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194 9 Ce Le B Rating 65 Ye Ars O F Br Inging As Tr on Omy T O No Rth Te X As 2 1949 Celebrating 65 Years of Bringing Astronomy to North Texas 2014 Contact information: Inside this issue: Info Officer (General Info) – [email protected] Website Administrator – [email protected] Page Postal Address: November Club Calendar 3 Fort Worth Astronomical Society Celestial Events 4 c/o Matt McCullar 5801 Trail Lake Drive Sky Chart 5 Fort Worth, TX 76133 Moon Phase Calendar 6 Web Site: http://www.fortworthastro.org Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/3eutb22 Lunar Occultations/Conjs 7 Twitter: http://twitter.com/ftwastro Yahoo! eGroup (members only): http://tinyurl.com/7qu5vkn Mercury/Venus Chart 8 Officers (2014-2015): Mars/Minor Planets Charts 9 President – Bruce Cowles, [email protected] Jupiter Charts 10 Vice President – Russ Boatwright, [email protected] Sec/Tres – Michelle Theisen, [email protected] Planet Vis & ISS Passes 11 Board Members: CSAC Event Update 12 2014-2016 Mike Langohr Young Astronomer News 12 Tree Oppermann ‘66 Leonids Remembered 13 2013-2015 Bill Nichols Cloudy Night Library 15 Jim Craft Cover Photo: Monthly AL Observing Club 17 Composite image taken by FWAS mem- bers: Left to right, from top to bottom— Constellation of the Month 18 Laura Cowles, Mike Ahner, Brian Wortham, Constellation Mythology 19 Shawn Kirchdorfer, Mark Wainright, Phil Stage, Patrick McMahon, Dennis Webb, Ben Prior Club Meeting Minutes 20 Hudgens, Shawn Kirchdorfer, John McCrea, and Chris Mlodnicki General Club Information 21 That’s A Fact 21 Observing Site Reminders: Be careful with fire, mind all local burn bans! Full Moon Name 21 Dark Site Usage Requirements (ALL MEMBERS): FWAS Foto Files 22 Maintain Dark-Sky Etiquette (http://tinyurl.com/75hjajy) Turn out your headlights at the gate! Sign the logbook (in camo-painted storage shed. Inside the door on the left- hand side) E d i to r : Log club equipment problems (please contact a FWAS board member to Shawn Kirchdorfer inform them of any problems) Put equipment back neatly when finished Issue Contributors: Last person out: Matt McCullar Check all doors – secured, but NOT locked Kavin Allenson Make sure nothing is left out Russ Boatright The Fort Worth Astronomical Society (FWAS) was founded in 1949 and is a non-profit scientific educational organization incorporated in the state of Texas. This publication may be copied Michael McKee and distributed for free only. This publication cannot be uploaded or distributed into any me- dia unless it is in its original, full, unaltered, published form. All rights reserved by FWAS. Ben Hudgens PAGE 2 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Museum Star Party FQ 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Born: 1854 - Johannes Daylight Savings Time Ends Rydberg Moon Perigee: 367907.6 km FM (Swedish physicist) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Young Astronomers Meeting Starts @ 7pm-9pm Born: 1934 - Carl Sagan (American astronomer, astr ophysicist, cosmologist, Born: 1924 - Audouin LQ author, science populariz- Dollfus er—COSMOS) (French astronomer) Moon Apogee: 404296 km 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 FWAS Monthly 10th Anniversary Meeting Starts @ 7pm (2004), Swift Launch 25th Anniversary Born: 1889 - Edwin Hubble (1989), COBE Launch (American