When :
Sunday September 27, 2015
Where: 507 Cherrywood Dr. Longmont CO
Then
you are invited to travel (during mid-eclipse) up to the Little Thompson
Observatory (address
and map below) to watch the end of the eclipse and look through the BIG
telescopes
maybe eat snacks and watch movies.
Berthoud High, 810 Spartan Ave. the Little Thompson Observatory MAP
http://www.starkids.org
What: Featuring:
The
4th of 4 total lunar eclipses in the 2014/2015 tetrad.
Partial
eclipse starts at 7:08pm, totality begins 8:11pm, mid totality is at 8:47pm
totality ends 9:23pm, and the partial phase ends at 10:26pm.
Sunset
6:49 pm, Nautical Twilight 7:48 pm, Astronomical Twilight 8:20pm
Partly to mostly cloudy.
GRAPHICAL
FORECAST
This will change, keep checking back!
(You may check my sources below. They are best checked starting Wednesday PM)
The Accuweather forecast for then is here
(Click on "Get Details" then on "Hourly Weather" for this
night)
or
Weather Underground
forecast is here
(go to hourly on this date)
or go to the Clear Sky Clock or
or try the
UCAR
RUC forecast : tonight's cloud cover (best after 3pm) ONLY
see: UCAR
- RUC Cloud Forecast Loop
We are interested in the 0300 UTC frame (with tomorrows date on it). Shading is
bad skies.
If the 0300 UTC frame isn't there yet, try back later in the day...it's only
created 12 hours in advance.
or even the National
Weather Service
(hover mouse over Sky Cover times- move forward +12 hours if the evening is not shown yet)
If cloudy come
back next month - 3rd Friday of the month.
The next eclipse visible in this area will occur Monday Morning, Dec 21st
2010 at 2am.
Who:
Operated by John
Ensworth,
Today's Solar and Lunar Information: Additional LINKS
to Astronomy Resources
Home of The
Little Thompson Observatory, a public observatory. (9mi N. of our
home) A private observatory
in Firestone. (9mi SE of our home) Future observatory
site of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society.
(13 miles NW of our home)
Other
Clear Sky Clocks for Places I like to observe: Black
Mesa Oklahoma
Camp Creek, Arizona
(NE of Carefree/Cave Creek)
A nearby observatory, LAMP (17miles to the west of C.C.)
Oklahoma City
The forecasts below are provided by www.pobox.com/~clearskyclock
The forecasts below are provided by http://cleardarksky.com/csk/
OKIE-TX
STAR PARTY WEATHER FORECAST (archived)
Washington D.C. / near Arlington, Virginia
A county park and recreation facility used as an observing site by the Northern Virginia Astronomy Club. In Midland.