Sent along by our own Prof. McMahon from the HASTRO-L (History of Astronomy Discussion Group) listserve… It isn’t often enough commented upon, but a considerable amount of the really interesting neighborhood (celestial, that is) observational astronomy is performed by amateurs (some examples can be found in stories by ABC, physicsworld, Discovery, or just google it) from the observation of impacts on Jupiter to the recording of increasing light pollution to the tracking of meteor show quantities to, perhaps most famously, the discovery and tracking of comets. David H. Levy has been a recent star in this area and, for those […]
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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 scopes are available at Johnson Camera (6565 Kinne Rd Ste 1, Syracuse NY 13214, 315-446-0290, [email protected]). We have a new ETX-125AT for $425 (reg $499) and a new ETX-125AT for $599 (reg. $699). There only two available. There is also a new 10″ Meade LX-90ACF […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles! As many, many news sources have reported, asteroid 2005 YU55 is making its closest approach to us tonight at 23:28 Universal Time (6:28 p.m. EST), where it will be flying through Delphinus, grazing Equuleus, and settling into Pegasus for a several hour stay. Darling Hill Observatory will open tonight in an attempt to see this 1/4 mile long object as it approaches within 85% of the distance between the Earth and the Moon. NOTE 1: This is will be a dim object, visible as a pinpoint of light at even high magnification. Large binoculars and +6″ scopes […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles! A TACNY (Technology Alliance of CNY, of which the SAS is a member organization) Sweet Lecture (not to be directly confused with a sweet TACNY Lecture) is happening on the OCC campus this coming Tuesday (November 8). Information from the TACNY website for “Effective Speaking and How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint” is provided below. Direct Link: www.tacny.org/home/ctl/viewdetail/mid/1903/itemid/728/d/20111108.aspx “Effective Speaking and How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint” Tuesday, November 8, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Mawhinney Hall, Room 345 at Onondaga Community College Speaker: Diana Wolgemuth, a training consultant with Dale Carnegie in Syracuse, is […]