astronomer— NM Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Hubble’s Law) Black Moon, 3rd new in Season 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 15th Anniversary (1999), Discovery of SAU 005 & 50th Anniversary SAU 008 (Mars Meteorites) (1964), Mariner 4 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission) Born: 1934 - Carolyn Hurless (American astronomer—the most Born: 1889 - Auguste Charlois active and prolific female observ- ( French astronomer— er in the history of the AAVSO ) Discovered 99 asteroids) FQ 30 See our full FWAS Event Calendar at: 60th Anniversary (1954), Sylacauga Meteor- http://www.fortworthastro.com/meetings.html ite Fall (Hit Woman in Alabama) for the latest updates on what our club has scheduled NOVEMBER 2014 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 3 CELESTIAL EVENTS THIS MONTH Nov 01 Sa --:-- Venus: 2° E Nov 17 Mo 16:29 Leonid Shower: ZHR = 15 Nov 01 Sa 05:59 Mercury Elongation: 18.7° W Nov 18 Tu 02:10 Saturn Conjunction Nov 02 Su 18:21 Moon Perigee: 367900 km Nov 19 We 02:18 Moon Ascending Node Nov 04 Tu 06:10 Mercury-Spica: 4.2° N Nov 19 We 10:01 Moon-Spica: 2.8° S Nov 04 Tu 21:13 Moon Descending Node Nov 22 Sa 06:32 New Moon Nov 05 We 10:55 South Taurid Shower: ZHR = 10 Nov 24 Mo 02:17 Moon South Dec.: 18.6° S Nov 06 Th 16:23 Full Moon Nov 27 Th 17:11 Moon Perigee: 369800 km Nov 08 Sa 13:41 Moon-Aldebaran: 1.5° S Nov 29 Sa 04:06 First Quarter Nov 09 Su 17:12 Moon North Dec.: 18.6° N Nov 12 We 10:11 North Taurid Shower: ZHR = 15 Nov 14 Fr 09:16 Last Quarter Nov 14 Fr 19:56 Moon Apogee: 404300 km (* Times are Local) INTERESTING OBJECTS Deep Sky* - (C4) Iris Nebula, (C20) North America Nebula, (C41) The Hyadies, (C63) Helix Nebula, (C65) Sculptor Galaxy, (M1) Crab Nebula, (M31) Andromeda Galaxy, (M42) Orion Nebula, (M45) The Pleiades Double/Multiple Stars** - AC1 (And), EPSILON ARIETIS, OMICRON CAP, WZ CAS, STT 410 (Cyg), 16 DRA, THETA LYRA, EPSILON PEGASI, V774 Tau, POLARIS Constellations* - Andromeda, Aries, Capricorn, Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Draco, Lyra, Pegasus, Taurus, Ursa Minor Asterisms*** - Golf Putter (And), Lilium (Ari), Airplane (Cas), Horseshoe (Cyg), Little Queen (Dra), Great Square (Peg), Ally’s Braid (Tau) Lunar Features**** - Smythii basin (R7), Copernicus H (R31), Ptolemaeus B (R44) *Distant Suns—C = Caldwell Catalog / M=Messier Catalog **Double Stars ***Asterisms ****R = Rükl Index Moon Map Key to Geocentric Ephemeris of the Moon: http://astropixels.com/ephemeris/moon/moonkey.html PAGE 4 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2014 October Sky Chart Fort Worth, TX (32.7555°N, 97.3308°W) Chart displayed is for November 15, 2014 @ 21:00 Local Time NOVEMBER 2014 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 5 M CCN MR: Moon rise time - MS: Moon set time Lunar Event: Sunday 2 November 2014—2.9pm, Golden Handle visible on the Moon from 2.9pm - 6.2pm (sun rises on the Jura mountains, while Sinus Iridum is still in shadow) First and Last Lunar Crescent Visibility Friday 21 November 2014 —6.6am Lunar Crescent visible, only 23.5 hours before new moon. Elongation: 11.6°, 1.2% illuminated, Position angle of crescent (from Zenith to East): 170.6° - crescent is horizontal like a boat, Width of the crescent: 0.32', Length of the crescent: 129°, Moon lower limb relative to sunrise point at sunrise: dalt=10.2° daz=2.3° (i.e. westward), Altitude of moon center at listed time: 