Despite some thin clouds messing with our view at the start of the night, the skies opened just before the starting phases. Totality lasted for just over an hour, with the partial phase ending just before 5AM. Five members attended, including a couple of guests during the night. The last total lunar eclipse visible here was in November 2022, with the next being in June 2029. A great time was had by all attended. The gallery will update with more photos as time goes on.
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Several members came to the Darling Hill Observatory on New Year’s Day, to give a toast for clear skies this coming year. Despite the often unpredictable weather in Central New York, we hope for more favorable weather.
On Friday October 13th the Syracuse Astronomical Society was hosted by the Town of Dewitt for an observing session with about 75 members of the public. The weather report showed that we might get a couple of hours of observing time and that held out as true. embers Jeff H., and Tony K. had EAA scopes setup in the park for an EAA presentation while members Alex J., Mike F., Mike Z., and John R had scopes setup for visual work. We could hear the ooh’s and ahh’s when people saw the rings of Saturn for the first time or […]
Several SAS members joined me to volunteer with their scopes at Austin Park last night. The sticky, humid air hung like steamy bows of Cypress trees hanging over a dusty dirt road in southern Alabama. The view of the bottom of the Skaneateles nebula was uniform and monotonous and only allowed fleeting, obscured views of the moon and (probably) Vega. A few families and individuals arrived and stayed for our ‘Plan B’ shows, as each of us did some tap-dancing on the soft, rain-soaked ground. By 10:15, the “crowd” had swatted enough mosquitoes and their kids were rubbing […]