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*** Moon night rescheduled ***

*** SAS Members ***   Due to cloudiness and poor seeing conditions, tonight’s Moon and Planets Night scheduled for 4/16 will be postponed until tomorrow, 4/17. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better, but there’s an 80% chance that it won’t. Stay tuned. We’ll make a decision by noon tomorrow and publish it via email, facebook, and on our website.   The next scheduled public event is our Public Observing Session preceding the New Moon in 3 weeks, on May 7th or 8th. Our next public Moon and Planets night is May 22nd or 23rd.

SAS Member Observing Session

***** SAS Members *****   The weather forecast appears to be good for our Second Member Observing Session of the 2021 Observing season to be held on the hill at Darling Hill Observatory in Tully, NY. The grounds might still be a little mushy and it will be chilly and possibly windy, so come prepared.   For the protection of all members and to comply with state and local COVID-19 requirements, we will require masks and as much social distancing as possible during the event.   We’ll get started promptly at Sunset, so come a little early and settle in […]

SAS “Moon, Mars and more” event postponed

*** SAS Members *** We have our pick of what appears to be a string of several nice nights beginning on Friday, 3/19. The best of them seems to be Saturday night, 3/20. It should be clear and around 40 degrees at sunset, so we’re going to hold our Moon, Mars & more” event to Saturday, 3/20. Hope to see you there!