5.6°, Azimuth: 111.8°/ESE, Altitude of Sun: -6.0°, Moon rises at 6:06am, 59 minutes before the Sun. Sunday 23 November 2014 —6.0pm Lunar Crescent visible, 35.5 hours after new moon. Elongation: 18.5°, 2.8% illuminated, Position angle of crescent (from Zenith to East): 211.1° - crescent points to the lower right, Width of the crescent: 0.83', Length of the crescent: 150°, Moon sets at 6:49pm, 84 minutes after the Sun. Data and Image Source: http://www.calsky.com/ PAGE 6 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2014 Lunar Occultations of Planets and Moon close to Planets Tuesday 4 November 2014 Time (12-hour Object (Link) Event clock) Close to Uranus, 5.7mag, Separation=4.67°, Limb separa- tion=4.40° =8.11 lunar dia., Position angle=245.8°, Azi- 6.5pm Moon muth az=104.3°, Altitude h=29.1°, RA= 0h50.5m Dec= +4° 39.8', Moon phase=95.4%, Sun elevation hsun=-12.0° Friday 21 November 2014 Time (12-hour Object (Link) Event clock) Close to Mercury, -0.9mag, Separation=2.19°, Limb separa- tion=1.92° =3.70 lunar dia., Position angle=142.4°, Azi- 6.9am Moon muth az=114.6°, Altitude h=6.3°, RA=15h09.5m Dec=-16° 51.4', Moon phase=1.2%, Sun elevation hsun=-2.9° Close to Mercury, -0.9mag, Separation=1.18°, Limb separa- tion=0.92° =1.75 lunar dia., Position angle=195.8°, Azi- 12.1pm Moon muth az=189.6°, Altitude h=39.8°, RA=15h10.9m Dec=-16° 58.4', Moon phase=0.7%, Sun elevation hsun=37.2°, in day- light, elongation from sun: 9.9° Tuesday 25 November 2014 Time (12-hour Object (Link) Event clock) Close to Mars, 1.0mag, Separation=7.29°, Limb separation=7.08° =13.16 lunar dia., Position angle=136.0°, Azimuth az=237.9°, Al- 8.2pm Moon titude h=6.1°, RA=19h40.9m Dec=-22°50.6', Moon phase=15.5%, Sun elevation hsun=-35.5° Monday 1 December 2014 Time (12-hour Object (Link) Event clock) Close to Uranus, 5.8mag, Separation=1.03°, Limb separa- tion=0.76° =1.42 lunar dia., Position angle=218.2°, Azimuth 6.3pm Moon az=125.0°, Altitude h=47.8°, RA= 0h47.9m Dec= +4°24.2', Moon phase=77.8%, Sun elevation hsun=-12.0° NOVEMBER 2014 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 7 Nov 01 Nov 15 Nov 30 Image Sources: Cartes du Ciel & http://www.calsky.com/ Nov 01 Nov 15 Nov 30 Image Sources: Cartes du Ciel & http://www.calsky.com/ PAGE 8 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY NOVEMBER 2014 Image Sources: Cartes du Ciel Minor Planets - (6)Hebe & (3)Juno Hydra Eridanus Image Sources: Cartes du Ciel NOVEMBER 2014 FORT WORTH ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAGE 9 Great Red Spot Transits Jovian Moon Position JUPITER Chart JUPITER 1 5:57.4am 3:53.2pm 2 1:48.9am 10:44.6am 8:40.4pm 3 6:36.1am 4:31.8pm 4 2:27.5am 12:23.3pm 10:19.0pm 5 8:14.7am 6:10.4pm 6 4:06.2am 2:01.9pm 11:57.6pm 7 9:53.3am 7:49.1pm 8 5:44.8am 3:40.5pm 9 1:36.2am 11:31.9am 9:27.7pm 10 7:23.4am 5:19.1pm 11 3:14.8am 1:10.5pm 11:06.2pm 12 9:01.9am 6:57.7pm 13 4:53.4am 2:49.1pm 14 12:44.8am 10:40.5am 8:36.2pm 15 6:31.9am 4:27.6pm 16 2:23.3am 12:19.0pm 10:14.7pm 17 8:10.4am 6:06.1pm 18 4:01.8am 1:57.5pm 11:53.2pm 19 9:48.9am 7:44.6pm 20 5:40.3am 3:36.0pm 21 1:31.7am 11:27.4am 9:23.1pm 22 7:18.8am 5:14.5pm 23 3:10.2am 1:05.9pm 11:01.6pm 24 8:57.3am 6:52.9pm 25 4:48.6am 2:44.3pm 26 12:40.0am 10:35.7am 8:31.4pm 27 6:27.1am 4:22.7pm 28 2:18.4am 12:14.1pm 10:09.8pm 29 8:05.5am 6:01.1pm 30 3:56.8am 1:52.5pm 11:48.2pm Charts and Data courtesy CalSky.com.
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