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  • Farash Center Open House

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    Opportunity for public and new members to see our observatory. For May 3, we also plan to clean and organize the basement and Library of the Wolk Education Building.

  • Astronomy Monthly Forum (May)

    Zoom only

    Speaker: Craig Kaplan Topic: EnLIGHTening Facts About Photons, Part 1. Part 2 of this talk will be presented on October 28.

  • Farash Center Open House & Work Party

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    This is the second work party scheduled to clean out the basement and help Craig Orlowski with the library.

  • ASRAS Monthly Meeting (June)

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    Speaker: Simon Thill (Adirondack Sky Center Group Topic: History of Cosmology

  • ASRAS Monthly Forum (June)

    Zoom only

    Speaker: Patrick Cosgrove Topic: Curating the Cosmos: A Field Guide to Astronomy Resources. Patrick will present his website (https://cosgrovescosmos.com/resource-hub) and its resources to people. Additional information about popular podcasts and YouTube'rs will be presented.

  • RocheStarFest (Friday Session)

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    Music Trivia Astro Jeopardy Evening Observing (weather permitting)

  • RocheStar Fest (Saturday Sessions)

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    "Dollar Dogs" for lunch Afternoon talks Silent Auction Door Prizes BBQ Dinner and Feature Presentation (Peter Miller on the Nancy  Roman Space Telescope) Peter Miller graduated from the University of Rochester with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and began his career at Xinetics (now part of Northrop Grumman). He then

  • Open House at the Farash Center

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    Our Open Houses give the public a chance to tour the facilities of the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy and see our 7 telescopes. They are also times when ASRAS members may be doing site maintenance and upgrades.

  • Farash Center Telescope Training (ASRAS members only)

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    On August 7 we will be holding a telescope training event. Attendees can get trained to use the 20" Dob telescope (Wolk Building), Cave telescope, or Big Dome telescope. Preregistration is strongly encouraged (contact Craig Kaplan - president@ASRAS.org - to register. This event is open to ASRAS members only.

  • Public Observing (CANCELLED)

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    Cancelled. On August 7, we will be holding a telescope training event for ASRAS members.

  • Farash Work Party

    Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy 8355 County Road 14, Ionia, NY, United States

    This work party will be to prepare the Farash Center for Bob McGovern's Celebration of Life event on August 15. Activities will include classroom building and observatory clean-up and setup, and brush clearing along the driveway for parking. Let's make Farash shine to honor Bob!