The Moon and Gas Giants November 2024

The Moon and Gas Giants November 2024

Friday, November 8 (7:30 pm – 9:30 pm)

Come out to the Heide Observatory and observe the moon in the evening sky, as it will guide you to Saturn, Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus the gas giants of our solar system. Given clear skies, you can’t miss these bright worlds. The moon is the second-brightest celestial object, after the sun. Learn about the moon and these amazing worlds as we view them through our telescopes.

This event may need to be rescheduled if the cloud cover outlook is over 40%. Please watch for a confirmation email from the observatory.

Dress appropriately for nighttime outdoor weather.

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Questions about this event or others please contact us at observatory@hawthornhollow.org

Comet C2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Comet C2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

Thursday, October 17, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This comet will be very low in the sky, giving us only a brief window to view it through the main telescope before it dips below the treeline. We may also head up to the old schoolhouses, where the view to the west is clearer, and use binoculars for a better chance to see it.
Comets are notoriously unpredictable, and it’s hard to know exactly how bright Comet A3 will be. Current estimates suggest it could reach a magnitude of 2.5 to 2 during its closest approach to Earth on October 12. If we’re lucky, it might be even brighter—or fainter if we’re not—since predicting a comet’s brightness is always tricky.
Even if the comet moves out of view, we’ll still have the opportunity to observe other deep space objects through the telescope.

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