Greetings fellow astrophile! The October 2011 newsletter has been posted in advance of the next Public Viewing Session this coming Friday and Saturday and can be downloaded below: Astronomical Chronicle for October 2011 Keep track of the website Friday and Saturday afternoons by 5:00 p.m. to confirm that we’ll be opening. We’re expecting cold conditions this week, so be sure to dress accordingly!
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Greetings fellow astrophiles! Image from www.waymarking.com. The SAS is hosting a lecture/observing session at Beaver Lake Nature Center next Wednesday, Oct. 19 (with a rain date of Friday, Oct. 21). We don’t observe with Syracuse to our South very often, so hopefully the tree line is low enough to give us clear new views of our Northern Horizon. Pre-registration is required and the event is free. We hope you can join us! Details, directions, and the registration link can be found at: www.parkscalendar.com/events/detail/20111019/33/26/1/0/0/2348
Greetings fellow astrophiles! With a bit more advanced notice than the last lecture, TACNY is hosting a Junior Café Scientifique lecture at the MOST this Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. Information is below. The SAS will also be hosting one of these lectures on May 19, 2012! Creepy Chemistry: Glowing Pumpkins, Magical Genies, Mysterious Fog and Much More! Saturday, October 15, 2011 – 9:30a.m. – 11:00a.m. Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MOST), Armory Square Syracuse, New York Speaker: Neal M. Abrams, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Talk […]
Greetings fellow astrophiles! While not directly astronomy-related (unless you consider the materials science and physics connections for making better coatings, components, circuitry for GO-TO scopes, etc.), we will be posting lecture announcements from the TACNY – Technology Alliance of Central New York (tacny.org) – listserve to promote some of the best public lecturing on science and technology one can find in CNY. This lecture (and apologies for the short-notice) at the Whitney Applied Technology Center on the Onondaga Community College campus (PDF map available for download HERE – look for the Cassiopeia, er, “W” on the map) features Dr. Alain […]