ASRAS Premiere Annual Event See Registration form for costs and additional details, submit by August 10, 2025 for best value (and to help us get a headcount for food). https://www.rochesterastronomy.org/rochestar-fest-2025-registration/
Breakfast 9 am Clean-up 10 am to Noon
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! (Mark Minarich will be unavailable for this one, so looking for others to take the lead.)
If clear skies, take advantage of New Moon weekend with member Observing Night at the Farash Center. Please use the LOWER parking area and use red flashlights. (Mark Minarich will be unavailable for this one, so looking for others to take the lead.)
The ASRAS Forum (usually the 4th Wednesday) takes a break for July and August. Instead, members may attend Equipment Instruction evening(s) at the Farash Center. We have enough interest for July 23 to be a go. (August 27 is a back-up date / if enough interest and available instructors.)
In-person at the Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy in Ionia, NY. Will also be simulcast on zoom. Come early to socialize and setup telescopes for observing, if weather is conducive. Speaker: Matt East, L3Harris Topic: "The Search for Earth-like Planets"
Come out and see our facility’s layout when it’s light, and see some of the equipment we have for member’s use. (If you’d like to get practice opening up and operating a building/telescope, please let us know via the e-mail group so we can try to ensure there will be
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! (Mark Minarich will be unavailable for this one, so looking for others to take the lead.)
ASRAS will offer tours of our Observatory during the annual Ionia Fall Festival! Some ASRAS members will also staff a table at the event. https://www.ioniaumc.org may have additional details about the event.
If clear skies, take advantage of New Moon weekend with member Observing Night at the Farash Center. Please use the LOWER parking area and use red flashlights. (Mark Minarich will be unavailable for this one, so looking for others to take the lead.)
Topic: Optics Presenter: As with most Forums, it will be geared towards a beginning or less experienced audience. All are welcome to attend. Contact Craig Kaplan (ckaplan0951@gmail.com) for zoom link.
In-person at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Carlson Building Room 1125. Will also be simulcast on zoom. Come as early as 7 pm to socialize. Speaker: Sadie Coffin, RIT PhD Student in Astrophysics. Sadie also manages the citizen science project "Redshift Wrangler." It is "hosted on the platform Zooniverse invites