COVID-19
Update: We have received word from Green River that they will be fully open starting
the weekend of May 29/30th, which means there will be no restrictions on the Spring Bootleg Star Party other than the standing Phase 3 guidelines in Illinois
as found here: https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/restore-illinois-phase-3
Send in your registration
forms, as early registration ends this upcoming Saturday, May 30th (especially
for t-shirt orders)!!
2020 Bootleg Fall Star
Party - September 17th-20th!
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The Bootleg Star Party
Registration Form is available HERE
(pre-registration deadline is May 30th)
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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 ***
Moon
near Jupiter
(morning sky) at 19h UT. Mag. −2.6.
• Jupiter
(Wikipedia)
8
Moon,
Jupiter and Saturn
within a circle of diam. 5.1° (morning sky) at 22h UT. Mags.
−2.6 and 0.4.
9
Moon
near Saturn
(morning sky) at 4h UT. Mag. 0.4.
• Saturn
(Wikipedia)
13
Moon
near Mars
(morning sky) at 3h UT. Mag. −0.2.
• Mars
(Wikipedia)
13
Last
Quarter Moon
at 6:24 UT.
15
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 1h UT (distance 404,595 km; angular
size 29.5').
18
Moon
near the Pleiades
at 23h UT (morning sky).
• The
Pleiades (Wikipedia)
19
Moon
near Venus
(23° from Sun, morning sky) at 9h UT. Mag. −4.3.
• Venus
(Wikipedia)
19
Moon,
Venus and Aldebaran
within a circle of diam. 4.9° (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mags.
−4.3 and 0.9.
19
Moon
near Aldebaran
(20° from Sun, morning sky) at 17h UT.
• Aldebaran
(Wikipedia)
20
Venus
8.9° SE of the Pleiades
(30° from Sun, morning sky) at 12h UT. Mag. −4.3.
20
June
solstice
at 21:45 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point farthest
north of the celestial equator marking the start of summer in
the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
• June
Solstice (Wikipedia)
• Equinoxes
and Solstices from Space (NASA)
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 18h UT.
• Regulus
(Wikipedia)
28
First
Quarter Moon
at 8:15 UT.
29
Moon
near Spica
(evening sky) at 14h UT.
30
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 2:07 UT (distance 368,958 km; angular size
32.4').
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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)
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