2020 Bootleg Fall Star
Party - September 17th-20th!
Bootleg
Fall Star
Party Update: We had THREE CLEAR NIGHTS at the fall star party! A great
time was had by all who attended! .
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 September 12th)
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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 ***
Upcoming
Observing Highlights for January 2021
(from skymaps.com)
2
Earth
at Perihelion
(closest to Sun) at 14h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983257
a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers.
Sun
at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis)
3
Moon
near Regulus
at 2h UT (morning sky).
Regulus
(Wikipedia)
3
Quadrantid
Meteor Shower
peaks at 14h UT. Active between December 28 and January 12.
Produces up to 110 meteors per hour. Radiant is in northern Botes.
Meteor
Shower Calendar (IMO)
Quadrantids
(Wikipedia)
6
Last
Quarter Moon
at 9:37 UT.
7
Moon
near Spica
at 0h UT (morning sky).
Spica
(Wikipedia)
9
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 15:47 UT (distance 367,387 km; angular
size 32.5').
10
Moon
near Antares
at 6h UT (morning sky).
Antares
(Wikipedia)
10
Mercury,
Jupiter and Saturn
within a circle of diam. 2.4° (13° from Sun, evening sky) at
19h UT. Mags. −0.9, −1.9 and 0.6. Mercury 1.4° from
Jupiter.
Mercury
(Wikipedia)
Jupiter
(Wikipedia)
Saturn
(Wikipedia)
11
Moon
near Venus
(morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −3.9.
Venus
(Wikipedia)
13
New
Moon
at 5:01 UT. Start of lunation 1213.
14
Moon
near Mercury
at 10h UT (15° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. −0.9.
Mercury
(Wikipedia)
20
Mars
1.6° NNW of Uranus
at 20h UT (evening sky). Mags. 0.2 and 5.8.
Mars
(Wikipedia)
Uranus
(Wikipedia)\
20
First
Quarter Moon
at 21:02 UT.
21
Moon
near Mars
(evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. 0.2.
Mars
(Wikipedia)
21
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 13h UT (distance 404,360 km; angular
size 29.6').
23
Moon
near the Pleiades
at 10h UT (evening sky).
The
Pleiades (Wikipedia)
24
Mercury
at greatest elongation east
(19° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. −0.5.
24
Saturn
at conjunction
with the Sun at 3h UT. The ringed planet passes into the morning
sky (not visible).
24
Moon
near Aldebaran
at 4h UT (evening sky).
Aldebaran
(Wikipedia)
Jupiter
at conjunction
with the Sun at 2h UT. Passes into the morning sky.
30
Moon
near Regulus
at 9h UT (morning sky).
Regulus
(Wikipedia)
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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)