Greetings fellow astrophiles! While not directly astronomy-related (unless you consider the materials science and physics connections for making better coatings, components, circuitry for GO-TO scopes, etc.), we will be posting lecture announcements from the TACNY – Technology Alliance of Central New York (tacny.org) – listserve to promote some of the best public lecturing on science and technology one can find in CNY. This lecture (and apologies for the short-notice) at the Whitney Applied Technology Center on the Onondaga Community College campus (PDF map available for download HERE – look for the Cassiopeia, er, “W” on the map) features Dr. Alain […]
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Greetings fellow astrophiles! If you’ve not had the pleasure of hearing John McMahon lecture on the topic of astronomy, the Tully Free Library (google map HERE) is providing us all an opportunity to do so during daylight hours. Many attendees to Darling Hill Observatory Public Viewing sessions may recognize his voice (but not the contents of his dark outline) from his always fascinating tours of the Constellations and their mythological origins (and it’s likely that his Classics students at Le Moyne are equally well-versed in the reverse). One of DHO’s great exponents of small aperture observing (“small scopes” for the […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles! It’s for our nearest celestial neighbor, it’s one of the many reasons why we’re here, and the skies are supposed to be crystal clear tonight. We’ll be opening Darling Hill tonight for the “International Observe The Moon Night” (www.observethemoonnight.org) and, if we’re extra lucky, we’ll catch as much of the Draconid Meteor Shower as our precious Moon won’t wash out with its reflected brilliance. This is a general Public Viewing as well, so we hope to see everyone there at some point tonight. Dress for cold!
Greetings fellow astrophiles, The cloud cover is already considerable over CNY and is predicted to remain so throughout the weekend. Despite some patches of blue sky over Syracuse, there is no predicted run of even partly-clear skies tonight, so we will not be opening for our Public Viewing Session. Tomorrow night will also likely not find us opening, but we will follow the weather tomorrow afternoon.