*CANCELLED*Public Night Sky Observing 11/01

January 25, 2019 Josef Chlachula Comments Off on *CANCELLED*Public Night Sky Observing 11/01
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When:
November 1, 2019 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
2019-11-01T18:00:00-05:00
2019-11-01T20:00:00-05:00
Where:
Watson Soccer Field Parking Lot
1000 Essex Pkwy NW
Rochester, MN 55901
USA
Cost:
Free
Public Night Sky Viewing

** This event is cancelled due to cloudy skies **

Public Sky Observing of the young Moon – 5.1 days after New Moon, planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, bright stars, double stars, and more by telescope with guidance members of the Rochester Astronomy Club.

Observing will be Oxbow Park, Byron.

For last minute announcements follow up Rochester Astronomy Club (RAC) facebook page https://www.facebook.com/rochesterastronomy/

General public is welcome.

corner corner Gartner Hercules Atlas Frascatorius Theophilus Langrenus Mare Tranqullitatis Mare Fecunditatis Mare Nectaris Mare Crisium

Moon to observe during event 2019/11/1 11/2 01:00 UT
Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

 

Friday evening Public Sky Observing in 2019

2019 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Day 11 08 155 12 10 07 05 095 06 04 01 065
Start 6 7 8 8:30 9:00 9:30 9:45 9 8 7 6 6
End 7 8 10 10:30 11:00 11:30 11:45 11 10 9 8 7
☽ age 4.3 3.7 9.1 7.7 6.3 5.0 3.7 9.7 8.3 6.7 5.1 9.8
Planets ♆,♂,⛢ ♂,⛢ ⛢,♂ ♂ ♂ ☿,♂,♃;⚳ ♃,♄;⚳ ♃,♄;⚳ ♃,♄,♆;⚳ ♃,♄,♆ ♃,♄,♆, ♀,♄,♆,⛢
event October 4 previous next December 6

Symbols: Moon ☽, Mercury ☿, Venus ♀, Mars ♂, Jupiter ♃, Saturn ♄, Uranus ⛢ (or ♅), Neptune ♆; Dwarf planet Ceres ⚳
Day upper index5 means 5 weeks gap instead of regular 4 weeks