The May issue of the StarGazer is now available for your reading pleasure. Just click the newspaper icon in the right column of this page. You’ll be able to read a short piece on Stephen Hawking, a discussion of the effect of LED street lighting on your ability to block light pollution, a U. of North Carolina online course that lets you use telescopes around the world, as well as a number of our recurring features. Enjoy!
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Star party is ON tonight!
Our star party is ON tonight (Saturday April 14 2018) at Caledon State Park. We’re presenting the program “Strange Visitor From Another Star” at 7:30pm in the picnic shelter. It’s about ‘Oumuamua, the first-ever object from intersteller space that we’ve … Continue reading →
March star party was short and sweet
Thanks to everybody who came out to Caledon on March 17 for our star party. We had a beautiful clear sky as it got dark, which only lasted an hour. Of course, after we gave up, packed up, and went … Continue reading →
Star Party is ON Tonight!
Our star party is ON tonight at Caledon State Park. We’re presenting our first program of the year, “Why name a marathon after Messier?” at 7pm in the picnic shelter. If you’re into the Messier Marathon, tonight is the best … Continue reading →
No star party tonight – bad weather
Sorry folks, the weather forecasts predict rain and ice tonight, Saturday February 17. The star party scheduled for tonight is CANCELLED. See you next month.
Continue reading →Read the January 2018 Newsletter
You can now read the January issue of the StarGazer. Just click the newspaper icon in the right column of this page. You’ll read about our trip to Keeble Observatory, equipment and book reviews, an experiment to detect secondary x-ray radiation changes during the August eclipse, and an examination of mountains and mountain ranges of the Moon. Last, but certainly not least, is the Picture of the Quarter–Myron Wasiuta’s spectacular image of the Horsehead Nebula region taken using the club’s Mark Slade Remote Observatory (MSRO).