Public Sky Observing 2021-05/15 – Astronomy Day

When:
May 15, 2021 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm
2021-05-15T21:00:00-05:00
2021-05-15T23:00:00-05:00
Where:
Root River Park
4012 80th St SE Rochester
Cost:
Free

COVID-19 requirements: All attendees have to
1. Wear masks
2. Be vaccinated 16 years and above. No children.
3. Must wear eyeglasses or eye protection if viewing through an eyepiece. Eye protection will be provided.
4. Attendance is limited to 25 visitors
5. Visitors are requested to share tracking information: name, phone/email, address, vaccination status

Spring Astronomy Day: Public Sky Observing of the young Moon – 3.8 days after New Moon, planets Venus, Mercury, Mars, bright stars, double stars, and more by telescope with guidance members of the Rochester Astronomy Club.

Moon on Saturday May 15th evening

Credit: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

Moon first quarter Fridays: 1/22, 2/19, 3/19, 4/16, 5/21, 6/18, 7/16, 8/13, 9/10, 10/15, 11/12, 12/10.


In the Sky May/2021, Phases of the Moon 2021, Holidays 2021


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Month Day DoW Start End ☽ age Planets
May 15 Sat 9:00 11:00 3.8 ☿,♀,♂
May 21 Fri 9:30 11:30 9.8 ☿,♀,♂
Jun 12 Sat 9:45 11:45 2.4 ♀,♂
Jun 18 Fri 9:45 11:45 8.4 ♀,♂
Jul 10 Sat 9:30 11:30 1.0 ♀,♂,♄
Jul 16 Fri 9:30 11:30 7.0 ♀,♂,♃,♄,⛢
Aug 7 Sat 8:30 10:30 29.0 ☿,♀,♂,♃,♄,⛢
Aug 13 Fri 8:30 10:30 5.7 ☿,♀,♂,♃,♄,⛢
Sep 4 Sat 7:30 9:30 27.5 ☿,♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
Sep 10 Fri 7:30 9:30 4.4 ♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
Oct 94 Sat 7 9 4.0 ♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
Oct 15 Fri 7 9 10.4 ♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
Nov 12 Fri 6 8 8.9 ♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
Dec 10 Fri 6 8 7.4 ☿,♀,♃,♄,♆,⛢
event December 18 2020 previous next May 21

Day upper index4 means 4 weeks gap instead of regular 3 weeks.
☿ – Mercury, ♀ – Venus, ♂ – Mars, ♃ – Jupiter, ♄ – Saturn, ⛢ – Uranus, ♆ – Neptune,

Guides: Josef,

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