Category Archives: 32 inch Cassegrain Project

Planets of the Month: April 2019

by Erich Karkoschka

	Mars is still an evening object until 10 pm. It moves from the Golden Gate, between Aldebaran and the Pleiades, all the way through Taurus.

	Jupiter transits at dawn.
	Venus is further east and does not rise until 5 am during dawn.
	Saturn is 26 degrees east of Jupiter, the closest since 2001.
	Mercury races with Venus. The first half of April, it is slower than Venus, so Venus catches up to 5 degrees distance. Then is faster and gets slowly further away from Venus until it disappears after the 28th.
	The minor Planet (2) Pallas is 8th Magnitude and high up in Bootes.

32 inch Cassegrain Project, Star Parties

School, Non-Profit, & Public Events

(by Jim Knoll)

2018 was another successful year for our School, Non-Profit, & Public Events. Here is a summary:

To request a school or non-profit star party, visit our Community Involvement, Star Party Page.

32 inch Cassegrain Project, General Astronomy, Star Parties

Comet 46P Wirtanen from CAC

We have a naked eye (from a dark site) comet visible (arrow). It is Comet 46P Wirtanen. Ed Foley, one of our TAAA members, took this picture from our Chiricahua Astronomy Complex dark-sky site during last weekend’s events (Saturday December 8, 2018). You can see one of our observatories as well. Those present observed it through several telescopes. It was also observed at last Saturday’s Ironwood Picnic Star Party and will be observed at this coming weekend (December 15) Agua Caliente Park star party.