Saturday April 28: A different Sidewalk Astronomy opportunity

For the past three years we've brought Sidewalk telescopes to the Gilb Museum of Arcadia History for their spring soiree. The museum is located at 300 W Huntington and the event hours are 6-9 p.m. Saturday April 28th. Sunset isn't until 7:30 p.m. but the moon is our only target and it will be a fine target before sunset. Wine and cheese, art exhibit, history and astronomy, plus music and henna artist. https://www.arcadiaca.gov/government/city-departments/museum If you want to join us to enjoy your local museum, the event is free and open to the public, so come on down! May 5 there will be a Vandenberg launch visible from San Luis Obispo to Mexico's Pacific coast!  InSight, NASA's next lander on Mars will launch May 5 at 4:05 am (3 hour window), then several minutes later each day for about a month, if launch is no go on the 5th.  Here is a great video from JPL showing the visibility from Santa Barbara, LA and San Diego, plus links to live coverage of the launch. https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/mission/timeline/launch/watch-in-person/ It will be just as nice from your back yard  in Monrovia as long as you can see north to south 1/3 up from the horizon at 4 am! InSight will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex-3 or SLC-3, and ride atop an Atlas V-401 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. Mojo and I are heading to Lompoc to watch, but there are almost better chances to see it at home due to coastal fog on the central coast.  Go Atlas V, Go Insight! -- Jane Houston Jones Solar System Public Engagement What's Up April: Moon,Mars,Saturn plus Lyrid meteors https://youtu.be/f2svvMGSwW8 NEW! FaceBook Watch What’s Up video page! https://www.facebook.com/NASAWhatsUp/