Thursday, February 26, 2009

Sidewalk Astronomy in February and March

On Friday, February 27, we'll be setting up in Farnsworth Park in Altadena. This park is far north on Lake, past New York. The park's on the west side of Lake, with a street called "Mountain Curve" on the north end of the park.

On Saturday, March 7, we'll be setting up in our usual corner in Monrovia, at Myrtle and Lime.

A crescent moon, a crescent Venus and a late-rising Saturn are on tap for the 27th. Saturn will be rising an hour or so earlier by the next week, with Venus setting earlier and a gibbous moon visible all night.

Both nights will start around 6pm. Altadena will wrap up around 8pm. Monrovia will wrap up around 9pm.

Both events are weather-permitting, of course.