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Printing the List KAS Observation Planning Date: 8 March 2019 20:00 EST Weather Feels Cloud Dew Time Conditions Temp. Precip Humidity Wind Pressure Like Cover Point Partly 19:00 29 °F 24 °F 4% 43% 15 °F 54% 5 mph SSW 30.21 in Cloudy Partly 20:00 28 °F 23 °F 5% 38% 16 °F 59% 4 mph SSW 30.21 in Cloudy Partly 21:00 27 °F 21 °F 6% 31% 16 °F 64% 5 mph SW 30.22 in Cloudy 22:00 Clear 26 °F 21 °F 7% 18% 17 °F 68% 4 mph SW 30.22 in Mostly 23:00 25 °F 19 °F 7% 20% 17 °F 72% 5 mph SW 30.23 in Clear Space News This day is history: On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. CREW DEMO-1: • At 2:49 a.m. EST on March 2, SpaceX launched Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Following stage separation, SpaceX landed Falcon 9’s first stage on the “Of Course I Still Love You” drone ship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. • Crew Dragon docked with the ISS on March 3 at 6:02 a.m. EST, becoming the first American spacecraft to autonomously dock with the orbiting laboratory. • Crew Dragon splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on March 8 at 8:45 a.m. EST, completing the spacecraft's first mission to the International Space Station. Hubble Space Telescope: Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys Resumes Operations - Hubble has recovered the HST’s Advanced Camera for Surveys instrument, which suspended operations on Thursday, Feb. 28. The final tests were conducted, and the instrument was brought back to its operational mode on March 6. KAS Observation Planning Date: 8 March 2019 20:00 EST Spacecraft ISS Visible pass – None on the evening of the 8th of March. Start Highest End Date Mag. Alt. Az. Alt. Az. Alt. Az. Time point Time Time 09-Mar -1.4 4:32:34 15° N 4:32:58 16° N 4:35:04 10° NE 10-Mar -0.4 4:43:31 11° NE 4:43:31 11° NE 4:43:41 10° NE 10-Mar -1.8 6:16:17 10° NW 6:19:03 24° NNE 6:21:50 10° ENE 11-Mar -1.6 5:27:14 18° N 5:27:49 19° NNE 5:30:17 10° ENE Iridium Flare – None on the evening of the 8th of March Solar System Sun – set: 18:02 Civil twilight: 18:30 Astronomical twilight ends: 19:35 (Spring equinox: 20 March 2019) Moon – Waxing Crescent - Set: 20:03 Illumination of disk: 3 – 5% Mars – Rise: 08:39 Culm: 15:47 Set: 22:55 Mag.:1.3 Observable: 18:43 until 21:40 RA: 02h48m54s Dec.: +17°00'44" Constellation: Aries Deep Space COELIX --- Best deep sky objects for telescope viewing at KOPERNIK ( page 1) Duration: night of March 8th, 2019 to March 9th, 2019 Observation station: KOPERNIK, USA Main instrument: Meade LXD75 SN10 + Stellacam II Sunset: 18h 02m Sunrise: 6h 27m Mode of list building: automatically by the program Sun at -6°: 18h 30m Sun at -6°: 5h 59m Included objects: the best deep sky objects for telescope viewing Sun at -12°: 19h 02m Sun at -12°: 5h 27m List in order of: right ascension Sun at -18°: 19h 35m Sun at -18°: 4h 54m Caution: times are in standard time Done Phenomenon or Meridian Best time Begin Description R. A. (2000) object to view transit Observability End Decl. (2000) M 31 2019/03/08 19h 39m 19h 24m Messier 31 : NGC 224 : Galaxy in Andromeda 0h 42m 44.4s ***** 13h 44m 65 20h 44m Andromeda Galaxy Magn. = 4.2; Size = 190.6 X 61.7 arcmin +41° 16' 8" M 103 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m Messier 103 : NGC 581 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 1h 33m 24.0s **** 14h 34m 72 22h 16m Magn. = 6.9; Size = 6 arcmin +60° 39' 0" NGC 663 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m NGC 663 : Caldwell 10 : Open cluster in Cassiopeia 1h 46m 6.0s *** 14h 47m 64 22h 08m Magn. = 6.4; Size = 16 arcmin +61° 15' 0" NGC 869 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m NGC 869 : Caldwell 14 : Open cluster in Perseus 2h 19m 6.0s ***** 15h 20m 85 22h 28m Double Cluster: h Per Magn. = 4.3; Size = 29 arcmin +57° 9' 0" NGC 884 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m NGC 884 : Caldwell 14 : Open cluster in Perseus 2h 22m 30.0s ***** 15h 23m 85 22h 32m Double Cluster: chi Per Magn. = 