Strasenburgh Planetarium free telescope observing

The forecast is clear for tonight. But we have no planets or Moon, so we are limited to dim deep sky objects after 9:30 pm. Our main concern for tonight is that we may have hazy skies again, we’ve been struggling with that for 3 weeks, and even some Canadian wildfire smoke starting to get here tonight. That could make dim objects tough to observe, so we don’t want to over-hype the night.

We’ll be there before sunset, about 8:30, for a nice 70 degree night and astro conversation and if lucky, will see a few dim objects after it gets darker after 9:30. Free, park behind the planetarium and just before entering the rear glass doors, use the stairwell to the right and climb the 61 steps to the observing deck. Questions? Call Jim Seidewand 585-703-9876

We’ll be trying weekly on Saturday nights through the onset of winter when clear. We’ll have a nice Moon on Aug 10th and our first very late views of Saturn the following week. Saturn will get earlier every week and Jupiter joins the party in late October.