Jan 292012
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Celestial Awareness Poem for January
Mars Starting to Rise
Red Planet Moving Closer
Winter Brings Cold Air
Celestial Awareness Poem for February
Big Dipper Rising
Warm Sun Higher Overhead
Pre-Awakening
Celestial Awareness Poem for March
Spica Rising East
The Sun Crossing Equator
Life Starts Unfolding
Celestial Awareness Poem for April
Saturn Rising High
Earth Warming from Rising Sun
New Life is Thriving
Celestial Awareness Poem for May
Summer is Coming
Sun Climbing to Peak in Sky
New Life Rising
Celestial Awareness Poem for June
Summer Arriving
Venus Transits Across Sun
Eastern Sky Lights Up
Celestial Awareness Poem for July
Cat’s Eye in the South
Great Square Rising in the East
Heat of Summer Day
Celestial Awareness Poem for August
Mars, Saturn in West
Summer Triangle Above
Days Growing Shorter
Celestial Awareness Poem for September
First Days of Autumn
Clusters and Galaxies Rise
Fall Flowers Present
Celestial Awareness Poem for October
Pegasus Rising
Summer Triangle Fading
Fall Colors Shining
Celestial Awareness Poem for November/December
Rising Winter Sky
Jupiter Glowing in East
Cold Clear Sky Season
Celestial Awareness Poem For Galaxies Presentation
Observing for Years
To Most Distant Galaxies
Look What We Have Found
Doug Horacek Author of All Poems
Jan 172012
Observation Session 14 January 2012:
2:00-2:30 U.T. on 15th: Jupiter, Ganymede above Io, Europa and Callisto on other side
2:30-3:00 U.T. on 15th: M42 and M43 in same field of view with wide angle 40mm eyepiece.
4:00 U.T. on 15th: M41 with 40mm wide angle eyepiece.
Meteor over head around 3:00 U.T. on 15th
Meteor in west around 3:30 U.T. on 15th
Jan 172012
Saturday Evening 3 March 2012:
Mars Opposition
Friday and Saturday Evening 23 & 24 March 2012:
Messier Marathon #1, Saturday Evening Alternate Evening
Private Party Monday and Tuesday Evenings 2 & 3 of April 2012:
Pizza and Rootbeer at Doug’s Condo 256 772-6788 before and at Dusk
Venus in the Pleiades Cluster
Bring Scopes and Cameras, wider field of view the better
Friday Evening 13 April 2012:
Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Saturn begins at 7:00 P.M. for kids,
Observing afterward for kids and adults, both bring scopes.
Friday and Saturday Evenings 20 & 21 April 2012:
Messier Marathon, Saturday evening alternate evening
Friday Evening 11 May 2012:
Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Venus Transit begins at 7:00 P.M. for kids,
Observing afterward for kids and adults, both bring scopes.
Tuesday afternoon early evening 5 June 2012:
Set up at 3:00 or 4:00 in evening to be arranged, Transit of Venus
Possible locations:
Airfield in Decatuar with HAL5
Huntsville Botanical Garden
Burritt Museum
Friday evening 24 August 2012:
First Quarter Moon Walk with Land Trust and Sierra Club, Doug
Friday 28 September 2012 Evening:
Your and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Soap Opera in the Sky for kids, Observing afterward for kids and adults bring scopes.
Morning 12 September 2012:
At 4:00 or 5:00 in morning the Beehive, M44, Venus and the Moon are less than a degree apart each in a line with the waning crescent Moon and Venus pointing to the Beehive Cluster, M44.
Best weekend for star party: 14-16 September 2012:
If you want French Camp on this date start thinking about now!
Friday Evening 5 October 2012:
Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Meteor showers for the Season begins at 7:00 P.M. Observing for Adults and Kids afterward.
Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 12-14 October 2012:
Possible star party, close to New Moon, Astronomy Day Concerns
Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 19-21 October 2012:
Possible Star Party, member meeting night and Astronomy Day Concerns
Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 9-11 November 2012:
Still Close to Last Quarter Moon, Possible Star Party
Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 16-18 November 2012:
Members Meeting Conflict, Close to First Quarter Moon, Weekend before Thanksgiving, Possible Star Party
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