Astrophotography Highlights From The London Chess Classic, 7 December 2011

Greetings fellow astrophiles, Passing along an interesting link (and note) sent by Steve Capp, SAS Member and reigning king of the Darling Hill Big Dobsonian owners (and the last amateur astronomer you want to play chess against on an overcast night). Embedded here are a few images from the great read at chessbase.com. Dr. Christian Sasse, Vishy Anand, John Nunn at the astronomy session. Being a chess player, I have been following a world class chess tournament in London this week. One Grandmaster from London (Dr John Nunn) along with the world champion (Viswanathan Anand) are really interested in astronomy. […]

Celestron NexStar 130SLT For Sale In CNY

UPDATE: The 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 scope is available from Janet O’Mara (janetomara@gmail.com). From Janet: I purchased it about 3 years ago but have never used it. I am including an accessory lens kit along with the scope. I am hoping to get $325.00 for […]

New York Center for Astrobiology – 2012 Astrobiology Short Story Contest

Greetings (younger) fellow astrophiles! I am pleased to announce that the New York Center for Astrobiology is sponsoring a writing contest for 9th – 12th graders. A brief overview of the contest is below, with the complete list of rules, story proposals, and lots of extraterrestrial parameters included in the linked PDF you can find at: www.origins.rpi.edu/astrobiologycontestfinalversion.pdf NOTE: I urge you to have wikipedia open as you read the two plots. Some good explanations and a whole lot of potential inspiration lies within! This contest is sponsored by the New York Center for Astrobiology, a member of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute […]

TACNY Sweet Lecture – Forensic Science: Real-Life CSI – Tuesday, February 7

Greetings fellow astrophiles! A TACNY (Technology Alliance of CNY, of which the SAS is a member organization) Sweet Lecture (not to be directly confused with a sweet TACNY Lecture) is happening on the OCC campus this coming Tuesday (February 7). Information from the TACNY website for “Forensic Science: Real-Life CSI” is provided below. When: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 5:30 pm Where: Whitney Applied Technology Center Room 101 at Onondaga Community College Anita Zannin, owner and forensic consultant at AZ Forensic Associates, will present Forensic Science: Real-Life CSI, a talk about forensic science and bloodstain pattern analysis, as part of […]