Denmaster
If you haven’t yet earned your Astronomy Merit Badge, you have another opportunity on Monday night. We love it when the crescent moon sets close to Venus, and on Monday night it will do just that, hanging about 10 degrees to the right of bright planet. As a bonus, there is a nice alignment of Venus, Saturn and Mars in the same area of the sky.
To get credit for this sighting, look to the low west sky just after sundown and spot the moon and Venus. Then look for Mars and Saturn toward the 1-pm position. While you’re at it, look for three major constellations, Sagittarius, Scorpius and Libra. I hope you have clear skies!
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How to Earn Your Astronomy Merit Badges
Participate in a sanctioned stargazing event, and you’ll earn a participation badge, one for each one you participate in. Earn 5 participation badges for your Astronomy Merit Badge and a bonus 100 Karma points. If you earn an additional 5 stargazing participation badges, you will earn your Expert Astronomer Merit Badge and a bonus 250 points.
NOTE: Events are not specific to individual badges. For example, if you observe event A, miss events B and C, but then observe event D, you earn stargazer1 and stargazer 2 badges. The next event you observe — even if you miss the next ten — will earn you the stargazer 3 badge. Astronomy opportunities are announced throughout the year, and it is expected that you will not be able to participate in every one, due to weather, geo location or timing.
REDEMPTION CODES:
1st event: stargazer1
2nd event: stargazer2
3rd event: stargazer3
4th event: stargazer4
5th event: stargazer5
REDEMPTION CODE for full-fledged merit badge after observing 5 events: starstruck
6th event: stargazer6
7th event: stargazer7
8th event: stargazer8
9th event: stargazer9
10th event: stargazer10
Expert Astronomer Merit Badge: expertastronomer
That’s what another of my CA furiends said. They already had ordered new carpeting to be put in yesterday, so they had to put their furniture outdoors. She was not happy to have rain at a time of year when it’s so unexpected.
Very disappointed here in California. We had rain. RAIN! We never have rain, especially during the drought, and never in October. NEVER!
We saw the Moon, Venus, Saturn, and Mars. We were able to discern Libra, but we could not pick out either Scorpius or Sagittarius. That was fun 🙂
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:salute: I will be looking up tongiht!