4.4; Size = 29 arcmin +57° 7' 0" M 1 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m Messier 1 : NGC 1952 : Supernova remnant in Taurus 5h 34m 30.0s ** 18h 35m 60 22h 24m Crab Nebula Magn. = 8.4; Size = 8.0 X 4.0 arcmin +22° 1' 0" M 42 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 20m Messier 42 : NGC 1976 : Diffuse nebula in Orion 5h 35m 18.0s ***** 18h 35m 99 22h 16m Great Orion Nebula Magn. = 4.0; Size = 90 X 60 arcmin -5° 25' 0" M 36 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 20m Messier 36 : NGC 1960 : Open cluster in Auriga 5h 36m 6.0s **** 18h 36m 88 23h 20m Magn. = 6.5; Size = 12 arcmin +34° 8' 0" M 78 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m Messier 78 : NGC 2068 : Reflection diffuse nebula in Orion 5h 46m 42.0s *** 18h 47m 65 22h 08m Magn. = 8.0; Size = 8 X 6 arcmin +0° 3' 0" M 37 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 20m Messier 37 : NGC 2099 : Open cluster in Auriga 5h 52m 24.0s **** 18h 53m 89 23h 32m Magn. = 5.6; Size = 24 arcmin +32° 33' 0" M 35 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 20m Messier 35 : NGC 2168 : Open cluster in Gemini 6h 8m 48.0s **** 19h 09m 87 23h 28m Magn. = 5.6; Size = 28 arcmin +24° 20' 0" NGC 2244 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m NGC 2244 : Caldwell 50 : Open cluster in Monoceros 6h 32m 24.0s *** 19h 32m 69 22h 56m (inside Rosette Nebula) Magn. = 5.2; Size = 23 arcmin +4° 52' 0" M 50 2019/03/08 19h 40m 19h 24m Messier 50 : NGC 2323 : Open cluster in Monoceros 7h 2m 48.0s **** 20h 03m 70 23h 08m Magn. = 7.2; Size = 16 arcmin -8° 23' 0" NGC 2392 2019/03/08 20h 17m 19h 24m NGC 2392 : Caldwell 39 : Planetary nebula in Gemini 7h 29m 10.9s *** 20h 29m 75 0h 28m Eskimo Nebula Magn. = 8.6; Size = 0.3 arcmin +20° 54' 59" NGC 2403 2019/03/08 20h 17m 19h 24m NGC 2403 : Caldwell 7 : Galaxy in Camelopardalis 7h 36m 54.5s ** 20h 38m 60 2h 32m Magn. = 9.1; Size = 21.9 X 12.3 arcmin +65° 35' 58" NGC 2903 2019/03/08 22h 32m 19h 28m NGC 2903 : : Galaxy in Leo 9h 32m 9.7s *** 22h 32m 75 2h 32m Magn. = 9.6; Size = 12.6 X 6.0 arcmin +21° 30' 2" COELIX --- Best deep sky objects for telescope viewing at KOPERNIK ( page 2) Duration: night of March 8th, 2019 to March 9th, 2019 Done Phenomenon or Meridian Best time Begin Description R. A. (2000) object to view transit Observability End Decl. (2000) M 81 2019/03/08 22h 56m 19h 24m Messier 81 : NGC 3031 : Galaxy in Ursa Major 9h 55m 33.5s **** 22h 56m 84 5h 00m Magn. = 8.0; Size = 26.9 X 14.1 arcmin +69° 4' 0" M 82 2019/03/08 22h 56m 19h 24m Messier 82 : NGC 3034 : Galaxy in Ursa Major 9h 55m 54.0s *** 22h 56m 73 4h 56m Magn. = 9.3; Size = 11.2 X 4.3 arcmin +69° 40' 57" NGC 3115 2019/03/08 23h 04m 20h 04m NGC 3115 : Caldwell 53 : Galaxy in Sextans 10h 5m 14.1s *** 23h 05m 61 2h 04m Spindle Galaxy Magn. = 9.5; Size = 7.3 X 2.5 arcmin -7° 43' 7" M 97 2019/03/09 0h 14m 19h 32m Messier 97 : NGC 3587 : Planetary nebula in Ursa Major 11h 14m 47.7s ** 0h 14m 62 4h 56m Owl Nebula Magn. = 11.4; Size = 2.8 arcmin +55° 1' 9" M 66 2019/03/09 0h 19m 20h 36m Messier 66 : NGC 3627 : Galaxy in Leo 11h 20m 15.0s *** 0h 19m 72 4h 04m Magn. = 9.6; Size = 9.1 X 4.2 arcmin +12° 59' 29" NGC 4244 2019/03/09 1h 16m 20h 56m NGC 4244 : Caldwell 26 : Galaxy in Canes Venatici 12h 17m 30.0s ** 1h 16m 63 5h 00m Magn. = 10.5; Size = 16.6 X 1.9 arcmin +37° 48' 27" M 106 2019/03/09 1h 18m 20h 36m Messier 106 : NGC 4258 : Galaxy in Canes Venatici 12h 18m 57.9s ** 1h 18m 63 5h 00m Magn. = 9.3; Size = 18.6 X 7.2 arcmin +47° 18' 16" NGC 4449 2019/03/09 1h 28m 20h 52m NGC 4449 : Caldwell 21 : Galaxy in Canes Venatici 12h 28m 11.4s ** 1h 27m 63 5h 00m Magn. = 10.2; Size = 6.2 X 4.4 arcmin +44° 5' 40" NGC 4565 2019/03/09 1h 35m 21h 24m NGC 4565 : Caldwell 38 : Galaxy in Coma Berenices 12h 36m 20.6s *** 1h 35m 76 5h 00m (edge-on galaxy) Magn. = 10.1; Size = 15.9 X 2.1 arcmin +25° 59' 5" NGC 4631 2019/03/09 1h 41m 21h 16m NGC 4631 : Caldwell 32 : Galaxy in Canes Venatici 12h 42m 7.7s *** 1h 41m 77 5h 04m Magn.
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