02/11/2019A large moon will dominate this month’s free, public viewing at the Westmont Observatory Friday, Feb. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting several hours. Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will turn toward the top of the sky and away from the blazing moon. “We will have the constellations of Auriga, the charioteer, and Taurus, the bull,” says Tom Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. “Auriga lies in the winter Milky Way with three stunning open clusters. The beautiful Pleiades sits on the back of the bull. We may even be able to see these stars pushing their way through the Merope Nebula. But, again, we are at the mercy of the moon’s light.”Westmont Viewing Features Lunar Craters1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...