Moon viewing this weekend Nov 16/17

This coming weekend is our public astronomy weekend in Pasadena and Monrovia. Mojo and I will be setting up telescopes on Colorado Blvd in Pasadena, CA - some place between Fair Oaks and Pasadena Avenues from 5:30 until 9:30 p.m. Friday the 16th. Saturday the 17th is our Monrovia night - corner of Myrtle and Lime Streets in Monrovia, CA as usual, from 5:30 until 9:30. Saturday is also the peak of the Leonid Meteor shower. I doubt anyone wants to hop in a car and drive to a dark location but I am bringing it up, just in case. The Meteor fluxtimator http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html tells us that the time to view is from 3:00 - 5:00 a.m. Sunday Morning and the rates will be about 4 - 8 meteors per hour. That's not a lot, but if you enjoy getting out of the city lights this would be a great weekend to do it. We'll stay in town, show the moon, skip the Leonids, unless from the back yard. Here is the forecast for the Leonids: http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/ Here's the weather forecast (good for moon viewing): http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=LOX&llon=-118.968747… Clear sky clock (the astronomers tool to determine the sky conditions) http://cleardarksky.com/c/MnrviaCAkey.html See you I hope! Jane and Mojo -- Jane Houston Jones Monrovia, CA 34.2048N 118.1732W, 637.0 feet http://www.whiteoaks.com Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org