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We are GO for Public Observing tomorrow night, Friday, May 31st starting at 9:00 PM and going to 11:45!  According to my three favorite sky cover predictors (www.wunderground.com, forecast.weather.gov, and www.cleardarksky.com), there is a good chance there will be a big hole in the gray blanket that protects CNY most nights.  I plan to arrive around 7:00 PM to finish cleaning up and unboxing the books in the observatory.  Members are welcome to stop by any time of course.  Non-members may show up starting at 9:00 PM.  With a little luck, we’ll be using the Nexus II system to find Deep Space Objects well […]

Is there a Board meeting tonight? Yes! At DHO! At 7:00 PM! Be there! Is there Public Observing tonight? Yes! At DHO! 8:00 PM to 11:45 PM! Will we actually be looking at stuff through telescopes? It looks kind of cloudy in (fill in the blank East Coast town). Maybe! If stuff outside our atmosphere is visible and it’s not raining we’ll try to look at it! What will we do if we don’t look through telescopes? Members of SAS will be on hand to give tours of our newly upgraded 16″ f/6 Cave telescope and observatory, and answer any […]

Due to the weather and extremely soggy ground at DHO, SAS will hold both of its meetings tomorrow night at our usual OCC classroom, Rm. 343 Ferrante Hall on the campus of OCC.  The board meeting starts promptly 6PM, followed immediately by the membership meeting from 7 PM to 9 PM. We will be discussing our projects that are currently underway, and we’ll discuss some future projects and activities for 2019. Your input is very important and very welcome. This is the time of year to speak up about what our focus should be for the rest of the year. […]

Well, the prediction has not improved.  As such, we have decided to choose the safety of our members over the compelling desire to hear a great lecture by Tyler Beagle, talk about our many active projects and opportunities, telescopes, and the cosmos among friends.  Tonight’s meeting at OCC is cancelled without a rain date.  But don’t despair!  We will be meeting soon!  Our next meeting is scheduled for Friday April 5th (the new moon – only two weeks away) at Darling Hill Observatory at 6PM (Board Meeting) and 7PM (Public Observing).  If all goes per Jeff’s plan we’ll have the […]