Greetings fellow astrophile! The July 2011 newsletter has been posted in advance of the next Public Viewing Session and can be downloaded below: Astronomical Chronicle for July 2011 If the weather holds, this should prove to be a busy Saturday at Darling Hill. The originally-scheduled lecture/demonstration on telescope collimation by Bob Piekiel is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. This lecture provides you an opportunity to learn about the most important post-purchase piece of telescope maintenance at the hands of the arguably the most knowledgeable telescope owner in Central New York. The 6:30 start provides plenty of daylight as well, meaning you […]
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Greetings fellow astrophiles, With a rather late notice to possible late-night observers, Darling Hill Observatory will not be opening tonight. While the Clear Sky Clock indicates improving conditions around 11:00 p.m., unpredictable cloud cover makes this a very small window that likely will not lead to good observing.
Greetings fellow astrophiles! Anyone out observing last night was treated to excellent dark skies (albeit a bit shaky along the Western horizon for those observing Saturn before its late setting) and fantastic viewing through high-power. Tonight looks to be more of the same, so we will be opening the observatory around 8:30 (plenty of time to walk the grounds and see the building and member scopes during the daylight). For myself, I will be spending a bit of my observing time trying to see the remaining light of a recent supernova in M51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici/Ursa Major […]
Greetings fellow astrophile! The June 2011 newsletter has been posted in advance of the next Public Viewing Session that occurs over the long 4th of July weekend. We roll the roof back during the Summer to find Sagittarius and Scorpius right at our eyepiece. As Saturn disappears earlier in the evening, the center of the Milky Way and a great wealth of intragalactic Messier Objects receive our nighttime focus. The long 4th of July weekend also gives all an excuse to spend a few extra hours outside to use all of the New Moon weekend. Check the website for more […]