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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 […]