Monthly Archives: March 2012

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TACNY Sweet Lecture – Biometrics: Automated Human Measurement for Security and Convenience – Tuesday, April 10 At 5:30 p.m.

Greetings fellow astrophiles! A TACNY (Technology Alliance of CNY, of which the SAS is a member organization) John Edson Sweet Lecture is happening on the OCC campus on Tuesday, April 10. Information from the TACNY website for “Biometrics: Automated Human Measurement for Security and Convenience” is provided below. When: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at 5:30 pm Where: Whitney Applied Technology Center Room 101 at Onondaga Community College Stephanie Schuckers, PhD, an associate professor at Clarkson University, will present Biometrics: Automated Human Measurements for Security and Convenience, a talk about using biometrics for automated identification of people, as part of the […]

Darling Hill Observatory Will NOT OPEN Tonight (Friday, 23 March) For The Messier Marathon

Greetings fellow astrophiles, An excellent week of CNY weather has taken a significant turn for the overcast tonight and, very likely, tomorrow night. Our Messier Marathon is, therefore, cancelled for tonight, but a similar run can be performed for the vast majority of the Messier objects during our next few meetings. Check in tomorrow around 5:00 p.m. for the official word on Saturday. In the meantime, consider doing a little observing in the hi-res version of the ESO image below (click for the large version), a sliver of the sky with 200,000 galaxies (more information can be found at the […]

SAS Astronomical Chronicle For Jan/Feb/March 2012 And Messier Marathon, March 23/24

Greetings fellow astrophile! The winter hibernation (be it as it was in CNY) is over for the SAS as we post our first newsletter for 2012 and announce the first session of the year this coming March 23/24 in the form of a Messier Marathon. Details are in the newsletter. We hope you can join us! Meantime, continue to enjoy Venus (brighter) and Jupiter (dimmer) on our Western sky this week! Astronomical Chronicle For Jan/Feb/March 2012