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Tuesday July 26, 2016 from 9:00 PM to ?:?? PM
Announced by our Observatory Director on Monday
7/25/2016 at 5:20 PM |
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Status updated by our Observatory Director on Tuesday
7/26/2016 at 5:33 PM: |
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Okay, clouds right now, but clouds should be out of area
by 9:00pm.
So, we'll open observatory at 9pm. If clouds persist, we
won't be able to observe. |
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Event Report: |
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We had beautiful skies Tuesday evening for this
impromptu star party.
The Swan Nebula & Saturn looked fantastic!
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Public
Observing Event
at
the ACA Observatory
Impromptu Event!
The
summer skies are filled with beautiful celestial objects.
Here are just a few that are on the observing list for this
event: Jupiter,
Saturn, Swan Nebula, Ring Nebula, Wild Duck Cluster,
Great Hercules Cluster (at zenith), M24 star cloud,
Butterfly Cluster,
open cluster M23, and more. |
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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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New feature: The "T"
on each object's line in the chart above indicates the time of
transit in addition to the rise and set times for the object. |
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Live AccuWeather Satellite Mosaic |
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Jet Stream (updates
automatically to latest available image)
The Jet Stream affects astronomical "seeing" (steadiness of the air)
If
we're in a gray area, seeing will not be as good as in a white area.
If
we're in a white area, the shorter the arrows, the better.
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