Public Show Announcements
Academic year 2008-2009
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The Pattonville Observatory Public Show Announcements Academic year 2008-2009 |
Welcome to the Announcements page of the Pattonville Observatory!
(Please see our Calendar page for a list of all our Public Shows for the 2008-2009 Academic year.)
PUBLIC ASTRONOMY
NIGHT
at the
PATTONVILLE OBSERVATORY
195 Fee Fee Road
Venus and Jupiter will be visible early in the evening. Neptune continues to shine in the constellation of Capricorn all evening. Uranus continues its slow ride through Aquarius.
Late fall begins to show changes in the night sky. The familiar asterism known as the summer triangle begins to be replaced by the edge of the winter constellations such as Orion, Taurus and Auriga. The Pleiades, also known as M45 make a great example of an open cluster during the later times in the evening session. In the constellation Perseus we will view M34, a nice open cluster and talk about that type of cluster class. In Pegasus there is a bright globular clusters called M15. Later in the evening we will try to see the Andromeda galaxy if the skies are dark enough. We will also talk about what these M number designations are and who gave them these names.
November skies are full of interesting stars to look at through the telescope. These include but aren’t limited to the double star Deneb and Albireo in Cygnus, Polaris the North Star, and Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus. We will demonstrate some of the star colors that can be seen and talk about how star color arises.
Come spend the evening viewing the cosmos with your family! The Observatory is open to the public on the dates listed on the Calendar Page. Please enter the door directly below the observatory and follow the signs to the observatory. Students who are accompanied by their parents are especially welcome! Please take note that the dome is unheated and that evenings be cooler than expected, so dress appropriately. As always, if it is raining or cloudy, a planetarium program will be presented instead. The Observatory is not handicapped accessible, but the planetarium is.
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