Wednesday, April 2, 2014

[Updated] How you can see the passage of the Moon across the Hyades from East 3rd Street



Via EVG regular Spike… looks as if Felton Davis has his rig setup on East Third Street at Second Avenue …



Not sure what we're looking at this evening… but if you head over that way, you'll find out…

Maybe this… from EarthSky:

As darkness falls in early April 2014, the waxing crescent moon is passing in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull. Taurus the Bull’s most prominent signposts include the dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster and bright red star Aldebaran, which depicts the Bull’s fiery eye.

And from Universe Today (for tomorrow):

On the evening of Thursday, April 3rd headed into the morning of the 4th, the waxing crescent Moon crosses in front of the Hyades open star cluster. This is the V-shaped asterism that marks the head on Taurus the Bull, highlighted by the brilliant foreground star Aldebaran as the bull’s “eye”. Viewers across North America will have a ring-side seat to this “bull-fight” as the 20% illuminated Moon stampedes over several members of the Hyades in its path.

Updated 9:44 p.m.

Felton writes in with more information… and details on some upcoming sky shows!

Rim craters Furnerius, Petavius, Langrenus, Cleomedes, Geminus, Endymion, and the Mare Crisium put on a dazzling show tonight, as the three-day old crescent moon passed through Taurus about ten degrees below the Pleiades. When the light of the sun is shining across the craters it accentuates their shape, and left many people speechless, never having seen the moon in such detail, especially after a winter of non-stop clouds, rain and snow. Keep a lookout on Monday, April 14th for an eclipse of the moon, beginning just after midnight, and fully darkening the moon at 3 am Tuesday April 15th.





Previously on EV Grieve:
Searching for Comet ISON with East Village resident Felton Davis

Comet spotting with East Village resident Felton Davis
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1 comment:

  1. nygrumpApril 3, 2014 at 9:23 AM

    Good man! The light pollution must make using the scope a little discouraging sometimes.

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