1. Highlighting the Near and Deep Sky
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Highlighting the Near and Deep Sky
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2. General Information Among May’s celestial happenings:
Sol finds itself between the gods of time and war!
Luna wanders into a hive, but doesn’t get stung!
And the goddess of the fields and fertility offers a challenge.
Sunset Range: 8:09 p.m. (May 1st) to 8:34 p.m. (May 31st).
End of Astronomical Twilight: 9:47 p.m. (May 1st) to 10:24 p.m. (May 31st).

3. Moon Phases Sat., 4th – New Moon (rises 6:30 a.m., sets 8:01 p.m.)
May 2019
Sat., 4th – New Moon (rises 6:30 a.m., sets 8:01 p.m.)
Friday/Saturday observing opportunities May 3rd/4th
Sat., 11th – First Quarter (rises 12:22 p.m., sets 2:41 a.m. on 12th)
Sat., 18th – Full Moon (rises 8:19 p.m., sets 6:52 a.m. on 19th)
Sun., 26th – Last Quarter (rises 2:05 a.m., sets 12:57 p.m.)
Friday/Saturday observing opportunities May 24th/25th; also on May 31st and June 1st.

4. Celestial Events
May 2019
Fri., 3rd – Mars and Saturn at heliocentric opposition; ecliptic longitudes 105.2° and 285.2°
Sun., 5th/Mon. 6th – Peak of annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower; may be best in the pre-dawn hours of the 6th. ZHR 50. New Moon! Parent: 1P/Halley.
Fri., 10th – Near first quarter Moon is in the Beehive Cluster (M44).
Mon., 13th – Moon at perigee; Earth-radii from Earth.
Sun., 26th – Moon at apogee; Earth-radii from Earth. (9.5% farther than on the 13th.)
Tues., 28th/Wed., 29th – (Challenge Observation) Asteroid 1 Ceres at opposition.

5. (~31 min. before full darkness) (~30 min. before full darkness)
May 15th, 9:00 p.m.
(~31 min. before full darkness)
May 16th, 9:40 p.m.
(~30 min. before full darkness)
For tonight, Mar. 19th, 8:31 p.m. is about 31 min. before full darkness.
For tonight, April 15th, 9:00 p.m. is about 30 min. before full darkness.
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7. Questions
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