Greetings fellow astrophiles! While downtown Syracuse and surroundings are currently quite cloudy (but pleasant nonetheless), the evening skies are supposed to see considerable clearing, producing clear skies before 10:00 p.m. Use your best judgement as to when to to trek up to Darling Hill, but the grounds will be open by 8:00 p.m. for setup, enjoying the sunset, and observing the crescent Moon. NOTE: Thursday night was VERY COLD at the Hill. If you plan on spending any amount of time looking through the different scopes, hat + gloves will make your session much more enjoyable. There are no ISS […]
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Last night’s opening was quite cold and started with poor visibility, but the night ended with several highlights, including clear views of a brilliant thin crescent Moon just after sunset, Saturn, M51, and Gemini-contained NGC members 2371-2 (a good example of how the new O III filter enhances overall detail in some objects) and 2392 (the Eskimo Nebula). Tonight is expected to be overcast in Tully but tomorrow night looks promising for clear (if not entirely transparent) skies. Stay tuned tomorrow afternoon for an official update. NGC 2371-2. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2371-2 for more info.
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.