There will be a partial lunar eclipse (93% coverage in western NY) the night of August 27-28. The eclipse will start August 27 at 9:23 pm, with maximal coverage on August 28 at 12:12 am. The eclipse will end at 3:01 am. For more information, contact Craig Kaplan - president@ASRAS.org.
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.
Speaker-- Sean Linden, PhD (RIT) Topic-- A Cosmic Odyssey: The Epic Journey of our Milky Way Galaxy
SPECIAL NOTE: Because of the Labor Day holiday, our September monthly meeting was moved to this date. The observatories will open after our meeting concludes at 9 pm. Guests are welcome at our meeting. The feature presentation will be on Galactic Mergers by Sean Linden of RIT. ================================================================= Join us
Speaker: Adrian Boyer Topic: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Part 2. Adrian will continue his discussion of Quantum Mechanics (Part 1 was delivered on April 22. Recording is available.)
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.
Speaker: Dominique Segura-Cox (Univ Roch) Topic: TBA
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.
Speaker: Craig Kaplan Topic: EnLIGHTening Facts About Photons, Part 2. Craig will continue his discussion of light and photons. Part 1 of this talk was given on May 27. A recording is available.
Speaker: Nicholas Warner (Geneseo State) Topic: TBA
LOCATION: St. John Fisher University, Integrated Science and Health Sciences Building, 3690 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618 TO REGISTER (there is no fee): https://rasny.org/paper-session SCHEDULE (subject to change) 8:00 - 9:00 am: Registration open in Kearney Hall. Beverages & pastries for all. 9:00 - 10:00 am: Dr. Lawrence J. King
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.