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Observatory Open House – 8:30pm Weds, Sept 15th

Jul 26th, 2010 | By odirector | Category: Events
Members and guests are welcome to the Ragland Observatory’s monthly open house at 8:30 pm, Wednesday evening, Sept. 15th. I’ll send out a reminder the day before on the club’s directory ( keep Jim Blowers advised if yours has changed) and on Richastro.org.  Unless it’s actually raining, a staff member will be present. Use your own judgement about the weather.      

      We’ll have an 8 day old Moon that will display Mt Hadley (Apollo 15′s base), Crater Triesnecker and its interesting rilles, and also the unusual “Alpine Valley” might be seen. Some classic binaries such as Epsilon Lyra and Alpha Hercules will be out as well. We should see Neptune. It has been about one “Neptune” year (= 165 Earth yrs) since discovery by Galle, LeVerrier and Adams in 1846. Bring and share personal telescopes if you like. See the “observatory” page for directions.

                                        John Barnett, Obs. Director

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