Feeling under the weather

Won't be able to make Monrovia myself, but I'm sure there'll be at least a few others with telescopes there tonight.

Monrovia Sidewalk Astronomy, November 21, 2009

This Saturday we return to Myrtle and Lime in Old Town Monrovia as part of the Old Town Astronomers. We'll probably try to set up by 7pm (possibly earlier) and stay until at least 9pm (later if there's a crowd). There will be a four-day old moon to view to the south-southwest, and Jupiter to the south-southeast.

Monrovia Sidwalk Astronomy, Aug 1

Probably the last chance to see Saturn in the evening sky for quite some time. Jupiter will be coming up late in the evening. Not sure if we'll still be set up when it becomes visible. Otherwise, it's moon viewing.

May or may not try to do sidewalk astronomy during a few of the Rosemead Park concerts.

The last two "What's Up?" from JPL have been about the Hercules globular cluster and the Milky Way. Check them out!

Quiet time

Our late-May event was clouded out. The next Monrovia event will be June 27.

Monrovia Sidewalk Astronomy, Saturday, May 2

It's staying light later, so we probably won't start observing until 7:30pm or so. Saturn and the moon are still the main targets (possibly the only targets). The Orion Nebula and the Pleiades are both pretty low and probably not going to be viewable.

Monrovia Sidewalk Astronomy, Saturday, April 4

We'll be at our usual location on Saturday, April 4. Moon and Saturn viewing are on tap. Set up around dark (roughly 7pm). Tear-down probably around 9:30pm or so.

International Space Station Flyover of the Rosemead Area

There are two very good fly-overs of the International Space Station over the Rosemead area over the next two days. Tonight, a little after 8:11pm, it'll appear low in the northwest and pass silently towards the east-southeast. At -2.2 magnitude, it will be the brightest point of light coming from the sky you'll see (other than the moon, of course).

On April 3, around 7:30pm, it will again appear out of the northwest and head towards the southeast. This one is predicted to be a bit brighter than the last one.

Additional information should be available at this link. Click on the date and it'll produce a star map for you to match to your horizon.

The information is generally accurate for anyone within about fifty miles of Rosemead.