John Rush

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John Rush is relatively new to the hobby of Astronomy. He has always had an interest in space, and a passion for the night time sky, ever since he first looked at the rings of Saturn, through his telescope, in the backyard at his parents house. Eventually he was able to visit a sky dark enough to see the Milky Way and the rest is history. During the day he works as Technical Manager at a laboratory in Liverpool, NY. However at night if it’s clear you can very often find him at DHO pointing his telescope to the sky.

New Logos and Store

While we have just finished our observing schedule for 2024, our 60th Anniversary as an organization, we do have several things still going on. Just in time for the holidays the SAS is introducing a brand new store where you can purchase items and swag to show your support of the SAS. We have t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and other items. You can visit the link https://sas.printful.me/ or click on the store link on the top banner at Syracuse-Astro.org. To go with the store, over the summer, we ran a contest to create new logos for the organization. The winners were […]

Tonight’s Observing Session Cancelled

SAS Members, Unfortunately this weekend’s public session at the DHO is cancelled. The wether predictions have improved but clouds and very high winds are predicted tonight so we will not be able to open the Cave telescope. As this is our last public session of the year we hope to see you in the spring. Thank You

Public Session Tonight Cancelled

SAS Members, Unfortunately based on the current weather predictions showing clouds to move in by this evening, tonight’s public session has been cancelled. Tomorrow does not look great either but with ever changing predictions a final announcement will be made tomorrow regarding the session. Thank You,  

Member’s Session Postponed to 10-5–24

SAS Members, As the weather predictions look to be much better tomorrow night our Member Session is postponed until Saturday 10-5-24. The chartroom will be open from ~ 6:00 to Midnight. If we’re lucky it may even be possible to see some Aurora. If the predictions change significantly an announcement will be made tomorrow.