Sci Works – Past Events: May 2009 to January 2011

• Sunset – 5:23PM – True dark at about – 7:00PM
• Come on out and watch the scope being setup, ask questions, and enjoy the night sky!

• Public Star Observations – everyone is welcome.
• This should be a great night of observation, the chance to see the planets, many moons, galaxies, star clusters, nebula, and other cool objects is not to be missed. Club members will be setting up an array of telescope types and configurations for you to enjoy. Ask questions and enjoy the views, if you need assistance with your scope please ask, there should be someone there that will have the answer.

• Sky Maps
• Heavens-Above
• Tonight’s Sky

• Sun – 5:23PM – True dark at about – 7:00PM
• Moon – Set: 9:21PM – Should be some good viewing.
• Jupiter and Uranus – will be viewable to the Southwest.
  • See the moon Io, transit the planet and hopefully its shadow.

• Great Nebula in Orion –

• Messier 31 (M31, NGC 224) is the famous Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large neighbor galaxy, forming the Local Group of galaxies together with its companions (including M32 and M110, two bright dwarf elliptical galaxies), our Milky Way and its companions, M33, and others.

• October 23, 2010 August 21, 2010
  • Rain Date: Sept. 4, 2010 (Hope this is not needed!) This is the rain date!
• Starts Sunset – 6:35PM (Stop in before and enjoy the time as club members setup their equipment, and maybe catch a view of some objects before sunset!)
• Ends – When done for the night!
• Mercury – Set: 6:47PM – Not Viewable!

• Venus – Sets: 6:27pm – Not Viewable!
• Mars – Sets: 7:52pm
• Saturn – Sets: 5:51 pm – Not Viewable!
• Jupiter – Raise: 5:03PM

• Uranus – Raise: 5:07PM
• Neptune Raise: 3:43PM
• Stars –
  • Albireo
• Galaxies –
  • M31 –
• Star Clusters –
• Planetary Nebula –
  • NGC7662 – The Blue Snowball (If the sky is very clear!)
  • M27 – The Dumbbell Nebula
• Constellations –
  • Many

• Sky Maps
• Heavens-Above
• Tonight’s Sky
• Viewing Information
  • Sun Set 20:32
  • Moon Rise 10:31 Set 22:42
  • Saturn – Setting with the moon
  • Jupiter and Neptune
    • Raise – (21:40)
    • Jupiter – Great Red Spot (2230+)

I don’t see any way we could do an observation with the weather outlook for Saturday, so the observation is canceled.

However the event being held there for the library is still scheduled indoors from 6 until 10:30. I am going to set up our posters and a scope indoors and sure could use a couple of extra scopes and a few volunteers to help out!

Let me know if you can make it.

Thanks
Don

• May 2nd 2009
• 4pm – Till?

• Dia de los Niños, Dia de los Libros (Day of the Child, Day of the Books) – A special treat for everyone in the family! There will be crafts, games, and solar observation. Don’t miss the 7:15 p.m. planetarium show. When it gets dark we can see the stars, the planets and the moon up close through many telescopes provided by the Forsyth Astronomical Society.
  • Crafts and games start at 6:30pm
  • Public outreach and star party. – sunset
  • Planetarium Show – 7:30pm
  • Sun scopes during the day.
  • Night scopes at sunset till
• Check out the flier! for details.