John Rush

41 posts
John Rush is relatively new to the hobby of Astronomy. He has always had an interest in space, and a passion for the night time sky, ever since he first looked at the rings of Saturn, through his telescope, in the backyard at his parents house. Eventually he was able to visit a sky dark enough to see the Milky Way and the rest is history. During the day he works as Technical Manager at a laboratory in Liverpool, NY. However at night if it’s clear you can very often find him at DHO pointing his telescope to the sky.

Tonight’s Public Observing Session 8/24

SAS members, The weather looks like we should get a few hours of observing time tonight, so our public observing session is on. Come and gaze at through our 16” Cave telescope, or look through our members telescope on the lawn. We should be able to see the rings of Saturn tonight. We’ll also have an EAA presentation as well. Be aware we still have two stumps on the lawn, to the right as you drive up. There are parking cones on them for visibility.  

August Public Observing Session Postponed to 8/24

SAS Members, Based on the current weather predictions showing clouds to move in by this evening, tonight’s public session has been rescheduled until tomorrow 8/24/24. A final announcement will be made tomorrow regarding the session in case the predictions change again. Thank You, John

Tonights Public Session (7/26/24) is on!

All, Tonight’s public session (7/26) at the Darling Hill Observatory is on. Come and enjoy the views through our 16” telescope in the chartroom, or sit out in the lawn and look at the Milky Way! Members will also have scopes setup on the lawn, and we’ll have an EAA presentation in the chatroom. Please dress warmly as the temperatures do get cool on the hill. Sunset is at 8:32 PM so it’s best to arrive after that. Special Note: We have two tree stumps on the lawn to your right near the entrance. Cones are placed on the stumps […]

Skaneateles Star Party

On Saturday July 13th the Syracuse Astronomical Society was hosted by the town of Skaneateles for a star party. We had approximately 50 members of the public come and observe though the telescopes of our members and watch the EAA presentation’s given by Tony and Jeff. On the lawn we had Joe F doing AP, and Mike Z., John R., Adam D., and Alex J. showing various objects. We observed a conjunction of the star Spica and the Moon which later on after we left would occult, as well as a pass of the International Space Station.