Astronomical Observing at Fishcreek - Friday 6/1/2007
This week, Saturn is putting on quite a show, as is
Venus, Mercury and now Jupiter! The Moon is a day past full and will be
lighting up the back sides of the gazillions of water molecules present on this
hot muggy day. These conditions will render any deep sky objects invisible.
Why come out in that case? The planets will not be affected by the moonlight
and will still look great, even through the rather dense atmosphere.
We hope to see you here for a night under the stars - our twelfth year.
Observing conditions in Stow, map to our location and other useful information
is available here:
ClearSkyClock for Fishcreek Site
(the darker blue the squares are, the better)
For
exact directions to our location, just click on 'Road Map' in the 'Nifty
Links' section immediately below the Sky Clock.
The following detail was calculated as it will be on Friday, 6/1/07 at 10:07pm
(nautical twilight).
Source: Guide8 software available from
www.projectpluto.com
Quick links:
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto &
General Information
All times are shown in EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) as seen from Stow, Ohio.
Sun data:
Rise 5:51am
Transit: 1:23pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 8:55pm
Constellation: Taurus
Distance: 1.01408170 AU = 151,704,463 km = 94,264,784 miles
Magnitude: -26.7
Apparent size: 31.54 arcminutes in angular diameter
Civil twilight ends at 9:25pm ( When the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon
)
Nautical twilight ends at 10:07pm ( When the Sun is 12 degrees below
the horizon )
Astronomical twilight ends at 10:56pm ( When the Sun is 18 degrees
below the horizon )
Summer Solstice: Thursday June 21, 2007 at 2:06pm (when summer will
officially be here)
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Moon data:
Rise 10:02pm Jun 1
Transit: 2:23am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 6:44am Jun 2
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Phase: 98.57% illuminated (waning gibbous)
16.28 days since last New Moon
Distance: 0.00264518 AU = 395,714 km = 245,885 miles
Magnitude: -12.3 (bright!)
Apparent size: 30.19 arcminutes in angular diameter
Next Phase: Last Quarter on Friday June 8, 2007 at 7:43am
Next Lunar eclipse: Tuesday August 28, 2007 at 5:51am
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Mercury data:
Rise 7:20am
Transit: 3:04pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 10:49pm
Constellation: Gemini
Phase: 37.78% illuminated (waning crescent)
Distance: 0.82962443 AU = 124,110,048 km = 77,118,409 miles
Elongation from Sun 23.36 degrees (evening sky)
Magnitude: 0.5 (visible in the west after sunset)
Apparent size: 8.11 arcseconds in angular diameter
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Venus data:
Rise: 9:03am
Transit 4:40pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 0:16am Jun 2
Constellation: Gemini
Phase: 53.58% illuminated (waning gibbous)
Elongation from Sun: 45.22 degrees (evening sky)
Distance: 0.76597939 AU = 114,588,886 km = 71,202,234 miles
Magnitude: mag -4.3 (VERY bright!)
Apparent size: 21.78 arcseconds in angular diameter
At 10:07pm Venus will be at an altitude of 21⅓º
and look like this in the telescopes
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Mars data:
Rise: 3:16am Jun 2
Transit 9:35am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 3:55pm Jun 2
Constellation: Pisces
Phase: 89.13% illuminated
Distance: 1.61810863 AU = 242,065,606 km = 150,412,596 miles
Magnitude: mag 0.8
Apparent size: 5.78 arcseconds in angular diameter (getting larger)
Elongation from Sun: 58.02 degrees (morning sky)
Next close approach of Mars is on Monday, Dec 24, 2007
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Jupiter data:
Rise: 8:57pm
Transit 1:41am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 6:24am Jun 2
Constellation: Ophiuchus (pronounced oh-fee-oo'-cuss)
Phase: 99.99% illuminated
Distance: 4.30874804 AU = 644,579,532 km = 400,523,157 miles
Magnitude: mag -2.6
Elongation from Sun: 175.74 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 45.75 arcseconds in angular diameter
Last transit of the Great Red Spot: Friday June
1 at 7:07pm
Next transit of the Great Red Spot: Saturday
June 2 at 5:02am
At 10:07pm Jupiter and its four moons will be at an altitude of 9½º
and look like this in the telescopes
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Saturn data:
Rise: 11:11am
Transit 6:15pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 1:19am Jun 2
Constellation: Leo
Phase: 99.74% illuminated
Distance: 9.53494850 AU = 1,426,407,992 km = 886,328,846 miles
Magnitude: mag 0.5
Elongation from Sun: 68.56 degrees (evening sky)
First person that emails or calls me after reading this sentence wins a FREE
BREAKFAST!
Apparent size: 17.43 arcseconds in angular diameter
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Uranus data:
Rise: 2:15am Jun 2
Transit 8:02am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 1:49pm Jun 2
Constellation: Aquarius
Phase: 99.94% illuminated
Distance: 20.19487406 AU = 3,021,110,159 km = 1,877,230,845 miles
Magnitude: mag 5.9
Elongation from Sun: 82.70 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 3.49 arcseconds in angular diameter
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Neptune data:
Rise: 1:07am Jun 2
Transit: 6:21am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 11:35am Jun 2
Constellation: Capricornus
Phase: 99.97% illuminated
Distance: 29.69862548 AU = 4,442,851,134 km = 2,760,659,741 miles
Magnitude: mag 7.9
Elongation from Sun: 109.19 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 2.30 arcseconds in angular diameter
(back to 'Quick
Links')
Pluto
(Dwarf Planet aka Asteroid 134340) data:
Rise: 9:30pm
Transit 2:36am Jun 2 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 7:42am Jun 2
Constellation: Sagittarius
Phase: 100.00% illuminated
Distance: 30.32760392 AU = 4,536,944,970 km = 2,819,126,940 miles
Magnitude: mag 14.1
Elongation from Sun: 161.75 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 0.11 arcseconds in angular diameter
(back to 'Quick
Links')
General Information -
Q&As of Where, When and What
Very sincerely yours,
Dave Jessie
"Time spent observing the heavens is not deducted from your life span"
Back to 'Quick Links'