ASRAS Events

Come out and learn to use some of the equipment available at the Farash Center! (in the daylight)

Topic: Making Your Own Solar Funnel Presenter: Mark Minarich Contact Craig Kaplan for zoom link. The third ASRAS Forum of 2024. NOTE THIS WILL BE BOTH IN PERSON at FC and on Zoom. In-person attendees will be able to gets hands-on if they bring materials. Solar funnel materials and tools

Eclipse glasses will be available.  Totality Shirts to be available.  Check out the four designs here In-person at the Farash Center. We'll talk weather forecasts, backup plans, and distribute glasses, solar filter material, and shirts. Observing to follow, if clear.

Join ASRAS VP David Bishop and other volunteers at the ASRAS Table at the RMSC ROC-the-eclipse festival on April 6th and April 7th.    

Join ASRAS VP David Bishop and other volunteers at the ASRAS Table at the RMSC ROC-the-eclipse festival on April 6th and April 7th.    

Come out and learn to use some of the equipment available at the Farash Center! (in the daylight)

Mark your calendars: On Thursday April 25 the RAS will host their annual meeting and election in our normal meeting spot at RIT, Carlson 1125. The speaker, Professor Adam Frank of the University of Rochester, will discuss the search for alien life. The meeting will start at 7 pm and

Join us for Public Observing at the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy. All welcome. Members come help visitors look at deep sky objects through our telescopes!

In-person at Marian and Max Farash Center.  Come as early as 7 pm to socialize. Speaker: Our own David Bishop Topic: "Astronomy Year in Review" Observing to follow if skies are clear.

Join us for Public Observing at the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy. All welcome. Members come help visitors look at deep sky objects through our telescopes!

Come out and see our facility / learn to use some of the equipment available at the Farash Center! (in the daylight)

The fourth ASRAS Forum of 2024. Rescheduled from May 22. Topic: “The Life and Death of Stars” The talk will cover the formation of stars, their lifetimes and classification on the main sequence, and their end-of-life as white dwarfs, supernovae, neutron stars, and black holes. Presenter: Craig Kaplan As with