Greetings fellow astrophiles! The April 2012 Astronomical Chronicle is up! It is also looking like Friday night will be decent (Saturday less so) for our first official Public Viewing Session of the year. Check the website around 5:00 p.m. on Friday to confirm we’re opening. We hope you can join us!
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Greetings fellow astrophiles! A TACNY (Technology Alliance of CNY, of which the SAS is a member organization) John Edson Sweet Lecture is happening on the OCC campus on Tuesday, April 10. Information from the TACNY website for “Biometrics: Automated Human Measurement for Security and Convenience” is provided below. When: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 5:30 pm Where: Whitney Applied Technology Center Room 101 at Onondaga Community College Stephanie Schuckers, PhD, an associate professor at Clarkson University, will present Biometrics: Automated Human Measurements for Security and Convenience, a talk about using biometrics for automated identification of people, as part of the […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles, We add rain to overcast conditions tonight, meaning our “official” Messier Marathon weekend was an official wash for 2012. We await chances for a few “unofficial” sessions in coming weeks, including our next Public Viewing Session on April 13 (14 alt.). Stay tuned!
Greetings fellow astrophiles, An excellent week of CNY weather has taken a significant turn for the overcast tonight and, very likely, tomorrow night. Our Messier Marathon is, therefore, cancelled for tonight, but a similar run can be performed for the vast majority of the Messier objects during our next few meetings. Check in tomorrow around 5:00 p.m. for the official word on Saturday. In the meantime, consider doing a little observing in the hi-res version of the ESO image below (click for the large version), a sliver of the sky with 200,000 galaxies (more information can be found at the […]