Public Sky Observing at 125 Live

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  • December 1, 2017 at 4:52 am #10213
    Josef Ch
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      RAC Outreach is planning Public Sky Observing at 125 Live in the Winter months 2017/2018. Events are planned for Fridays, when Moon is visible, for two hours. In case of cloudy weather there will be short presentation with discussion.

      2017:
        12/22 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
      2018:
      1/19 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
      2/23 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
      3/23 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM

      Address:
      125 Elton Hills Dr. NW, Rochester, MN 55901

      December 3, 2017 at 3:31 am #13122
      Josef Ch
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        Here is nice NASA page with Moon phases 2017 https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/5/
        You can find it also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv65Orsh6LM&t=285 (It starts at December 22, 2017)
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        January 14, 2018 at 4:52 am #13123
        Josef Ch
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          NASA web https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4604 allows to visualize Moon phases with step one hour. You may do right clink on the Moon image, and download TIFF file with full resolution.

          February 5, 2018 at 11:03 pm #13124
          Josef Ch
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            NASA Moon rendering for Friday 2018-2-23 7 PM https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a004600/a004604/frames/730x730_1x1_30p/moon.1298.jpg

            Southern craters at terminator, from bottom:
            Clavius (is shade), Tycho (long ray at right), Deslandres, Pilatus (central peak)

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