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Eagle eye observatory3/2/2023 When the weather does not allow telescope viewing, EEO provides programs via a large screen television with planetarium software, videos, and comprehensive interactive Q/A sessions at the observatory or a location TBD. **Starting Sunday, November 6th, sessions will begin at 7pm. Each EEO session is one hour, with a maximum of 20 guests per session. The observatory is staffed by a dedicated and knowledgeable astronomer and is now open daily. Availability is based on a first-come, first-serve basis.ĭay visitors may attend any session on any night the observatory is open with availability by paying $20 per person (all ages) inclusive of applicable taxes and fees. Guests must sign up through Guests Services at (512)334-2070. Resort guests can enjoy Eagle Eye Observatory (EEO) for a $10 per person program fee for all guestroom, RV, and campsite rates guests. Please remember to dress warmly, as summer is over. These are some of the spectacular visual things that are available to see when you come to the Eagle Eye Observatory. Under dark (Moonless) nights it can be seen with the naked eye. It is our closest neighboring spiral galaxy at 2-1/2 million light-years away (one light-year is 6 trillion miles). One of the highlights is looking at the Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope. There are emission nebula, reflection nebula, Planetary nebula, galaxies, globular clusters, double stars, etc. Several deep sky objects are attainable through the telescopes during dark Moonless evenings, less so when the Moon is bright. Mercury and Venus are too near the Sun to be seen this month. Uranus and Neptune are telescope objects only. These are easily seen with the naked eye. The planet round-up this month includes Mars rising after 9:00 pm and Jupiter and Saturn both high in the sky all evening. Two more minor showers occur, Alpha-Monocerotids 11/21, and November Orionids 11/30. The Leonids Parent Body: comet 55P/Temple-Tuttle. However, on several occasions, this shower has had epic outbursts. The Leonids 11/17, during a crescent Moon, will have a better chance of observing meteors flash across the sky. These three are minor events during a bright Gibbous Moon. The Meteor round-up this month includes the Northern Taurids 11/12, the Andromidids 11/12, and the Omicron Erinids 11/14. This November Total Lunar Eclipse will be the last one until March 2025. The Total Lunar Eclipses Umbral stage, (full eclipse) will begin at about 4:20 am and last until about 5:45 am. Total Lunar eclipses are less frequent because the orbit of the Moon around the Earth does not exactly line up with the Earth’s orbit around the Sun. These semiannual eclipses are partial, (penumbral) meaning only part of the earth’s shadow dims the lunar surface. In general, there are 2 lunar eclipses each year. The Full Moon occurs on the 8th and will be fully eclipsed by the Earth this month as the shadow, (umbra) moves across the lunar surface, making it somewhat reddened. This month, the New Moon will occur on the 23rd, providing the best dark skies for viewing. The cool crisp air at night is less turbulent and allows for improved seeing conditions in general. The Central Time Zone is an area 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-6) during the winter months (referred to as Central Standard Time or CST) and 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-5) during the summer months (referred to as Central Daylight Time or CDT).ĭuring November, the days are getting shorter, and the nights are getting longer. This year in Texas, Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday, November 6th, at 2:00/am.
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