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September 2024
September 27 Third Quarter Friday Star Party
With the decommissioning of the College Hill Reservoir, our tradition of hosting "First Quarter Friday" star parties there has come to an end. We're not done with star parties, though! We've switched to Dexter State Park, and we're hosting them closer to the Moon's third quarter so we can take advantage of the darker sky out there. We're hosting one on Friday, August 30th (starting at 8:00), and again on September 27th (starting at 7:00). Dexter State Park is along…
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Monthly Meeting: When Vega Was the North Star – Thursday October 17th, 7:00pm
We’ve probably all heard that Thuban was the North Star when the pyramids were built, and that Vega was the North Star thousands of years before that. That’s because the Earth’s axis wobbles like a top on a table, drawing a big circle in the sky with a period of about 26,000 years. It’s just a happy accident that Polaris sits so close to the Earth’s north rotational axis today. Within a thousand years it will be 7° away from…
Find out more »October 25 Star Party CANCELLED
THE STAR PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CLOUDS. WE'LL TRY AGAIN ON NOVEMBER 8TH. With the decommissioning of the College Hill Reservoir, our tradition of hosting "First Quarter Friday" star parties there has come to an end. We're not done with star parties, though! We've switched to Dexter State Park, and we've been hosting them closer to the Moon's third quarter so we can take advantage of the darker sky out there. We're hosting another one on Friday,…
Find out more »November 2024
November 8th First Quarter Friday Star Party – CANCELED
THE STAR PARTY SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8TH AT DEXTER STATE PARK IS CANCELED DUE TO CLOUDY SKIES. WE'LL TRY AGAIN IN DECEMBER. Even though the College Hill Reservoir is now gone, the EAS is bringing back our popular "First Quarter Friday" star parties. We've switched to Dexter State Park, the site of our annual dark-sky star parties. Through the summer months we hosted star parties close to the third quarter Moon to take advantage of the darker…
Find out more »Monthly Meeting: Astronomy 101 – Thursday November 21st, 7:00pm
Our November meeting will be an open question and answer session about getting into amateur astronomy. What kind of equipment should a person get? What should they avoid? What eyepieces are important to have? What filters should one use for this nebula or that nebula? Are Barlows a good idea, or is one better off just buying eyepieces? What apparent field of view is the most one can actually use in a particular focal length? And so on. We will…
Find out more »December 2024
December 6th First Quarter Friday Star Party CANCELLED
THE DECEMBER 6TH STAR PARTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER. We'll try again in January.
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