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Cabrillo College Observatory ClearSkyClock
5-day forecast
As of May 10, 2024. Check out past events here.
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Cabrillo College Observatory ClearSkyClock 5-day forecast
(high value events in large font H3)
May 12 Sun morn 12:40am - Occultation of a R=12.3 Star by 2000UY21 from Rodeo Gulch, just south of Karl too. Maybe a movie night at Karl's Sat night, followed by asteroid hunting on the way home? 0.5s duration, Alt=23 Az=140 Ophiuchus. Planning page.
May 14 Tue eve 9:13pm - Occultation of a 12.0 star by asteroid Thule. Special value, to be reported to an astronomer with special interest in this event. Wide path, good rank, long 5.0s duration, alt=46, az=263. I must be at Cabrillo helping students finish photo project, will get it from Cabrillo outside the classroom. Kirk and Karl well inside path from home. Planning page
May 16 Thur eve - dinner w EFI and climate scientist Alice Friedemann. See Sandy's email
May 17 Fri - tax deadline
May 17 Fri - Meeting with Alice Friedemann at CfA0 at 2:30-3pm
May 17 Fri - EFI Sponsored visit: Alice Friedemann on global mineral scarcity for Energy Transformation. 3:30pm CfAO.
May 21 Tue - reg opens for Double DipSea Race Aug 24. Fills early.
May 22 Wed 8pm at Musem of Art and History (Abbot Square) Ari Friedlaender "Whales and healthy oceans" talk.
May 23 Thur eve 9pm - Occultation of TNO Object 2002XW93, from somewhere in North America. 5% odds of a hit. Sun -9, 13.0 mag, 19s duration.
May 24 Fri - 3pm- Graduation
June 8 - Groveland Grind Mtn bike race near Groveland, CA
June 8 - TrailQuake half marathon in Saratoga
Jul 2 - 11am Daylight graze of Atlas (Plieades) from LA area. 16N 12- moon.
Jul 11 - 9pm - Graze of 8.2 star 12N 33+ moon, through Aptos
Jul 13 - 7:30 and 8:46pm Occultation of 1.0 mag Spica on 52+ moon. Photo ops.
July 27 - Donner Lake Tri Olympic $165 Senior, or $185 regular, till 6/30
Aug 1 - Thur 4:38am - Occultation of a 16.1 (15.4 combined) by Trojan Asteroid Alcathous. from SC, SC Mtns, and MIRA too. High rank, alt=69. ~no moon. Should be do-able in dark conditions with enough integration. May require travel to dark sites, and I will ask about MIRA time. Planning page.
Aug 5 -Tour de Big Bear, part of California Pass Challenge (w/ Mammoth Gran Fondo)
Aug 23 - Fri 1am - Occultation of a 14.9 star by Trojan asteroid (1867) Deiphobus, from xx. alt=69, drop=0.9mag (or 0.5mag because target is a very tight binary with another ~14.7 star so blend could be 13.9->14.5 for 10s max), 82% moon 30 deg away so sky brightness a problem. CabObs 12"? remove f/3.3 to reduce sky? CabObs on 1-sigma line odds=14%. odds=64% on Stockton centerline. Sky brightness is a killer. Probably stay home and try from 12" Cabrillo is best shot. Today is required NAS Fall Division Day. Cannot do big trip anyway.
Aug 30 - Fri 4am - Graze of 5.9 Omega Cancri, from San Juan Bautista area on rising 10- moon on dark limb. Should be a very photogenic opportunity with video.
Sep 13 Fri - deadline for submitting reject/accept retirement incentive for faculty.
Sept 14 Sat morn 2:15am - Occultation of a 10.9 star by binary asteroid Arecibo. Similar path to our Didymus Mojave Desert Amboy trip. But, 78% and 89%+ moon weekend, not good for astro 25. Planning page
Sept 16 Mon 2am - Occultation of 11.1 by Pauly, looks roughly near Pinnacles?
Sept 16 Mon 5:20amm - Occultation of a 10.1 by (51103) 2000HX12 from Sacto area. gradual light curve predicted
Sept 17 Tue 4am - Occultation of Saturn on 99+ moon in dark sky. High power video should look great; 12" scope?
Sept 17 - Partial lunar eclipse at moonrise.
Sept 22 Sunday morn 3am - Plieades Occultation, including Alcyone, and 7.6 mag dark limb graze but nowhere camp-able. Moonrise is just after 10pm which is not acceptable for late night astronomy, so I'll make Astro 25 a week later.
Sept 27-29: Astro 25 in the Giant Sequoia National Monument. Astro highlight is the occultation by 2000AP243 of a 12.0 mag star. Sept 28 Sat eve 8pm - Occultation of a 12.0 Star by 2000AP243, from Trail of 100 Giants. Duration 0.7s. IOTA event detail predictions. Red Meadow cmpg is inside northern limit. 22 alt Az=223. Path is 15.5 latitude arcmin wide, and southern limit is north of Kernville, northern limit is south of Quaking Aspen cmpg, but Long Meadow and Red Meadow are well inside the northern limit. moon 9- predawn. Google Earth shows trees at the campgrounds were saved from the fires of years ago.
Oct 5 Sat eve - 10%+ moon 4 deg from Venus which is 0.7 deg from Beta Librae binary, eve sky.
Oct 19 - Mt Diablo Summit Stomp.
Oct 22 - 6:30am - Graze of 5.3 sun=-11, 8N 68- moon (49 Aurigae) from Moss Landing
Oct 25 - Fri 3:55am - Occultation of J=15.0 star by Trojan Asteroid Mentor. Centerline over MIRA with 52% odds, 39% odds from Santa Cruz near northern limit. 39 alt, 7s duration. 39% moon far away. This looks like a good MIRA oppotunity which makes the weekend of Oct 25-27 a bad choice for Astro 25.
Nov 16/17 - Full moon occultation of the Plieades. Weekend.
Jan 9 - Plieades occultation on gibbous moon at sunset. Graze of a 6.8 star near Davenport sun -6.
Jan 13 - Occultation of bright Mars on full moon. Video opportunity again. at Alt=8 and 17 deg.
Feb 5/6 - midnight area; Plieades occultation on 60+ moon.
Mar 6 Thur eve - Graze of 1.7 mag Beta Tauri from Carrizo area; 5.5n 55%+ moon, alt=62.
Mar 13 thur eve - total lunar eclipse. 9.3 graze through Hayward area 9% after end totality
Mar 22 sat morn 4am graze of 6.1 but 8 deg alt, Sequoia?
Mar 31 Mon eve - graze of 4.7 mag Epsilon Arietis, 1.3" 5.6+5.6 double star, from Hayward area. Probably first day back from Spring Break. Tough.
Apr 1 Tue - daylight occultation of Plieades around noon. on 16+ moon.
Apr 15 late eve - Occn of 2.9 mag Pi Scorpii on 90- moon
Apr 18-20 Fri-Sun: Astro 27 at Laguna Mtn. Final meeting May 2 optional for students.
Jun 29 6pm Mars misses 24+ moon in late afternoon by just a few arcmin. Graze steep, in Baja. Photo op only.
Sep 5 - internet hosting plan expires and you must renew with the options you now desire before this date, else auto-charged.
