Astronomical Observing at Fishcreek - Friday 6/22/2007
As promised, our observing events in Stow have returned and we have an
extra-special night on Friday! The newspaper is sending Michele Kisthardt,
reporter, and Michael Dakota, photographer from Record Publishing. They're
doing a story on the astronomy events we have at Fishcreek School. The Parks
Department is very interested in us coming out in force to show how popular this
program actually is. The
weather forecast is calling for 'partly
cloudy', but that implies 'partly clear' so let's get out there and observe!
Saturn is putting on quite a show, as is Venus, and now Jupiter. Mercury has
become lost in the glare of the Sun. The Moon will be a few hours past first
quarter so there will be lots of detail visible on the terminator - the line
between the lit and shadowed sides.
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, 6/22/07 at 10:19pm
(nautical twilight).
Source: Guide8 software available from
www.projectpluto.com
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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 5:49am
Transit: 1:27pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 9:05pm
Constellation: Gemini
Distance: 1.01635076 AU = 152,043,909 km = 94,475,706 miles
Magnitude: -26.7
Apparent size: 31.47 arcminutes in angular diameter
Civil twilight ends at 9:36pm ( When the Sun is 6 degrees below the horizon
)
Nautical twilight ends at 10:19pm ( When the Sun is 12 degrees below the
horizon )
Astronomical twilight ends at 11:11pm ( When the Sun is 18 degrees below the
horizon )
Autumnal Equinox: Sunday Sept 23, 2007 at 5:51am (when fall will officially
be here)
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Moon data:
Rise 1:39pm Jun 22
Transit: 7:40pm Jun 22 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 1:32am Jun 23
Constellation: Virgo
Phase: 55.19% illuminated (waxing gibbous)
7.96 days since last New Moon
Distance: 0.00267275 AU = 399,838 km = 248,448 miles
Magnitude: -10.2
Apparent size: 29.88 arcminutes in angular diameter
Next Phase: Full Moon on Saturday June 30, 2007 at 9:49am
Next Lunar eclipse: Tuesday August 28, 2007 at 5:51am
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Mercury data:
Rise 6:46am
Transit: 2:06pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Sets 9:25pm
Constellation: Gemini
Phase: 3.06% illuminated (tiny waning crescent)
Distance: 0.56565366 AU = 84,620,583 km = 52,580,793 miles
Elongation from Sun: 9.10 degrees (evening sky)
Magnitude: 4.0
Apparent size: 11.89 arcseconds in angular diameter
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Venus data:
Rise: 9:26am
Transit 4:37pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 11:47pm
Constellation: Cancer
Phase: 41.17% illuminated (waning crescent)
Elongation from Sun: 44.56 degrees (evening sky)
Distance: 0.59615478 AU = 89,183,486 km = 55,416,050 miles
Magnitude: mag -4.4 (VERY bright!)
Apparent size: 27.99 arcseconds in angular diameter
At 10:19pm Venus will be at an altitude of 14¾º
and look like this in the telescopes
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Mars data:
Rise: 2:30am Jun 23
Transit 9:10am Jun 23 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 3:51pm Jun 23
Constellation: Pisces
Phase: 87.91% illuminated
Distance: 1.51715704 AU = 226,963,462 km = 141,028,559 miles
Magnitude: mag 0.7
Apparent size: 6.17 arcseconds in angular diameter (getting larger)
Elongation from Sun: 62.60 degrees (morning sky)
Next close approach of Mars is on Monday, Dec 24, 2007
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Jupiter data:
Rise: 7:22pm
Transit 0:07am Jun 23 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 4:52am Jun 23
Constellation: Ophiuchus (pronounced oh-fee-oo'-cuss)
Phase: 99.91% illuminated
Distance: 4.34019861 AU = 649,284,471 km = 403,446,671 miles
Magnitude: mag -2.6
Elongation from Sun: 161.49 degrees (evening sky)
Apparent size: 45.42 arcseconds in angular diameter
Next transit of the Great Red Spot: Saturday June 23, 2007 at 7:11am
At 10:19pm Jupiter and its four moons will be at an altitude of 22¼º
and look like this in the telescopes
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Saturn data:
Rise: 9:58am
Transit 5:00pm (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 0:02am Jun 23
Constellation: Leo
Phase: 99.82% illuminated
Distance: 9.83447952 AU = 1,471,217,196 km = 914,171,995 miles
Magnitude: mag 0.6
Elongation from Sun: 50.26 degrees (evening sky)
Apparent size: 16.90 arcseconds in angular diameter
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Uranus data:
Rise: 0:53am Jun 23
Transit 6:40am Jun 23 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 12:27pm Jun 23
Constellation: Aquarius
Phase: 99.94% illuminated
Distance: 19.84554539 AU = 2,968,851,333 km = 1,844,758,715 miles
Magnitude: mag 5.8
Elongation from Sun: 102.59 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 3.55 arcseconds in angular diameter
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Neptune data:
Rise: 11:44pm
Transit: 4:58am Jun 23 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 10:11am Jun 23
Constellation: Capricornus
Phase: 99.98% illuminated
Distance: 29.39034365 AU = 4,396,732,829 km = 2,732,003,154 miles
Magnitude: mag 7.9
Elongation from Sun: 129.47 degrees (morning sky)
Apparent size: 2.32 arcseconds in angular diameter
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Pluto (Dwarf Planet aka Asteroid 134340)
data:
Rise: 8:05pm
Transit 1:11am Jun 23 (Time of highest position in the sky, due South)
Set: 6:17am Jun 23
Constellation: Sagittarius
Phase: 100.00% illuminated
Distance: 30.29544212 AU = 4,532,133,632 km = 2,816,137,313 miles
Magnitude: mag 14.1
Elongation from Sun: 172.04 degrees (evening sky)
Apparent size: 0.11 arcseconds in angular diameter
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Very sincerely yours,
Dave Jessie
"Time spent observing the heavens is not deducted from your life span"
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