Tonight at 8:30 pm, Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers Honor Neil Armstrong

We'll have a moment of silence, or rather, as Neil Armstrong's family has asked for, a wink at the moon ( #winkatthemoon twitter hashtag if you are on Twitter) moment at 8:30 p.m. tonight at Monrovia's Library Park. No telescope required if you are at home, but all the OTAstro telescopes will be aimed at the moon tonight at our usual once-a-month moon viewing night. If you can't make it out to our moon viewing event, join a local group, or look up from wherever you are. Gaze at the moon, zero in on the Sea of Tranquility even with your naked eyes and honor a true American hero, Neil Armstrong, who died today. (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2011) Here is where to look: Green triangle, Apollo 11, halfway between center right edge and center of moon.) http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=804. I was in high school, on a family trip to Mexico on the day Neil Armstrong put the first footprint on the moon. I'll never forget it! Share your own stories with us tonight, or with your friends and family as you look up and wink at the moon. -- Jane Houston Jones Monrovia, CA What's Up Podcast for August: Mars as Curiosity lands, Perseids On Youtube: http://is.gd/kPUtSx Twitter: http://twitter.com/jhjones /CassiniSaturn /otastro My Blog: http://jane.whiteoaks.com/