John Rush

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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.

Tonights Member Session 7-6-24

SAS Members, The weather conditions and predictions are still un-setttled for tonight, however it does look like we might get a few hours of clear skies around 11:00PM based on the latest predictions. As such please join us for tonights member session but don’t have your hopes too high. Also please be read carefully the following message from Jeff as we recently had some trees taken down on the lawn. As Members and your Guests reach the top of the driveway, they should drive to the LEFT (south) side of the circular hedge row and head toward the lower (domed) observatory […]

Tonights Member Session Postponed

SAS Members, Due to poor weather expected, tonight’s member session is postponed until tomorrow July 6th. Tomorrow’s weather predictions are also marginal right now so an official announcement will be made tomorrow.   Thank you,   John

Public Observing Session Cancelled

SAS Members, While it looks nice right now, the prediction is for clouds to move in by this evening. Tomorrow has storms predicted so this weekends public session at the DHO is cancelled. We hope to see you at the next one. Thank You, John

Observation Report: Cherry Springs Star Party 2024

This past weekend a few of us attended the Cherry Springs Star Party. This year was the 20th anniversary of the party, and it sold out in a record time of 57 minutes. However due to less than stellar weather reports the party was attended by far fewer people than last year’s party. While the conditions during the day weren’t great with bouts of wind and rain blowing the tents around the skies were clear at night for the two nights we stayed. On the second night we ended up with a little scare. A nearby transformer blew and the […]