Saturday SkyWatch

Hello Stargazers! This is your Saturday Skywatch.

 

The forecast is cloudy, but the weather is warm so we’re hopeful for a fair night of stargazing tonight.

 

Nautical Sunset tonight is 8:51pm, remember that this is the twilight time that you’ll start to see some stars – or planets, in particular Venus near the Western Horizon.

Now, as it’s getting darker later, we’re open a bit later and someone will be around till 11pm tonight.

 

The moon is in its first quarter (48% illuminated) with a brightness of -11 and will be visible in the West as we stargaze tonight. So, it will be a good night for Moon Photography if you wanted to try your hand at that.

Weather permitting (clouds of course) tonight will also be a good night for viewing clusters and some Nebula’s.

 

We look forward to seeing you at the Observatory tonight, but wherever you are don’t forget to look up!

 

-The TRRO team

 

Side note: Keep an eye on the Facebook group page throughout today as if I make it to the Observatory a bit earlier, I’ll set up the Solar Scope for anyone who wants to duck out and take a look at the Sun (safely) before sunset (again, clouds permitting). – Matti