Astronomy Workshop
PSWIRL Week,
deBenneville Pines, Angeles Oaks, California
August
2111-266,
2011
Date
Time
Monday, 8/228
8:00-10:30 p.m.1 Viewing Through Telescope2 **
Parking Lot
Tuesday, 8/239
8:30-10:30 p.m.1 Advanced Telescope Viewing3 **
Parking Lot
Wednesday, 8/2410 3:30-5:15
p.m.1
Astronomy Questions Answered4
Craig's Cabin
Thursday, 8/257
1:30-5:15 p.m.1
Big Bear Solar Observatory
Trip5
Parking Lot
|
1Please wear warm
clothing and shine flashlights down. |
Angelus Oaks (34.1460°N, 116.9820°W) |
2Double stars, Milky Way
galaxy, Earth satellites, Saturn setting at sunset, Jupiter visible middle of
night
3Viewing unusual nebula,
globular and open star clusters and galaxies (Messier objects),
meteors.
4Black holes, planetary
probes, asteroid-Earth collisions, how telescope works,
how
solar system moves, origin of universe,
life on Mars, why few planets visible, etc.
Anything you always wanted to know about
astronomy but were afraid to ask!
Request astronomy information and sample
question handouts from Peter.
5Carpool to
Request a map from Peter. Also, see BBSO web
reference below.
6 Asteroid
2007 UT3 Near-Earth
Flyby (0.090 AU), 30th Anniversary (1981) Voyager
2, Saturn Flyby
7 Cassini, Distant Flyby of Hyperion, Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak, Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.084 AU)
8 Neptune At
Opposition, Asteroid
17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (0.657 AU)
9 Comet
158P/Kowal-LINEAR Closest
Approach To Earth (3.598 AU), Comet
C/2009 P1 (Garradd) Closest
Approach To Earth (1.391 AU)
10 Cassini, Distant Flyby of Titan, 5th Anniversary Pluto Demoted As A Planet, Last Quarter Moon
11 Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.341 AU), Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.359 AU)
**Beware of Celestron C8
telescope electrical cord on ground and telescope tripod
legs.
Other
Astronomical Events (click on
hyperlinks for more information)
January 3 Earth At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun) (Earth nearest to Sun)
January
4 Partial
Solar Eclipse, Visible in Europe, Africa, Asia
March 20 Vernal
Equinox, 23:21
UT (days
and nights equal time)
June 1 Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible in Asia, N. America, Iceland
June
15 Total
Lunar Eclipse
June 21 Summer Solstice, 17:16 UT (longest day in northern hemisphere)
July 1 Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible in Indian Ocean
July 4 Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun) (furthest from Sun)
August 12 Perseid Meteor Shower Peak
August 18 Full Moon
September 25 Uranus At Opposition (closest approach to Earth)
September 23 Autumnal
Equinox, 09:04
UT (days and nights equal time)
October 29 Jupiter At Opposition (closest approach to Earth)
November 25 Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible in Africa, Antarctica, Tasmania
December 10 Total Lunar Eclipse
December 22 Winter
Solstice, 05:30
UT (longest night in northern hemisphere)
Interesting
Links
http://www.bbso.njit.edu/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ Space calendar of astronomical events
http://www.heavens-above.com/
Satellite visibility from
http://nasascience.nasa.gov/ NASA space science news
http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx Latest issue of Astronomy Magazine
http://www.skypub.com/ Sky and Telescope Magazine
http://pswirl.org/ PSWIRL 2011 information
http://www.debenneville.org/index.html Camp De Benneville Pines information
http://www.lafn.org/~bf684/index.htm#Astro Landecker’s Home Page astronomy
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/vphase.html Earth Moon phases
Night Sky at deBenneville, August 22, 2010 at 8 p.m. PDT from http://www.heavens-above.com/
| Planet | Distance (in AU) from | Speed (km/s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Earth | ||
| Mercury | 0.37 | 0.68 | 50.09 |
| Venus | 0.72 | 1.73 | 35.24 |
| Earth | 1.01 | 0.00 | 29.45 |
| Mars | 1.53 | 2.04 | 24.02 |
| Jupiter | 4.96 | 4.53 | 13.69 |
| Saturn | 9.65 | 10.35 | 9.53 |
| Uranus | 20.08 | 19.23 | 6.49 |
| Neptune | 30.00 | 28.99 | 5.44 |
| Pluto | 32.08 | 31.49 | 5.73 |
Locations of planets in our Solar System, from http://www.heavens-above.com/
Above data applies on August 22, 2011