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Globular Cluster Observing Program Contact information: Inside this issue: Info Officer (General Info) – [email protected] Website Administrator – [email protected] Page June Club Calendar 3 Postal Address: Fort Worth Astronomical Society Tandy Hills Star Party Info 4 c/o Matt McCullar Cloudy Nights Review 5,6 5801 Trail Lake Drive Fort Worth, TX 76133 Celestial Events 7 Web Site: http://www.fortworthastro.org (or .com) Constellation of the Month 8,9 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/3eutb22 Twitter: http://twitter.com/ftwastro AL Observing Program 10,11,12 Yahoo! eGroup (members only): http://tinyurl.com/7qu5vkn ISS visibility info 13 Officers (2018-2020): Planetary Visibility info 13 President – Chris Mlodnicki , [email protected] Vice President – Fred Klich , [email protected] Sky Chart for Month 14 Tres – Laura Cowles, [email protected] Lunar Calendar 15 Secretary—Pam Klich, [email protected] Lunar Info 16 Board Members: Mars/Saturn/Jupiter/Mecury 17,18 2018-2020 Phil Stage General and Board Meeting 20,21 Robin Pond Fundraising/Donation Info 22,23 John McCrea Pam Kloepfer Photo Files 24 Cover Photo: M13 Photo contributed by Hubble\ESA Observing Site Reminders: Be careful with fire, mind all local burn bans! Dark Site Usage Requirements (ALL MEMBERS): • Maintain Dark-Sky Etiquette (http://tinyurl.com/75hjajy) • Turn out your headlights at the gate! Edi to r : • Sign the logbook (in camo-painted storage shed. Inside the door on the left- hand side) George C. Lutch • Log club equipment problems (please contact a FWAS board member to inform them of any problems) • Put equipment back neatly when finished Issue Contribu- • Last person out: to rs : Check all doors – secured, but NOT locked Make sure nothing is left out Pa m K l i ch The Fort Worth Astronomical Society (FWAS) was founded in 1949 and is a non-profit 501(c)3 scientific educational organization, and incorporated in the state of Texas. This publication may Matt McCullar be copied and distributed for free only. This publication cannot be uploaded or distributed into any media unless it is in its original, full, unaltered, published form. All rights reserved by FWAS. PAGE 2 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY June 2019 J u n e 2 0 1 9 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 FQ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Moon Perigee Tandy Hills 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 FWAS Monthly Meeting Starts @ 7pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Moon Apogee 30 See our full FWAS Event Calendar at: http://www.fortworthastro.com/meetings.html for the latest updates on what our club has scheduled Click calendar icons above to see details of bright ISS passes this month. June 2019 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 3 Tandy Hills Prairie Sky/Star Party: As- tronomy—Community Engagement After many years at the Fort Worth Museum of Science & History, the well- attended, monthly public star parties presented by the Fort Worth Astro- nomical Society (FWAS) have moved to Tandy Hills Natural Area. Established in 1949, FWAS is one of the first adult amateur astronomy clubs formed in the country and one of the largest with more than 200 active members. Members will have several telescopes set up at Tandy Hills for viewing the night sky. Free & open to the public. All ages wel- come. Family/kid-friendly - No dogs - Coolers welcome - Steel City Pops will be on hand More details at the NASA web- site: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=76024 Star party Etiquette: http://www.fortworthastro.com/etiquette.html WHEN: June 81h Always consult the below site for date changes due to weather. http://www.tandyhills.org/events/prairie-sky-star-party PAGE 4 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY June 2019 Media Reviews to create a spreadsheet that calculates various parameters Media reviews by Matt J. McCullar, FWAS for your existing eyepiece collection. This way you know which eyepieces are best suited to certain tasks, and you can Astronomy with a Home Computer identify any gaps that need filling before spending money on new eyepieces.” by Neale Monks Monks is obviously an experienced amateur astronomer: “Having bought and unpacked your telescope, you now need Computers have probably done just as much to revolutionize to wait for inevitable post-astronomical purchase rainstorms amateur astronomy as Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes. We to pass. These usually last about a week and will let up just can plan an evening's observing session in time for Full Moon when you won't be more accurately, get a good idea of the able to see much of anything other than viewing conditions in advance, take hun- the Earth's natural satellite... The same dreds of detailed astrophotographs and Murphy's Law that holds that buying as- edit