Monrovia Sidewalk Astronomy Saturday

On behalf of the Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. This weekend we have the opportunity to do a second Saturday of sidewalk astronomy for the month. We try to arrange our sidewalk events for a first quarter moon however this month the first quarter moon occured during the week so last weekend was a little early while this weekend is a little late and the moon will be slightly more full than usual. When the moon gets close to full the lighting becomes flatter and features are not as interesting visually. However part of the moon is still shadowed from the sun by the Earth and the region where it crosses into shadow, know as the terminator, will provide interesting detail for us to view tomorrow. This will almost certainly be our last chance to get a brief glimpse of Jupiter until late August of next year. Tomorrow Jupiter doesn't technically set until after 10 pm however the buildings and trees around our location mean that it disappears from view much earlier than that - the best chance to get that last glimpse will be immediately after dark. There will only be a few astronomers out but we look forward to seeing you at the corner of Myrtle and Lime in Monrovia tomorrow Saturday, 28th November after 6pm. Obviously if it is cloudy we will not be there but the current forecast predicts a clear night. There will be no sidewalk astronomy in Old Town Pasadena this evening. Best regards, Gary -- Gary Spiers Pasadena, CA http://http://lambert-drive.smugmug.com/ Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/garyds