{"id":466,"date":"2013-01-09T23:23:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T23:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/?p=466"},"modified":"2013-01-10T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T00:20:00","slug":"griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-january-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/2013\/01\/09\/griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-january-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, January 16, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Sky_Report_1-9-13.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"listen_ear_th\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/listen_ear_th1-e1319751139511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/>LISTEN to this week&#8217;s Sky Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Here is what\u2019s happening in the skies of Southern California:<\/p>\n<p>Jupiter, in Taurus the Bull, is ideally placed for viewing from the early evening until after midnight. The brilliant yellow planet is highest in the sky, crossing the meridian 76 degrees above the southern horizon, at about 8:30 p.m. Steadily held binoculars may reveal Jupiter\u2019s four largest moons. A telescope will show details of the planet\u2019s weather patterns and storms, including the Great Red Spot.<\/p>\n<p>Planet Saturn, in Libra the Scales, is more than 30\u02da above the southeast horizon at the start of dawn (5:30 a.m.). A telescope will show the north face of its rings tilted 19\u02da in our direction.<\/p>\n<p>The waning crescent moon can be seen before sunrise until Thursday the 10<sup>th<\/sup>, and appears that morning to the lower left of the brilliant planet Venus. The moon is new on the 11<sup>th<\/sup>. In waxing crescent phase, the moon emerges into evening twilight on Saturday, the 12th. On Tuesday the 15<sup>th<\/sup>, the rarely seen lunar feature known as Mare Australe\u2013the Southern Sea\u2013 will be favorably tilted toward earth to the delight of telescopic observers. That night, Mare Australe will be located at the bottom edge of the illuminated crescent as seen from earth\u2019s Northern Hemisphere. The moon will be one of the objects featured during the evening portion of the public star party at Griffith Observatory on Saturday, the 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>The International Space Station will make an early morning pass over Los Angeles on Friday, the 11<sup>th<\/sup>. The ISS is scheduled to cross the sky from southwest to northeast between 5:43 and 5:49 a.m., P.S.T., and\u2013as seen from Griffith Observatory\u2013will pass just 8 degrees to the northwest of the zenith at 5:46 a.m. Observers should check the Heavens-Above web site for updated positions and for viewing information for locations other than Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Free views of the sun during the day and of the moon, planets, and other celestial objects at night, are available to the public in clear weather through Griffith Observatory\u2019s telescopes Wednesday-Sunday before 9:30 p.m. Check our website for our schedule.<\/p>\n<p>From Griffith Observatory, I\u2019m Anthony Cook and I can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:griffithobserver@gmail.com\">griffithobserver@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LISTEN to this week&#8217;s Sky Report This is the Griffith Observatory Sky Report for the week ending Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Here is what\u2019s happening in the skies of Southern California: Jupiter, in Taurus the Bull, is ideally placed for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/2013\/01\/09\/griffith-observatory-sky-report-for-the-week-ending-wednesday-january-16\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skyreport"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.griffithmedia.org\/skyreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}