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SUMMARY:Moon Moves Past Saturn
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday evening\, December 7 in the Americas\, the waxing crescent moon will shine a palm’s width to the lower right (or celestial west) of Saturn. The pair will be due south after dusk and then set in the west around 11 p.m. local time. On Sunday night\, the half-illuminated first quarter moon will hop east to shine to Saturn’s upper left. In the interim\, observers located in a zone extending from eastern Indonesia and the Philippines\, and northeast across most of Japan to the Aleutian Islands can see the moon occult Saturn on Sunday evening. Use an app like Starry Night or Sky Safari to look up the occultation timings for a specific location.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/moon-moves-past-saturn/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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SUMMARY:Hamilton Center Social
DESCRIPTION:Hamilton RASC will be hosting an open-to-all in-person meeting at the Waterdown Legion.\n\nThe highlight of the evening is typically a guest speaker\, sometimes a professor or grad student and other times a Centre member. Topics range from serious science to fun and quirky topics\, along with DIY demos. \nMost meetings also include other presentations such as: \n\n– What’s Up (in the sky) This Month – Highlights of the best objects to observe during the coming month.– Equipment Tips and Tricks – Equipment recommendations\, do-it-yourself projects\, show & tell.– Loan Library – borrow books and equipment from the club for up to a month!– Constellation of the Month.. history\, interesting facts\, objects that can be seen in that part of the sky with a telescope or binoculars.\n\n\n\nYou can also join via Zoom:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83472980505\n\nIf you are coming in person – some members also head to one of the restaurants close by to socialize afterwards. Come join us!
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/hamilton-center-social-2/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Social (Public),Regular Club Activity
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SUMMARY:Lunar Crater Piccolomini
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday evening\, December 5\, the curved terminator on the moon will fall just to the left (or lunar west) of ancient Mare Nectaris\, the dark and roughly circular patch located just south of the moon’s equator. A prominent crater named Piccolomini is located in the lunar highlands a small distance to the lower left of Nectaris. The 55 miles (88 km) wide crater has a sharp rim and a tall central mountain peak. A backyard telescope will show that the central peak is complex and that the crater’s inner walls have collapsed to form terraces. Watch for the curved escarpment named Rupes Altai extending to the upper left (or lunar northwest) from Piccolomini. Piccolomini and Nectaris are highlighted every lunar month when the waxing moon is about 5 days past new and again when the waning moon is approaching third quarter.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/lunar-crater-piccolomini/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241204T000000
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UID:18734-1733270400-1733270400@www.hamiltonrasc.ca
SUMMARY:Crescent Moon Shines near Venus
DESCRIPTION:As the sky is darkening after sunset on Wednesday\, December 4\, look low in the western sky to see the pretty\, waxing crescent moon shining several finger widths below (or several degrees to the celestial south of) the brilliant planet Venus. The pair will share the view in binoculars and will make a pretty photo until they drop into the trees around 6:30 p.m. local time.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/crescent-moon-shines-near-venus/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241203T000000
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SUMMARY:The Double Cluster
DESCRIPTION:The northeastern sky on December evenings hosts the bright constellations of Perseus and W-shaped Cassiopeia\, with the very bright yellowish star Capella gleaming below them. The sky between Perseus and Cassiopeia hosts the Double Cluster\, a pair of bright open star clusters that together cover a finger’s width of the sky. They make a spectacular sight in binoculars or through a telescope at low magnification. The higher (more westerly) cluster\, designated NGC 869\, is dense and contains more than 200 white and blue-white stars. The lower (easterly) cluster NGC 884 is looser and includes a handful of 8th magnitude golden stars surrounded by many fainter ones. The clusters\, which formed in the same part of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy\, are about 7\,300 light-years away from us. They would be even brighter if they weren’t being dimmed by opaque dust in the galactic plane.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/the-double-cluster/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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UID:18732-1733097600-1733097600@www.hamiltonrasc.ca
