Cell Phone/Tablet Astronomy Apps

What's your favorite Astronomy App(s)? Why not share this information with your friends? We are going to publish a list of favorite Astronomy Apps on this Blog and would like your input. My favorites are: Heavens-Above, MoonPhasePro, dateandtime.com, and ISSTracker. Send you favorites (Apple or Android) to: Skywatcherhost@gmail.com

Super, Blue, Eclipsed Moon

On 31 January the Earth will watch our satellite, Luna, our Moon, go into a full lunar eclipse. For those of us on the East Coast this Lunar eclipse will begin at 5:51 Am EST and finish at 11:08 EST as the Moon sets. To be a Lunar Eclipse the Moon must be a full Moon. But there are a couple of other happenings involving this eclipse: it's also the second Super Moon of 2018 and a Blue Moon as well. A Super Moon is one that is several thousand miles closer to Earth than its average distance of 238,500 miles, thus making it appear to be abnormally large, and a Blue Moon is the second occurrence of a full moon in a calendar month, this time January 2018. So enjoy the site.

2018 February 13 Meeting

The Skywatchers SIG will meet for its second 2018 meeting on 13 February. We will discuss the fascinating subject of why we appear to be alone in the universe with heavy emphasis on the case for we are alone. The basic reference for this discussion is the book: Rare Earth by Ward and Brownlee. In March we will follow up with the case for we are not alone in the universe. Given the vast size of the universe we will concentrate on our galaxy, The Milky Way. See you at the Lakehouse for the 7:00 PM meeting. The doors will be open at 6:30 PM