On Friday the 13th of September the Town of Dewitt hosted the Syracuse Astronomical Society for a spooky stargazing session and Cedar Bay Park. Members had their scopes setup for the public to look various objects such as M13, Saturn, M57 while Jeff did his typical EAA presentation on the lawn.
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On Saturday July 13th the Syracuse Astronomical Society was hosted by the town of Skaneateles for a star party. We had approximately 50 members of the public come and observe though the telescopes of our members and watch the EAA presentation’s given by Tony and Jeff. On the lawn we had Joe F doing AP, and Mike Z., John R., Adam D., and Alex J. showing various objects. We observed a conjunction of the star Spica and the Moon which later on after we left would occult, as well as a pass of the International Space Station.
On Friday October 13th the Syracuse Astronomical Society was hosted by the Town of Dewitt for an observing session with about 75 members of the public. The weather report showed that we might get a couple of hours of observing time and that held out as true. embers Jeff H., and Tony K. had EAA scopes setup in the park for an EAA presentation while members Alex J., Mike F., Mike Z., and John R had scopes setup for visual work. We could hear the ooh’s and ahh’s when people saw the rings of Saturn for the first time or […]
Under cloudless skies, several members donated their Friday night to helping with the Special (paid) Event in Austin Park last night. Mike Z., Bob O., Tony K., Adam D., Shane J., Mike B., and Paul W. joined me in promoting astronomy to about 50 residents and friends of Skaneateles. Tony and I did our EAA shows to large audiences near the pavilion while the others set up their visual scopes on a small hill nearby. Shane manned the welcome table and disseminated lots of information about our club to everyone. The Bortle 5 sky was not much brighter than DHO […]