The following post announces an upcoming SAS lecture. This page will be linked to on several site pages and facebook and is the official record of the event for any other web announcements on the topic. Please feel free to post the information elsewhere. The SAS is pleased to announce that the first member lecture in quite some time is being given by CNY astronomer extraordinaire “Barefoot Bob” Piekiel. Bob has, among other activities, been a fixture at the Baltimore Woods observing sessions in recent years and is a wealth of information about scope design and use, much of which […]
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Greetings fellow astrophile! New Moon and Clear Skies. This rare combination is not to be ignored! The Clear Sky Clock indicates clear skies well past midnight and all forecasts say overcast skies and/or rain for the Friday Public Viewing Session, so several members will be opening the observatory and taking advantage tonight. Saturn will likely be the focus of several scopes tonight, but the last viewing session proved to be eventful for both shooting stars and galaxies. It will be quite cool tonight, so do bring another layer just in case. Darling Hill will be open by 8.
Update: The Finder Scope Has Been Sold 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 is available from SAS member John Giroux in CNY (445-0854 and [email protected]). More information about this finder scope can be found at www.telescope.com. I have a brand new Orion 8×40 finder scope that came with the ST80 I […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles! This past Thursday was a generally excellent (and definitely cold) first opening for the observatory, with both lunar viewing and a fair amount of Saturn observed. The brightening Moon will wash some of the fine detail from Messier objects, but it looks to be a clear night for observing well into the very early morning. We hope you can join us!