There may be thin clouds overhead, but a few of us will be out at Myrtle
and Lime Streets in Monrovia with telescopes tonight anyway. On tap will
be the moon for sure, Jupiter setting early and Saturn rising.
Last weekend 11 of our intrepid Sidewalk Astronomer family headed out to
Black Canyon Group Campground in Mojave National Preserve for the spring
version of our twice-a-year public dark sky star parties. A fabulous
time was had by all - there were about 70 people there and 7 telescopes
to look through. Here is a writeup from one of the many media there:
http://www.lacanadaonline.com/news/tn-vsl-0515-a-star-party-in-the-desert,0…
And here is my monthly video, all about spring constellations, and how
you can find them when they are close to the moon (like Leo and the moon
tonight!) Each of the constellations I cover this month yields
beautiful deep sky objects we love to observe in the dark skies of the
desert, with astrophotos contributed by Mojo. http://youtu.be/sqnHaIYn_tc
Our Otastro website has May viewing tips and the next star party dates
http://www.otastro.org/
Jane and the astro gang
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Jane Houston Jones
Monrovia, CA
What's Up Podcast for May: Spring constellations
On Youtube: http://youtu.be/sqnHaIYn_tc
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jhjones /CassiniSaturn /otastro
My Blog: http://jane.whiteoaks.com/
Yosemite Star Party Video http://www.youtube.com/user/yosemitenationalpark?feature=watch
