Stargazing Forecast
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Saturday
May 26
9 out of 10 (medium - high) -
Sunday
May 27
5 out of 10 (medium - high)Partly sunny and not as hot Hi 87° Low 69° Humidity 53% forecast detailsGood Conditions will be good for stargazing.
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Monday
May 28
5 out of 10 (medium - high)Variable clouds, a t-storm Hi 85° Low 65° Humidity 61% forecast detailsGood Conditions will be good for stargazing.
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Tuesday
May 29
2 out of 10 (medium - high)Cloudy with t-storms possible Hi 88° Low 65° Humidity 69% forecast detailsPoor Expect poor conditions for stargazing.
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Wednesday
May 30
9 out of 10 (medium - high)Some sun, a t-storm possible Hi 87° Low 65° Humidity 62% forecast detailsExcellent This is a great night to be stargazing!
Moon Phases for Abbeville, SC
Today
Waxing Crescent
Mon, May 28
First Quarter
Mon, Jun 4
Full
Mon, Jun 11
Last Quarter
Tue, Jun 19
New
Planet Rise & Set Times
Mercury
r: 6:14 AM
s: 8:22 PM
Venus
r: 7:17 AM
s: 9:57 PM
Mars
r: 1:45 PM
S: 2:35 AM
Jupiter
r: 5:53 AM
s: 7:45 PM
Saturn
r: 4:59 PM
s: 4:29 AM
Uranus
r: 3:33 AM
s: 3:52 PM
Neptune
r: 2:01 AM
s: 1:07 PM
Astronomy Live Feed
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Mystery Mars Formation May Be Ancient Volcanic Ash
SPACE.com - May 26, 2012; 9:38 AM ET
The strange Medusae Fossae Formation may be 2 billion years older than previously thought.
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Enter the Dragon: Astronauts Open 1st Private Capsule at Space Station
SPACE.com - May 26, 2012; 6:49 AM ET
The hatches between SpaceX's Dragon and the space station are now open.
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SpaceX Commercial Spacecraft Makes History With 1st Space Station Flyby
SPACE.com - May 24, 2012; 11:46 AM ET
A private spaceship on its first trip to the International Space Station came within 1.6 miles of the outpost in a test run.
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SpaceX's Commercial Spaceship Chasing Space Station in Orbit
SPACE.com - May 23, 2012; 8:32 AM ET
The first commercial spacecraft ever launched toward the International Space Station is playing a game of catch-up today .
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What Does It Feel Like to Orbit Planet Earth?
Planet--earth.ca - May 22, 2012; 10:04 AM ET
A high res time-lapse of Planet Earth taken from a satellite orbiting 40000km above the Earth.
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Satellites Snap Solar Eclipse Pictures From Space
SPACE.com - May 22, 2012; 9:16 AM ET
Two satellites managed to snap amazing images and videos of the solar eclipse from space.
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Gorgeous Video, Photos of the Solar Eclipse
SPACE.com and AccuWeather.com - May 21, 2012; 6:26 AM ET
A spectacular solar eclipse treated skywatchers around the world to dazzling celestial views Sunday.
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Video: How to Make a Solar Eclipse Viewer
LifesLittleMysteries.com - May 19, 2012; 10:11 AM ET
There's a solar eclipse on Sunday, May 20. If you want to see it happen, learn how to build a simple viewer out of a shoebox.
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The AccuWeather.com Stargazing Forecast considers weather conditions and the lunar cycle to forecast the peak evenings for amateur astronomy.
Astronomy Widgets
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Space Weather Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This Windows Vista™ gadget is handy for astronomers and features a NASA Solar Monitor which contains near-realtime and archived information on active regions and solar activity.
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Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas Gadget
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
The Antonin-Rukl Lunar Atlas is the standard for the Lunar Observer; it details the lunar surface as seen through the telescope.
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Solar Eclipse Calculator
For Mac OSX® - Developed by Xavier Jubier
This widget computes the local circumstances for any solar eclipses from 1970 to 2039.
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SOHO Solar Prominence Feed
For Windows Vista™ - Developed by Lorne Reap
This gadget is very useful to people who own and operate "Coranados' Line of Solar Telescope" the last 48 hours of real time feed updated every hour from NASA's SOHO Project.
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Meteor Showers
For Yahoo! Widgets - Developed by James Constable
Perfect for stargazers and amateur astronomers, this Widget keeps track of eleven of the most spectacular meteor showers visible throughout the year, and notifies you when they are active.
More Than 150,000 Methane Seeps Appear as Arctic Ice Retreats
Methane seeps in Alaska alone are releasing 250,000 metric tons of methane into the atmosphere each year, 50 to 70 percent more than previously estimated.
Outdoor > Beach & Marine
Excellent This is a great night to be stargazing!