SUMMARY:Mars Buzzes the Beehive
DESCRIPTION:As December begins\, the bright reddish planet Mars will be shining just above (or celestial north of) the large open star cluster in Cancer known as the Beehive\, Praesepe\, and Messier 44. Mars and the stellar “bees”\, which will be scattered across an area more than twice the size of a full moon\, will fit into the field of view in binoculars for several weeks. The planet will be closest to the cluster from Sunday to Friday and then increasingly farther above the cluster on the subsequent nights.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/mars-buzzes-the-beehive/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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SUMMARY:New Moon
DESCRIPTION:The moon will reach its new phase on Sunday\, December 1 at 1:21 a.m. EST or 06:21 GMT\, which converts to 10:21 p.m. PST on Saturday. At that time our natural satellite will be located within Scorpius and 4.5 degrees south of the sun. While it’s new\, the moon is travelling between Earth and the sun. Since sunlight can only reach the far side of the moon\, and the moon is in the same region of the sky as the sun\, the moon becomes unobservable from anywhere on Earth for about a day (except during a solar eclipse). On the evenings following the new moon phase\, Earth’s planetary partner will return to shine in the western sky after sunset.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/new-moon/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T050000
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SUMMARY:Crescent Moon Covers Spica (pre-dawn)
DESCRIPTION:For observers located in a zone covering most of the eastern continental USA and Canada\, the old\, waning crescent moon will pass in front of (or occult) Virgo’s brightest star\, Spica shortly after it has cleared the trees in the east on Wednesday morning\, November 27 before sunrise. Use an app like Starry Night to look up the times for the occultation. In New York City\, Spica will disappear behind the moon’s lit crescent at about 5:35 a.m. EST. The star will pop into view from behind the dark limb of the moon in a brightening sky around 6:50 a.m. EST. Lunar occultations are safe to view you’re your unaided eyes. Binoculars or any size of telescope will show it best. Start watching a few minutes before each stage of the event.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/crescent-moon-covers-spica-pre-dawn/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241123T050000
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SUMMARY:The Double Cluster (all night)
DESCRIPTION:The northeastern sky on November evenings hosts the bright constellations of Perseus and W-shaped Cassiopeia\, with the very bright star Capella positioned well below them. The sky between Perseus and Cassiopeia hosts the Double Cluster\, a pair of bright open star clusters that together cover a finger’s width of the sky. They make a spectacular sight in binoculars (orange circle) or a telescope at low magnification. The higher (more westerly) cluster\, designated NGC 869\, is dense and contains more than 200 white and blue-white stars. The lower (easterly) cluster NGC 884 is looser and includes a handful of 8th magnitude golden stars. The clusters\, which both formed in the same part of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy\, are about 7\,300 light-years away from us. The clusters would be even brighter if they weren’t being dimmed by opaque dust in the galactic plane.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/the-double-cluster-all-night/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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SUMMARY:Moonlight Tolerant Stars (evening)
DESCRIPTION:Only the brightest stars are visible to our unaided eyes on moonlight-flooded nights. Early on Thursday evening\, November 21\, the very bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp will be descending the western sky. At magnitude 0.0\, it’s the 5th brightest star in the entire sky (not counting our sun). The star Altair in Aquila the Eagle shining several fist diameters to Vega’s left has a magnitude value of 0.75\, making it the 13th brightest star. Deneb in Cygnus the Swan will be located above and between the other two\, rounding out the trio of hot white stars that form the Summer Triangle asterism. At magnitude 1.25\, Deneb ranks 20th in brightness. Observers with a very low southwestern horizon might be able to see Fomalhaut\, ranked 18th\, in Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish. Over in the east\, very bright yellowish Capella (ranked 6th) in Auriga will be shining to the upper left of reddish Aldebaran (ranked 14th)\, marking the eye of Taurus the Bull.
URL:https://www.hamiltonrasc.ca/event/moonlight-tolerant-stars-evening/
CATEGORIES:Astronomical Events
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