 7:00pm.
The Great Orion Nebula and the beautiful open
cluster M37 will be
well-placed for observing. Christmas Tree
Cluster, NGC 2244 (Part of
Rosette Nebula), Bode's Galaxy, and Cigar Galaxy
are on the observing list.
We'll also view Pleiades and Beehive Cluster
through the 100mm wide field telescope.
Observatory opens at 7:00pm! |
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