Once more, Sidewalk Astronomy, Monrovia, Saturday Night

[Morris Jones]

Normally we don't send this many emails to our list, but it's a really 
great weekend for astronomy.

First of all, we have great weather, warm with clear skies, and fairly 
good seeing.

Second, we have a great array of planets.  Venus and Saturn are setting 
quickly in the west, and this will be our last month for Saturn. 
Jupiter is rising low in the south east, and the moon this weekend is 
high with lots of detail.  Something for every telescope we should have 
out on Saturday night!

Third, we have a great pass of the International Space Station.  It will 
enter the sky from the northwest, cross between the Big Dipper and the 
north star, then pass all the way across the sky to the east, just above 
the rising summer triangle.  It'll be first visible at 8:50, reach its 
highest altitude of 58 degrees at 8:53, then disappear at 8:55.

So join us in Old Town Monrovia Saturday night.  Sunset is late, but we 
can see the moon before the sun sets.  We should be at Myrtle & Lime 
from about 7:30 'til 10 p.m.

And just to follow up on the landing of the space shuttle, I did indeed 
step out my front door in Monrovia to hear a nice "boom boom" pair of 
sonic booms from the shuttle on approach.  Five minutes later it was on 
the ground.  That was a first for me!

Finally, pictures from the Grand Canyon and Bryce are here: 
<http://photo.whiteoaks.com/2007-06-grand-canyon/>

Best regards,
Mojo
-- 
Morris Jones
Monrovia, CA
http://www.whiteoaks.com
Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org