Greetings fellow astrophile! New Moon and Clear Skies. This rare combination is not to be ignored! The Clear Sky Clock indicates clear skies well past midnight and all forecasts say overcast skies and/or rain for the Friday Public Viewing Session, so several members will be opening the observatory and taking advantage tonight. Saturn will likely be the focus of several scopes tonight, but the last viewing session proved to be eventful for both shooting stars and galaxies. It will be quite cool tonight, so do bring another layer just in case. Darling Hill will be open by 8.
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Update: The Finder Scope Has Been Sold Greetings fellow astrophile! In the interest of reaching the larger CNY astronomy community, the SAS is happy to post information for people in the CNY area about astronomical equipment for sale. The SAS takes no responsibility for any aspect of the sale itself, but simply provides an outlet to members and nonmembers alike. The following is available from SAS member John Giroux in CNY (445-0854 and [email protected]). More information about this finder scope can be found at www.telescope.com. I have a brand new Orion 8×40 finder scope that came with the ST80 I […]
CNY skies are predicted to be clear until (at least) midnight and the clear skies all day have hopefully dried the observatory grounds. The observatory is set to open around 7:30 p.m. tonight (30 April). It is predicted to get down to the low 40’s/high 30’s tonight, so do dress accordingly!
The remarkable CNY overcasts from this past week are predicted to give way to clear skies tomorrow night. In the meantime, Darling Hill is overcast and still quite wet from the rain this past week, so we will try for observing tomorrow night instead. Stay tuned tomorrow (around 5 p.m.) for further updates.