We'll be out sharing views of the moon and Venus tonight at Myrtle and
Lime Streets in Monrovia tonight. We'll be there by 6:30 for sure, now
that it gets dark earlier!
Read (and listen) to my info about the MAVEN Launch to Mars a week from
Monday, and an comet ISON update. I'll be attending the launch,
bringing agood luck banner to the MAVEN team signed by the InSight
Mission team (I am the outreach person for Insight, launching to Mars in
2016)
And don't forget our rescheduled Mojave National Preserve star Party
November 30. We'll have a gorgeous sky filled with the remnants of
summer constellations and the Milky Way, which make way for the
constellations of fall. Then in the hour before morning twilight, we'll
(hopefully) be up to look at a few comets. It's unlikely Comet ISON
will be visible (it passes nearest the sun on November 28th, and that
means even if it survives, it will be very near the sun, too close for
safe viewing. If there is a comet tail to be seen on the horizon, we'll
let everyone know before they go to bed saturday night.
Being November, It will be cold probably, but as John Dobson says "Many
are cold, but few are frozen"
I'll end with Mojo's three lovely comet images from our trip to Amboy
Crater last weekend. All three were imaged (and seen visually through
my telescope too) between 3:00am and 4:00am Sunday morning)
Comet R1
Lovejoyhttp://whiteoaks.com/astrophotos/2013-11-02/C2013-R1-Lovejoy-2013-11…
Comet S1
ISONhttp://whiteoaks.com/astrophotos/2013-11-02/C2012-S1-ISON-2013-11-02.jpg
Comet 2P (a periodic comet returning every 3 years) 2P Encke
http://whiteoaks.com/astrophotos/2013-11-02/2P-encke-2013-11-02-5min.jpg
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Jane Houston Jones
Monrovia, CA
Jane Houston Jones
@jhjones @CassiniSaturn @NASAInsight
What's Up For Nov? Maven Launch Nov 18, Comet ISON races towards the sun
http://youtu.be/MwP1UVCH6ck
My 2013 - Year At A Glance Astro Blog
http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2013/01/07/whats-up-in-2013-at-a-glance/
