Image of the eight-day old moon courtesy of stargazing.net
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Note added Sep 10:
The skies were beautifully clear an hour before this event,
but then clouds approached from the west.
Our first visitors were able to see the Moon through
several instruments, and even a brief view of Jupiter,
but then the clouds blocked our vision.
Although a brief gap raised our hopes at 8:20 PM, the clouds
returned, and rain began to fall soon thereafter.
Nonetheless, some 50-60 visitors took advantage of the virtual reality (VR) experiences offered by members of the RIT SPace EXploration (SPEX) group, and examined some of our telescopes up close. |
On the night of Sep 07/08, 2019, the RIT Observatory welcomed visitors to an Open House. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, we pointed our telescopes at the Moon, and at the Sea of Tranquillity in particular.
Image of the eight-day old moon courtesy of
stargazing.net
This closeup of the Sea of Tranquillity has been inverted to match a telescope's view of the region.
Background image generated by the wonderful
ACT-React-Quickmap of the Moon
based on Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter data
Jupiter and Saturn serve as an after-dinner treat. These pictures have also been inverted to match telescopic views.
Charts made by
Stellarium