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Astronomical Observing at Fishcreek - Friday 11/2/2007

Special attraction:  Come see the COMET!!!

Tonight's event will feature a Moonless sky for us since it sets at 3:13pm this afternoon and won't rise until 1:41am Saturday.  We'll have the planet Jupiter, colorful double stars, open clusters made up of hundreds of stars, globular clusters comprised of hundreds of thousands of stars, planetary nebula formed by dying stars, diffuse nebula and emission nebula where stars are being born, will all be available to us the entire night.  Many amateur astronomers feel that late fall is the best time to observe since there are beautiful objects of all categories available and the Milky Way, the galaxy in which we live, is directly overhead.

for a list of DeepSky Objects that will be available to us this session.

We hope to see you here for a night under the stars - now in our thirteenth year!

For observing conditions at our site, please click on the link below: 
ClearSkyClock for Fishcreek Site  (the darker blue the squares are, the better)

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Moon data   Rises: 1: 41am Nov 3 Transits: 7: 59am - Time of highest position in the sky, due South Sets: 3: 13pm Constellation:   Leo Phase:   38.94% illuminated (waning crescent) Distance:   0.00263336 AU = 393,946 km = 244,787 miles = 1.32 light-seconds Magnitude:   -9.5 Apparent size:   30.32 arcminutes in angular diameter Elongation from Sun:   77.08 degrees (morning sky) Age:   22.76 days since last New Moon Next Phase:   New Moon on Friday Nov 9, 2007 at 7:03pm Next Lunar eclipse:   Total eclipse (100%) on Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 at 9:58pm EST At 7:22pm the Moon will be 33.1º below the north-northwest horizon but will look like this after it clears the trees at 3:22am Saturday morning (back to 'Quick Links')

Jupiter data   Rises: 11: 15am Transits: 3: 55pm - Time of highest position in the sky, due South Sets: 8: 35pm Constellation:   Ophiuchus (pronounced oh-fee-oo'-cuss) Phase:   99.63% illuminated Distance:   5.99198945 AU = 896,388,863 km = 556,990,223 miles = 49.91 light-minutes Magnitude:   -1.9 Apparent size:   32.90 arcseconds in angular diameter Elongation from Sun:   39.85 degrees (evening sky) At 7:22pm Jupiter will be 10.1º above the southwest horizon Next transit of the Great Red Spot:  Saturday Nov 3 2007 at 2:34am GRS longitude: 118.1º Jupiter moons activity:      None tonight, but a nice view of all four with two on each side of Jupiter This animated GIF of Jupiter and its moons begins at 6:20pm EDT and runs until Jupiter is below the horizon. You can read the altitude and azimuth in the caption below Jupiter.  This image is neither inverted nor reversed and is oriented as it would appear in binoculars or a non-inverting telescope.  Frames are 10 minutes apart. 'Alt' is degrees above the horizon, 'Az' is degrees of azimuth: 0 is north, 90 is east, 180 is south and 270 is west Animation is centered on Jupiter to better show the motion of the moons (back to 'Quick Links')

Inner Solar System - the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Earth
(Created using Software Bisque's TheSky software)

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Outer Solar System - the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
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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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