them in a matter of minutes, identify tronomical equipment always precipitates unknown objects moving through our field the longest spell of complete cloud cover of vision, inventory our eyepieces and oth- for months, so too will the batteries die er equipment, exchange information with just when the seeing has turned good and other stargazers around the world, and the things you're interested in are high in share our results instantly. Ask the tele- the sky.” scope what you're looking at, and it tells you. Punch in the name or location of an object, and the 'scope moves itself right to The author also points out some of the it for your enjoyment. Just try to imagine limitations of today's computer-controlled our hobby without computers! equipment: “You'd easily imagine that with tens of thousands of objects in the memory banks of the handsets there Astronomy with a Home Computer is an would be a lifetime of observing opportu- excellent introduction to today's technology for the amateur nities built into your Autostar or NexStar telescope. The astronomer. It discusses more than just home computers; it problem is that the overwhelming bulk of the objects includ- also deals with telescopes as a whole, explaining what one ed in these catalogs are stars. Okay, double stars and varia- needs to know about the various kinds of optics and how to ble stars can be fun in their way, but after the first few hun- use that information. What sort of dred, stars do rather all start to look accessories do I need? What types Published by Springer – 2005 the same. Really, these stars are of eyepieces? Should I modify my included to bulk up the catalogs and store-bought telescope in any way? make them more impressive purely It also delves into setting up a tele- ISBN 1-85233-805-9 as a marketing ploy... So for a varie- scope for an observing session, how ty of reasons it can be useful to up- to align the optics, how to align the 202 pages date the go-to telescope's catalogs scope for motorized guiding, and or add objects to them to get the the pros and cons of different types of mounts. There's a lot most out of the scope.” to absorb. Astronomy with a Home Computer was published too early to The author discusses various popular astronomy programs contain any information about cell phones and their applica- and their features. There's list-planning software, eyepiece tions. But this book is well worth reading for those just simulators, lunar atlases, planetarium programs, image edi- getting into the hobby, and the information inside will help tors, etc. Several pages explain how to use Adobe Photoshop prevent a great many amateur mistakes. The author covers to register individual frames and stack them together. One (Continued on page 6) can also use generic software for astronomical use: “It is easy June 2019 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 5 (Book Review—Continued from page 5) many popular astronomy-related web sites on the Internet, such as where to download various forms of software, on- line equipment reviews, etc. The book contains a huge list of resources; I found something useful on just about every page. There are photos and illustrations galore. The author writes quite well. The only real complaint I have with this book is that it is riddled with spelling and gram- matical errors. I'm a bit surprised, as Springer normally ed- its their books much better than this. I hope and presume later editions have been corrected, but I gave up counting the errors about half-way through. But overall this should not detract from one's enjoyment. Highly recommended! The End e PAGE 6 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY June 2019 CELESTIAL EVENTS THIS MONTH Jun 01 Sa Venus: 20° W 01 Sa 13:15 Moon-Venus: 3.4° N 03 Mo 05:02 New Moon 05 We 07:58 Moon North Dec.: 22.4° N 05 We 10:05 Moon-Mars: 1.6° N 05 We 17:46 Moon Ascending Node 07 Fr 02:19 Moon-Beehive: 0.2° S 07 Fr 18:21 Moon Perigee: 368500 km 08 Sa 20:54 Venus-Pleiades: 5.1° S 10 Mo 00:59 First Quarter 10 Mo 10:11 Jupiter Opposition 16 Su 13:50 Moon-Jupiter: 2.1° S 16 Su 18:09 Venus-Aldebaran: 4.7° N 17 Mo 03:31 Full Moon 18 Tu 10:33 Moon South Dec.: 22.4° S 18 Tu 12:41 Mercury-Mars: 0.2° N 18 Tu 20:49 Moon Descending Node 18 Tu 22:58 Moon-Saturn: 0.5° N 19 We 08:06 Mercury-Pollux: 5.4° S 21 Fr 02:56 Mars-Pollux: 5.5° S 21 Fr 10:54 Summer Solstice 23 Su 02:50 Moon Apogee: 404500 km 23 Su 17:59 Mercury Elongation: 25.2° E 25 Tu 04:46 Last Quarter 30 Su 10:06 Moon-Aldebaran: 2.3° S Data Source: NASA SKYCAL - SKY EVENTS CALENDAR (* Times are Local) June 2019 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 7 Constellation of The Month Hercules Characteristics Hercules is bordered by Draco to the north; Boötes, Corona Borealis, and Serpens Caput to the east; Ophiuchus to the south; Aquila to the southwest; and Sagitta, Vulpecula, and Lyra to the west.
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