Monthly Archives: May 2011

11 posts

Nick Risinger’s Photopic Sky Survey, skysurvey.org

Greetings fellow astrophile! Our own Prof. John McMahon sent along a link to what may go down as the most impressive effort by an amateur astronomer this year (and probably well into last year). Seattle-ite Nick Risinger toured the world with six synchronized astrophotography cameras to take 37,000 exposures over 60,000 miles of travel to produce one amazing image now hosted and fully interactive at his website skysurvey.org. Nick Risinger hard at play in Colorado. From skysurvey.org. While the site does speak for itself, a few news sources have taken to task this astronomical feat. Links are provided below. www.physorg.com/news/2011-05-night-sky-exposures.html […]

Public Viewing And Member Lecture Announcement – September 23/24 Lecture By David Bishop

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 a second lecture for the 2011 viewing season. David Bishop may be known to several of the older members for his fantastic presentations and visuals in the recent past, and we are pleased to have him returning to Darling Hill after a long hiatus. This lecture will be held during […]

Public Viewing And Member Lecture Announcement – July 29/30 Collimation Lecture And Demonstration By Robert Piekiel

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 […]

Darling Hill Will Be OPEN For Public Viewing Tonight, 8:00 p.m. (Saturday, May 7)

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 […]