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Some clouds but we are heading to Library park, Monrovia tonight.

by Jane Houston Jones

We have some clouds right now, but we are still heading to Monrovia's Library Park, corner of Myrtle and Lime Streets to hopefully see the Total Lunar Eclipse. For people at home, or with a nice eastern horizon, you will already be seeing the moon rise!! Good luck everyone!! The partial lunar eclipse begins at 6:07 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. It will last a little more than an hour, and observers can watch as, crater by crater, the moon is engulfed in Earth's shadow. West Coast viewers take note: when the eclipse begins, the moon won't have risen yet for you. The total eclipse begins at 7:11 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time and also lasts for more than an hour, ending at 8:23 p.m. The moon's reddish color you'll see is caused by sunlight refracting through Earth's atmosphere on its way to light the moon's surface. Then it's the whole show in reverse order, ending at 9:27 p.m.. http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/MnrviaCAkey.html?1 -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInsight What's Up podcast #99 Sept Eclipse! https://youtu.be/jXMZmEOGLRc

10 years, 7 months

Sunday Eclipse, October 17 Mojave National Preserve Star party

by Jane Houston Jones

The weather appears to be looking great for Sunday Night's total lunar eclipse! Some of your Sidewalk Astronomers will be at Myrtle and Lime streets in Monrovia to give play-by-play commentary, provide views through binoculars or telescopes once the moon clears the eastern-facing buildings/trees. If you have a nice eastern horizon you may want to watch from there for a better and longer show. We won't see the 30-40 minutes due to buildings in the way, but we'll be there from about 7:15 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Just think, easy parking, and no long lines! Bring your own binos, and maybe even a camp chair. Here's my September NASA What's Up Podcast, for more details: https://youtu.be/jXMZmEOGLRc Here's the timing here on the west coast: 1.The _partial_ lunar eclipse begins at 6:07 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. It will last a little more than an hour, and observers can watch as, crater by crater, the moon is engulfed in Earth’s shadow. *West coast viewers take note:****when the eclipse begins, the moon won’t have risen yet for you. Moonrise is 6:39 p.m.* 2.The _total_ eclipse begins at 7:11 PDT and also lasts more than an hour, ending at 8:23 p.m.. The moon’s reddish color you’ll see is caused by sunlight refracted through Earth’s atmosphere on its way to light the moon’s surface. 3.This month the moon skims Earth’s shadow, just as it did in the April lunar eclipse. In April the north pole appeared a bit brighter during totality.This time, the southern pole will appear a bit brighter, a bit like a partial eclipse. 4.Then, it’s the whole show in reverse order, ending at 9:27 p.m. Now, about our twice-a-year star-trek to Mojave National Preserve. Here is a Facebook Event, in case you want to check it out. https://www.facebook.com/MojaveNationalPreserveConservancy Here are the details and directions. *If you are willing to share driving or carpool let me know. At least one of our regular attendees would like to share the driving or carpool. She will be at the Sunday night event, and I can be the go-between to connect you.* Maps of Mojave National Preserve http://www.nps.gov/moja/planyourvisit/maps.htm Star Party Details When/Where: Saturday October 17th 2015 Potluck starts at 5 p.m. Sunset is at 6 p.m. Black Canyon Group Campsite, 10 miles north of I-40 on Essex Road, then ten miles north of Essex Road on Black Canyon Road. Allow three hours drive from Pasadena area, and do not arrive after dark, roads are unlit, last half mile unpaved (but good gravel) What to bring: Camping Gear, layered clothing, food to share, and your personal plate, silverware and cup for the potluck. Dinner - Potluck or bring a dish to share, breakfast is on your own RSVP: The event is free, but there is limited space for tents and parked cars, so register on the Facebook Event or email Dlamfrom(a)ncpa.org or call 760-219-4916 See you under the equinox blood super moon eclipse! :-) Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInSight Whats Up 99th podcast! Lunar Eclipse Sept 27th https://youtu.be/jXMZmEOGLRc

10 years, 7 months

Sidewalk Astronomy tonight!!

