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Viewing List for June 2019

Placerville, CA Observatory JUNE 2019 VIEWING LIST The Placerville Observatory is Celebrating Our 14th Year of Public Observing The Placerville Community Observatory is open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night for free. Stop by between 8:30 and 10:00 pm. Objects By Scope Size Object         Type Size Distance   Coordinates Large Scopes  NGC3628*   Gal […]

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Trappist-1 Location

Trappist-1 is located a little under 40 Light Years from Earth. On a galactic scale, we are so close that both systems are located within the red dot in this picture. Both systems are located on the Orion Spur between the Perseus and Sagittarius Arms of our galaxy. Fun fact, I have a star named

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