Hi FAS folks:
To walk outside this afternoon, it may seem like Spring has arrived. Certainly, it will seem like mid-summer to those fools – er, I mean, brave souls – who were up at Pilot Mountain last week, where temperatures are predicted to be 25° warmer tomorrow compared to last Saturday. More important, the skies are predicted to be clear. Of course, it will still be cool up at the top of the mountain, but we can hope that the dreaded Pilot Mountain CloudBand will not show up. So, unless you hear differently from me tomorrow, our observation is still on.
The latest on the comet: as predicted, it has appeared in the Northern Hemisphere, and observers in Florida have seen it low on the horizon right after sunset. But it is reported to be quite faint in the twilight sky. Bring your binoculars and arrive by sunset for your best chance to see it.
Steve C.
Sunset: 6:23 PM
Astronomical twilight: 7:45