SAC SkyWatch 2024-25 Schedule
1. SkyWatches on 2nd Fridays from Oct 2024 through March 2025. The Fall and Spring Star Parties will be held on the 1st Friday of Sept and April, respectively; to avoid excessive moonlight. The early start times for the star parties will allow for some solar observing before sunset. At most of the 2nd Friday SkyWatches at KWU, the Moon will be a prominent feature of the night sky.
2. Light Refreshments and socializing to follow after the SkyWatch presentations in Rm 229, Peters Science Hall, KWU. Also, on nights when we do NOT have an off-campus Star Party; attendees will have an opportunity to observe the night sky through the KWU Observatory telescope, weather-permitting.
Speaker |
Date |
Time |
|
NA |
6-Sep-24 |
6 to 10:30 pm |
|
Panspermia- Do the seeds of life exist all over the universe and if so, can they travel between places? |
David Hanson |
11-Oct-24 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
Recurrent Nova (RNe) - History and Predictions |
Jeffrey Kasoff |
8-Nov-24 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
Star of Bethlehem |
Dorothy Hanna |
13-Dec-24 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
Lunar Colonization |
Mark Ingelin |
10-Jan-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
Our Sun |
Mary Lemon |
14-Feb-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
New Physics – Extreme Gravity |
Suman Kundu |
14-Mar-25 |
7:30 to 10 pm |
Spring Star Party/ Constellation IDing under the stars |
NA |
4-Apr-25 |
6 to 10:30 pm |
Date |
Sunrise |
Sunset |
Moonrise |
Moonset |
Moonset next day |
% Illuminated |
Phase |
6-Sep-24 |
0704 |
1952 |
1024 |
2125 |
|
13 |
Waxing Crescent |
11-Oct-24 |
0737 |
1857 |
1556 |
|
0133 |
63 |
Waxing Gibbous |
8-Nov-24 |
0706 |
1722 |
1331 |
2331 |
|
47 |
Waxing Crescent |
13-Dec-24 |
0741 |
1709 |
1530 |
|
0710 |
97 |
Waxing Gibbous |
10-Jan-25 |
0749 |
1728 |
1408 |
|
0603 |
90 |
Waxing Gibbous |
14-Feb-25 |
0722 |
1807 |
2026 |
|
0849 |
94 |
Waning Gibbous |
14-Mar-25 |
0743 |
1937 |
2016 |
|
0813 |
100 |
Full |
4-Apr-25 |
0710 |
1957 |
1142 |
|
0336 |
50 |
1st Quarter |
Times are local Central Time. Sep, Oct, & Apr are CDT. CST in the other months.
Note: Daylight Savings Time ends 3-Nov-2024 and starts 9-Mar-2025.