February 2019 - OTEvents - Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers

Short sidewalk astronomy night tonight!
by Jane Houston Jones 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

It's cold and windy, but 4 of us will be out early for sidewalk astronomy tonight. Myrtle and Lime, Monrovia. 6 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. No promises that we'll be out later. Jane -- From Jane, sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Short sidewalk astronomy night tonight!
by Jane Houston Jones 16 Feb '19

16 Feb '19

It's cold and windy, but 4 of us will be out early for sidewalk astronomy tonight. Myrtle and Lime, Monrovia. 6 p.m. till 7:30 p.m. No promises that we'll be out later. Jane -- From Jane, sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Pretty sun-lit clouds :-( Also ISS pass tonight!
by Jane Houston Jones 10 Feb '19

10 Feb '19

ISS Pass again tonight. Time: Sat Feb 09 6:53 PM, Visible: 5 min, Max Height: 48°, Appears: 10° above WNW, Disappears: 26° above SSE The forecast is partly cloudy, Gary just stepped out and sees increasing clouds and no visible moon. The temperatures are dropping, and none of the astronomers appear to be available tonight, so we won't be bringing telescopes out tonight for all those reasons. If you feel so inclined, and can see some patches of sky, step outside to see the ISS pass at 6:52 p.m. and look for the slim crescent moon. It's 22% illuminated, and sets at 10 p.m. We may try again next Saturday but some of us are not available then either. Hang in there for better weather and less busy volunteer astronomers. Jane -- Jane Houston Jones, JPL Retiree Astronomer, music lover, JPL retiree My Final What's Up Astronomy podcast #138: Dec 2018 Jane’s finale. An awesome comet https://go.nasa.gov/2DUnUsg All 138 What’s Ups since 2007: https://go.nasa.gov/2usaBaB

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Tonight: ISS pass on a clear Thursday night!
by Jane Houston Jones 07 Feb '19

07 Feb '19

Time: Thu Feb 07 6:59 PM, Visible: 2 min, Max Height: 41°, Appears: 11° above NW, Disappears: 41° above N Weather permitting (clouds and 20% chance of rain are in the forecast), may cancel Saturday Sidewalk Astronomy. Here's the forecast. I'll post a go/no-go on the website, and maybe a quick email on Saturdayo. https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/91016:4:US Finally, the new JPL What's Up video team has produced the February program. I like it, and so will you! https://youtu.be/CUaYcikaarE Jane -- Jane Houston Jones, retired JPLer Twitter: @jhjones @otastro http://www.otastro.org/ Astronomy, travel, music, food, cats

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