The weather looks reasonable, so let’s try for some guerrilla stargazing at Solstice park tonight.

• When:  TODAY! Sept 4, 2011 at 9pm
• Where: Solstice Park – all the way up the hill from the tennis courts (or, if you’re not in Seattle, wherever you have a view of the western horizon!)
• Who: Everyone welcome, as usual.

Come stargaze with us at Solstice park tonight. We’ll be looking for Comet Garradd and Supernova PTF11kly in Galaxy M101 through telescopes.

Here’s approximately what those might look like with out telescopes. They will not be visible to the naked eye.

Comet Garradd

Supernova PTF11kly in Galaxy M101

If you’re interested – here’s the timing of various celestial events for today from Seattle, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department:

Sun and Moon Data for One Day

The following information is provided for Seattle, King County, Washington (longitude W122.3, latitude N47.6):

        Sunday
        4 September 2011      Pacific Daylight Time          

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight       6:00 a.m.
        Sunrise                    6:32 a.m.
        Sun transit                1:08 p.m.
        Sunset                     7:44 p.m.
        End civil twilight         8:16 p.m.
        End astronomical twilight  9:34 p.m.

                         MOON
        Moonset                   10:40 p.m. on preceding day
        Moonrise                   2:58 p.m.
        Moon transit               7:16 p.m.
        Moonset                   11:34 p.m.
        Moonrise                   3:53 p.m. on following day

This event is my part of the NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors program, and thanks toWest Seattle Blog for publicizing the last few!

Everyone is welcome, see you there!

~ A l i c e !

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