Cloudy skies and a 10-20% chance of precipitation this evening means that the Crockett Park Public Night is again canceled.
Although the Clear Sky Chart[1] predicts only 10% cloud cover at 21:00 local time, most forecasts [2][3][4] show mostly cloudy skies with a significant chance of precipitation through this evening. Transparency prediction ranges from POOR to TOO CLOUDY TO FORECAST. Not a good night for star gazing.
Hoping for clear skies soon,
Tree Greenwood
Crockett Park Coordinator
Please read the C.M. Crockett Page for park details.
In the northern hemisphere, the longest day of the year when the Sun is farthest north. The summer solstice marks the first day of the season of summer. In the southern hemisphere, this is your winter solstice, marking the shortest day of the year. The declination of the Sun on the (northern) summer solstice is known as the tropic of cancer (23° 27′).
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/SummerSolstice.html
The public night at Great Meadow scheduled for Friday June 23 is cancelled due to the cloudy forecast.
Ray Young
Great Meadow site coordinator
See front page of NOVAC Site for changes to event.
More information about Great Meadow including directions and parking visit the Great Meadow Site page.
Our meetings on the second Sunday of the Month, The events are normally held evening at 7:00 pm in Research Hall Room 163 on the campus of George Mason University.
Our meetings web page, has directions and additional details.
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday evenings!
Don’t miss out on this, make some travel plans!
A total eclipse of the sun will runs smack through the middle of the USA on August 21, 2017. Plan a car trip, bus ride, or plane trip to the narrow strip of Earth stretching from Salem, OR through to Nashville, TN in which the sun will *completely disappear* for two minutes. (Not many large cities are in the path of the totality, so make your reservations early if you want to observe it from the comfort of civilization.)
If you’ve already got plans, the next total eclipse passing through the USA is on April 8, 2024…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_August_21,_2017