Solar System

Solar system observing for AHSP 2012

Here is a summary of Solar System Observing during AHSP 2012. This will give you an idea of events and times during the weekend for overall planning purposes.

Almanac for AHSP2012

Meteors

Perseids                 peak on 8/12 at 140 per hr., but may still produce a few
kappa Cygnids            peak on 8/17 at 3 per hr.
Northern iota Aquariids  peak on 8/19 at 3 per hr.

For ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA, from USNO
Location:  W 79°51'00.0", N38°55'48.0"    Time Zone:  +4h 00m 

Date (Zone)                Rise   Az.     Transit Alt.       Set   Az.
                            h  m   °         h  m  °          h  m  °    
Sun
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          06:36  73        13:23 64S        20:09 287       
       Civil twilight            Begins 06:08 Ends 20:38
       Astronomical twilight     Begins 04:58 Ends 21:47

Moon
2012 Aug 17 (Fri)          06:36  78        13:19 59S        19:54 279               
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          07:41  84        14:08 54S        20:26 272               
2012 Aug 19 (Sun)          08:48  91        14:57 48S        20:58 266               
2012 Aug 20 (Mon)          09:55  98        15:47 43S        21:31 259  
       New Moon on 17 August 2012 at 11:55 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

Mercury (morning)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          05:05  66        12:10 69S        19:14 294

Venus (morning)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          03:02  63        10:14 71S        17:26 297

Mars (evening)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          11:41 103        17:08 40S        22:36 257

Jupiter (morning)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          01:00  61        08:17 73S        15:34 299

Saturn (evening)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          11:28  99        17:05 44S        22:43 261

Uranus (after midnight)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          21:48  86        04:02 54S        10:12 274

Neptune (after midnight)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          20:19 104        01:48 40S        07:13 256

Pluto (evening)
2012 Aug 18 (Sat)          17:03 115        21:58 32S        02:58 245