It's cold and windy, but 4 of us will be out early for sidewalk astronomy tonight. Myrtle and Lime, Monrovia. 6 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. No promises that we'll be out later. Jane
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From Jane, sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
It's cold and windy, but 4 of us will be out early for sidewalk astronomy tonight. Myrtle and Lime, Monrovia. 6 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. No promises that we'll be out later. Jane
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From Jane, sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
ISS Pass again tonight. Time: Sat Feb 09 6:53 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 48°, Appears: 10° above
WNW, Disappears: 26° above SSE
The forecast is partly cloudy, Gary just stepped out and sees increasing clouds and no visible moon. The temperatures are dropping, and none of the astronomers appear to be available tonight, so we won't be bringing telescopes out tonight for all those reasons. If you feel so inclined, and can see some patches of sky, step outside to see the ISS pass at 6:52 p.m. and look for the slim crescent moon. It's 22% illuminated, and sets at 10 p.m. We may try again next Saturday but some of us are not available then either. Hang in there for better weather and less busy volunteer astronomers.
Jane
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Jane Houston Jones, JPL Retiree
Astronomer, music lover, JPL retiree
My Final What's Up Astronomy podcast #138: Dec 2018
Jane’s finale. An awesome comet https://go.nasa.gov/2DUnUsg
All 138 What’s Ups since 2007: https://go.nasa.gov/2usaBaB
Time: Thu Feb 07 6:59 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 41°, Appears: 11°
above NW, Disappears: 41° above N
Weather permitting (clouds and 20% chance of rain are in the forecast),
may cancel Saturday Sidewalk Astronomy. Here's the forecast. I'll post a
go/no-go on the website, and maybe a quick email on Saturdayo.
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/91016:4:US
Finally, the new JPL What's Up video team has produced the February
program. I like it, and so will you! https://youtu.be/CUaYcikaarE
Jane
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Jane Houston Jones, retired JPLer
Twitter: @jhjones @otastro
http://www.otastro.org/
Astronomy, travel, music, food, cats
