Observation Night

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007



M4 Open Cluster
 Location:  ENS Observatory

Time:  8:30 - 10:00 pm

Alternate Date:  Thursday, August 30th, 2007

(The alternate date will be used if the skies are cloudy on Tuesday evening.)

Prominent feature:   Jupiter & M4 Globular Cluster
 Jupiter

The observatory will be open this night so that you may view Jupiter with the 16" Cassegrain telescope.  Additional telescopes will be set up on the lawn east of the observatory to facilitate more leisurely viewing.

View of the sky for August 28th, 2007

Southern View August 28th

View of the sky for August 30th, 2007

Southern view April 26th

Image of the M4 obtained from the National Optical Astronomy Observatory at http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap000523.html
Background and Saturn image obtained from http://hubblesite.org/gallery/
Star charts were generated with the program Starry Night Pro