Programme

On the night of Monday the 17th of May at 22.00 hrs

a 31% lit Waxing Crescent Moon will be 3.1° to the right of M44/ The Beehive Cluster

if you plan to observe /image this event remember to dress for the conditions

A Clair Obscur effect will develop along the lunar terminator

( the division between the illuminated and non illuminated ) surface of the Moon

From approx 23.45 on Tuesday the 18th of May until approx 00.45 on Wednesday the 19th of May

the effect known as the Lunar V & the Lunar X should become visible

if you plan to observe / image this event remember to dress for the conditions

Dr Will Grundy & Mr Kevin Schindler from The Lowell Observatory, Arizona

Will be talking to us about

The History of the Discovery of Pluto

And the exploration of Pluto by the NASA Spacecraft New Horizons

The usual joining procedure will apply

On Wednesday the 26th of May there is a full Moon

with  Moonrise at approx 21.45 hrs in the SE part of the sky

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On Friday the 28th of May at 22.00 hrs the Planets Mercury & Venus

will be 32 Arcminutes or 0.53° apart

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In the early hours of Monday the 31ts of May

the planet Jupiter will rise in the ESE part of the sky approx 3 hrs before Sunrise

and at approx 04.20 hrs reach an altitude of 20° above the horizon

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At approx 02.30 hrs on the morning of Monday the 31st of May

the planet Saturn will be 5° Nth of a 72% lit Waning Gibbous Moon

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