2021 Bootleg Fall Star
Party - September 9th-12th!
Send in your registration
forms, as early registration ends Saturday, September 12th! (if the Star
Party cannot be held as a group event, as was the case in the spring, then your
registration fee will be refunded and you will just have to pay for your nightly
camping fee)!
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The Bootleg Star Party
Registration Form is available HERE
(pre-registration deadline
is May 29th)
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*** Due to the number of people
doing imaging at the Bootleg Star Parties, Bootleg Management is indicating that
Green Lasers will not be permitted starting one hour after sunset ***
Lyrid
meteor shower
peaks at 13h UT (variable). Active April 14-30. Radiant is
between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors
per hour at its peak. Best observed after the Moon has set.
• Lyrids
(Wikipedia)
• 2021
Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
22
Moon
near Regulus
at 14h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus
(Wikipedia)
26
Moon
near Spica
at 8h UT (evening sky).
• Spica
(Wikipedia)
27
Full
Moon
at 3:32 UT.
27
Mars
0.6° N of M35 cluster
at 7h UT (55° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.5.
• M35
Cluster (Wikipedia)
27
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 15:20 UT (distance 357,378 km; angular
size 33.4').
29
Moon
near Antares
at 9h UT (morning sky).
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All
times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)
Zodiacal
Light
is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane
of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2
hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow
extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best
months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost
vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and
October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern
hemisphere.
• Zodiacal
Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy
Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing
the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)