by Jane Houston Jones

Join the Sidewalk Astronomers for International Observe the Moon Night tonight! Monrovia's Myrtle and Lime Street corner 7-9 p.m. And there is more awesome lunar observing coming up! On Sunday night September 27th we'll get to see a total lunar eclipse! Some of your Sidewalk Astronomers will head down to Myrtle and Lime Streets again, but the moon rises with the eclipse already underway. By the time the moon rises above the nearby buildings and trees, the total lunar eclipse phase will have started, but you'll get expert commentary and some views too. Head on down 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., or make your way to your own spot with a clear view of the eastern horizon. My September What's Up podcast -- #99 in the series, is all about the eclipse this month: Here's the link!! https://youtu.be/jXMZmEOGLRc -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInsight What's Up podcast #99 Sept Eclipse! https://youtu.be/jXMZmEOGLRc

10 years, 8 months

Fwd: SpotTheStation

by Jane Houston Jones

Another nice ISS pass - not as high as Wednesday night, but still! Signed, Jane Mojo and Gary in Yosemite! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: SpotTheStation Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:57:05 -0400 (EDT) From: HQ-spotthestation(a)mail.nasa.gov To: United-States-California-Monrovia-PM(a)lists.hq.nasa.gov Time: Fri Aug 21 8:41 PM, Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 47 degrees, Appears: W, Disappears: SSE

10 years, 9 months

Weekend Update!

by Jane Houston Jones

Jane, Mojo and Gary are heading to our annual Glacier Point star party Friday and Saturday nights. If you can't make it don't despair, it happens every summer - with different astronomy clubs each weekend during the summer (except full moon weekend) http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/programs.htm These are the free programs at Glacier Point. Meanwhile back in Monrovia, our intrepid team of sidewalk astronomers will be holding down the fort from sunset (a little before 8:00 p.m. until about 9:30 or 10:00 p.m. depending on the crowd Saturday night. Last night many of you got to see the International Space Station fly over southern California (including some of us at the Hollywood Bowl). If I don't remind you, or I forget, just sign up here and you will get an email alert in plenty of time to tell all your local friends and family when to look up and wave at the astronauts. http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ What's Up August covers the Perseids (It was awesome from a dark sky where I went) and the chance to see all the planets (and planets that have been demoted like Pluto, Ceres, Vesta, Pallas and Juno this month. It has really pretty graphics for the armchair astronomer, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R1tk775PI Oh and a note from my work. I work on the InSight Mission, launching to Mars in March 2016 (from Vandenberg AFB, just 4 hours north of LA!!) and we just announced our Send your Name to Mars campaign, where your name will be embedded on a micro "Plaque" and affixed to the instrument deck of our spacecraft. So your name will be on Mars! Here's the info: http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/ Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInSight WhatÕs Up for August? Perseids + 12 planets http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ

10 years, 9 months

Fwd: SpotTheStation

by Jane Houston Jones

Nice ISS pass tonite, LosAngelenos! -------- Original Message -------- From: HQ-spotthestation(a)mail.nasa.gov Sent: August 19, 2015 8:57:06 AM PDT To: United-States-California-Monrovia-PM(a)lists.hq.nasa.gov Subject: SpotTheStation Time: Wed Aug 19 8:51 PM, Visible: 3 min, Max Height: 58 degrees, Appears: NW, Disappears: E -- Jane Houston Jones (Mobile)

10 years, 9 months

Perseids tonight (and still decent rates for another week)

