Moon viewing this weekend Nov 16/17

[Jane Houston Jones]

This coming weekend  is our public astronomy weekend in Pasadena and 
Monrovia.  Mojo and I will be setting up telescopes on Colorado Blvd in 
Pasadena, CA - some place between Fair Oaks and Pasadena Avenues from 
5:30 until 9:30 p.m. Friday the 16th.

Saturday the 17th is our Monrovia night - corner of Myrtle and Lime 
Streets in Monrovia, CA as usual, from 5:30 until 9:30.  Saturday is 
also the peak of the Leonid Meteor shower.  I doubt anyone wants to hop 
in a car and drive to a dark location but I am bringing it up, just in 
case.

The Meteor fluxtimator http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/estimator.html tells 
us that the time to view is from 3:00 - 5:00  a.m. Sunday Morning and 
the rates will be about 4 - 8 meteors per hour.  That's not a lot, but 
if you enjoy getting out of the city lights this would be a great 
weekend to do it. We'll stay in town, show the moon, skip the Leonids, 
unless from the back yard.

Here is the forecast for the Leonids: http://leonid.arc.nasa.gov/

Here's the weather forecast (good for moon viewing): 
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=LOX&llon=-118.968747&rlon=-117.578747&tlat=34.802084&blat=33.414584&smap=1&mp=0&map.x=174&map.y=119 


Clear sky clock (the astronomers tool to determine the sky conditions) 
http://cleardarksky.com/c/MnrviaCAkey.html

See you I hope!  Jane and Mojo

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Jane Houston Jones
Monrovia, CA
34.2048N 118.1732W, 637.0 feet
http://www.whiteoaks.com
Old Town Astronomers:  http://www.otastro.org