Thanks Dave for the run down. We noticed the conjuction of Jupiter, the
Moon and Venus last night. Regrettably, clouds did not drift away until
around 8:30pm at GRCO.
I will be viewing closely over the next few evenings.
All the best,
Dan
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 4:12 PM, David M. Douglass <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
For those who might be working at GRCO this weekend (as in TONIGHT and
tomorrow night…).
Venus and Jupiter are getting very close together, approaching an even
tighter FOV on the 30th.
But tonight, at about 8:00, looking to the west about 28 degrees
elevation, you will find the bright pair, with an apparent separation of
about 2.2’.
For reference, the diameter of the moon is about 30”, so that would mean
about four moons apart…..
Saturday evening, the distance closes. The separation will be about 1.7’
apart (about 3 moons…).
And yup… if you do the math… On Tues June 30th, they will be at their
closet point for this conjunction, at about .33’,or less than a full moon
apart.
Now, of course, not really. It is just an “optical” closeness….
But if the evening crowds are reading about this occurrence, I am sure
many will misread it, and think that these guys are really going to get
close, as in “really”…
Nope…. That is NOT going to happen !!
On the eastern front, On Sun June 28 (not a GRCO night – but you might
like to look yourself)…
The moon with be very close to and adjacent to Saturn. Bright corner
star SAO 159563 (46tht Lib) will be right between them…
This would be about 8:00 PM, looking east at about 146 degrees AZ and 33
degrees elevation… (just find the moon).
Now, tonight and tomorrow night, the moon won’t be close to Saturn… but
Saturn sure will be pretty at about the same location as mentioned above,
and continuing to rise as the evening gets later.
All in all, a pretty neat show !!
Hope the clouds stay away….
David M. Douglass
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