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Actual Astronomy - Observing While the Moon is Up
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- The 365 Days of Astronomy
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- May 21, 2026
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- 3991
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Summary
Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke , two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan who enjoy teaching astronomy classes and showing the public views through their telescopes. [email protected] In this episode we read some listener emails and discuss our recent observing sessions, sketching and Shane talks about his first experience with the PiFinder. Observing Last night. It was a nearly full Moon on May 2nd, Full Moon was May 1. How to plan? What scope(s), New / different Gear? Would it be dark at all? Lunar analemma? What to look at? Pi Finder! Cor Caroli — Canes Venatici 2 CVn — Canes Venatici 12 Com — Coma Berenices 24 Com — Coma Berenices 32 Com — Coma Berenices Iota Boo — Boötes Delta Boo — Boötes Alkalurops — Boötes These ones aren't the best positions but are doable Tau Leo and 83 Leo - Leo Rasalgethi and 100 Her - Her We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click !) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected] .