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Topic: Planets & Moon
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Sky Events: Saturn at opposition tonight
Posted by: lynn_s on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 05:00 PM
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Saturn is at opposition today, rising at sunset and up all night in Gemini. It is about as bright as it gets, magnitude -0.4, and the rings are tilted wide open. Any telescope will show the rings and Titan.
Tomorrow the Huygens probe lands on Titan. It would be nice to look at Titan tonight and know there is a spacecraft on the way down to it.
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Club News: Mars Night at Chester Bowl draws a crowd
Posted by: lynn_s on Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 08:30 AM
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Last night, the night of Mars' closest approach in 60,000 years, we set up eight telescopes in the Chester Bowl parking lot. By our count about 400 people came through between 9:30 and midnight. The line for Mark's 12.5-inch was still 30 people deep at 11:45.
Mars cleared the trees around 10:30 and the seeing settled down enough to show the south polar cap and Syrtis Major. Thanks to everyone who brought a scope, and to the Parks department for leaving the lights off.
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