Alanna Dolen of the Cumming Nature Center (part of RMSC) has invited ASRAS members to attend a Perseid Meteor Shower viewing event, and bring expertise and/or portable telescopes if possible. "8 pm - 11 pm so that people can hike out in daylight, but we'll have a lantern lit trail
Strasenburgh Planetarium Free Telescope outlook for Sat 8/10/24: Very hopeful with mostly clear skies. Temp in the high 60's but a bit of a breeze, so wear a light jacket. We'll be open from 8:30 till 10:30. This night will feature a beautiful 30% crescent Moon, best early as it
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 ensure there will be someone there
Strasenburgh free telescope observing is on for tonight, 8/24/24. We'll be there from 8:30 to 10:30 pm. No Moon tonight, so we'll be doing dimmer deep sky objects like double starts and clusters starting about 9, and we hope to have Saturn above the trees around 9:45. Should be a
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!
Members welcome to attend. Contact Tony Golumbeck for details.
In-person at Marian and Max Farash Center for Observational Astronomy, in Ionia NY. Come as early as 7 pm to socialize. Speaker: Nitya Ravi, University of Rochester Physics and Astronomy Ph.D. Candidate Topic: “Observing Dark Matter” Observing to follow if skies are clear.
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 ensure there will be someone there
ASRAS will offer tours of our Observatory during the 20th annual Ionia Fall Festival! Some ASRAS members will also staff a table at the event. See https://www.ioniaumc.org/pdffiles/2024ffposter.pdf for Ionia Fall Festival details
Topic: “Understanding the Celestial Sphere and Coordinates" Presenter: Craig Kaplan This forum will be both on zoom and in-person. In-person is recommended for some hands-on practice (weather dependent). As with most Forums, it will be geared towards a beginning or less experienced audience. All are welcome to attend.