by Jane Houston Jones

Tonight is the peak of the famous Perseid Meteor shower, but the shower puts on a nice show from late September through August 24th, so don't despair if you can't be at a dark sight on a Wednesday night! If you want to see the most, get away from city lights, but if you can't get away tonight, just find the darkest place in your own yard or nearby, and face toward the darkest sky (or overhead). Time - the peak is 2 hours on either side of 1 a.m. Pacific - so from 11 p.m. - 3 a. m. is primo, but you should see some before 11, too. The radiant - Perseus, is in the NE sky beginning to rise after sunset, but it is not necessary to look NE - in fact if you look that way, you see meteors coming straight at you - meaning short streaks of light. Instead, look 90 degrees away and you'll see more meteors passing sideways -- with longer streaks -- flying past you instead of straight at you. (don't worry, by the time you see the streak of light, the meteoroid has burned up so nothing is really coming "at" you). Best Astronomy location in LA http://www.kcet.org/living/travel/socal_wanderer/night-sky/stargazing/8-pla… Next Sidewalk Astronomy is August 22 in Monrovia and August 21 and 22 in Glacier Point, Yosemite. Find out more about upcoming events on our website http://www.otastro.org/ Next Mojave Star Party is October 17th - details on the website above. My What's Up video about the Perseids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-R1tk775PI Follow observers worldwide as they report their Perseid counts to the International Meteor Organization. That's what I'm going to be doing tonight! http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2015/ Where in the world are Perseid observers reporting from: http://www.imo.net/live/perseids2015/#observers Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInSight WhatÕs Up for August? Perseids + 12 planets http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ

10 years, 9 months

What's Up? ISS tonight (from LA), Perseids & 12 planets this month too!

by Jane Houston Jones

Hi everyone - would you guess that we have over 550 of you on our email list? That tops our former Sidewalk Astronomy list from the SF days by over a hundred . :-) Tonight, for those of us in the Los Angeles region, we have an outstanding ISS pass. The International Space Station makes a long high pass, visible with your unaided eyes. Sat Aug 01 8:37 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 81 degrees, Appears: SW, Disappears: NE Nearly overhead! Also, Here's my 98th What's Up video on the JPL website -http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ <http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ> This month, I talk about the Perseids and all 12 planets - (including former planets Pluto, Juno, Ceres, Vesta and Pallas -- which are all visible this month) You will need binoculars, luck, telescopes and an experienced planet hunter to see some of them, and it may be possible to see all twelve in one night -- a fun project for us amateur astronomers with telescopes. <http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ>Here's my last attempt - ten planets!!! http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/06/14/a-ten-planet-night/ August's Sidewalk Astronomy in Monrovia will be missing a few of us because Gary, Mojo and I will be bringing our telescopes to Yosemite's Glacier Point where we will participate in the annual free star party with the San Jose Astronomical Association on August 22nd. (Also August 21st). If you plan a Yosemite trip this month, Each weekend (except full moon) brings a different Northern California Astronomy club to Glacier Point. Here's the remaining programs for this year and the website with all the Free Astronomy programs http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/programs.htm August 7-8: Santa Cruz Astronomy Club (SCAC) August 14-15: Peninsula Astronomical Society August 21-22: San Jose Astronomical Association September 4-5: Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society (SVAS) Hope you see the ISS, Perseids and plenty of planets this month!! Jane -- Jane Houston Jones @jhjones @NASAInsight What's Up? August - my 98th podcast! Perseids+12 planets http://go.nasa.gov/1hcjVbZ

10 years, 9 months

July 25th Saturday night sidewalk astronomy- Saturn and the moon!

by Jane Houston Jones

Tonight? Moon and Saturn! Milky Way in a dark sky. Join us at our corner in Monrovia for coming on 12 years of stargazing at Library Park in Monrovia. Other things too, but if you can, try to make your way to a dark sky and look at the milky way. We can not show that to you from the city! (My 97th video, fyi) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTZpZuNnCtE -- Jane Houston Jones Monrovia, CA Jane Houston Jones What's Up July? The Milky Way! https://youtu.be/MTZpZuNnCtE

10 years, 9 months

Sidewalk astronomy tonight

by Morris Jones

It's a hot clear night in Monrovia. We'll be at Myrtle and Lime from about 8:00 to 10:00. You might have seen that lovely show last night in the western sky put on by the crescent moon, Venus, and Jupiter. We'll get a repeat tonight with a slightly different arrangement. The nearby moon will make a significant move against the background of the distant planets. It should also be a great night for Saturn, which is putting on a fabulous show this year. The rings are tilted toward Earth, making it possible to see the Cassini division in Saturn's rings. It's going to be hot and clear. Drop by for a look if you can. Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones Monrovia, CA http://whiteoaks.com

10 years, 11 months

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