*** SAS Members *** You are invited to join us for our last scheduled observing session of the 2022 season tonight, 9/23 at Darling Hill. The skies will be clear tonight, but there will be a noticeable chill in the air so come prepared! See you on the Hill!
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SAS Members, The weather doesn’t look so good for tonight, but tomorrow looks quite a bit better so, we’re postponing tonight’s observing session until Saturday, 9/17/2022 at Darling Hill Observatory. See you then!
At Cedar Bay in Dewitt, a whopping ten SAS members came together to volunteer their time and share their knowledge, experience, and equipment with members of our community, continuing to support our club’s mission to provide outreach and promote astronomy to the public. I believe we were successful in that endeavor last night. The Dewitt Parks and Recreation Department donated $300 to SAS as the sole sponsor for about 50 residents of Dewitt, a suburb of Syracuse. Attendees paid $10 each to the Town to offset the cost to taxpayers. A local bakery also donated some half-moon cookies to the […]
Last night, at DHO, our Public Session attracted about 25-30 guests. Most had never been to DHO before. Several families spread blankets on the central lawn, many brought binoculars, some even had telescopes. All were curious and engaged with our 6 members who’s telescopes were overflowing with colorful photons,as the warm dry summer night delighted everyone…including a private party of hornets who have built a 8″ paper nest, hung it from the soffit on the NW corner of the main building, and have set up housekeeping in their new residence. How RUDE! The mid-60s air was still, and dry as […]