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Astronomical Observing at Fishcreek - Friday 8/15/2008

Tonight's event will, again, be somewhat limited by the full Moon the entire night.  Despite the brightness of the moon, we will be able to see 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, and galaxies.  Jupiter, the King of the planets, is a beautiful sight.  With a high-power view through the telescopes, details in the cloud bands is possible, and the four Galilean moons actually appear as disks instead of just point light sources.

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

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ClearSkyClock for Fishcreek Site  (the darker blue the squares are, the better)

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Moon data   Rises: 7: 50pm Transits: 12: 58am Aug 16 - Time of highest position in the sky, due South Sets: 6: 16am Aug 16 Constellation:   Capricornus Phase:   99.32% illuminated (waxing gibbous) Distance:   0.00261107 AU = 390,610 km = 242,714 miles = 1.30 light-seconds Magnitude:   -12.5 Apparent size:   30.58 arcminutes in angular diameter Elongation from Sun:   170.50 degrees (evening sky) Age:   14.64 days since last New Moon Next Phase:   Full Moon on Saturday Aug 16, 2008 at 5:17pm Next Lunar eclipse:   Total eclipse (100%) on Sunday Sept 27, 2015 at 10:10pm EDT On 8/15/2008 at 9:29:08pm the Moon will be 14.3º above the east-southeast horizon and will look like this... (back to 'Quick Links')

Jupiter data   Rises: 6: 05pm Transits: 10: 44pm - Time of highest position in the sky, due South Sets: 3: 23am Aug 16 Constellation:   Sagittarius Phase:   99.60% illuminated Distance:   4.34906248 AU = 650,610,486 km = 404,270,618 miles = 36.22 light-minutes Magnitude:   -2.6 Apparent size:   45.33 arcseconds in angular diameter Elongation from Sun:   139.80 degrees (evening sky) On 8/15/2008 at 9:29:08pm Jupiter will be 23.4º above the south-southeast horizon Next transit of the Great Red Spot: Saturday August 16, 2008 at 5:10am GRS longitude: 124.7º Jupiter moons activity:       Io shadow transit ends at 10:13pm Jupiter and its four visible moons will look like this at 9:40:22pm tonight... (back to 'Quick Links')

Inner Solar System - the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Earth
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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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