Colin’s notes from July 24, 2016: ——- The Brower Observatory is now in much better shape than before. In the process of repairing some decaying sheathing, the entire North Corner was found to be unsound. Looking back, it seemed like a cost savings to utilize old lumber, but it’s probable that it harbored insects and microorganisms that…
Saturday, May 5, 2018, 8:30pm Star Party — Brower Observatory 341 Route 126, Whitefield, ME 04353 Rain Date: Saturday, May 12, 2018 CMAS’s star party this month will be at Brower Observatory, the Mauna Kea of Maine, in celebration of all the good things happening there. Bundles of fascinating, new-to-CMAS optics await our eyeballs, including…
Of all the world’s peoples, we in Maine are ideally placed to observe a partial eclipse of the Sun at sunrise on Sunday morning, November 3, beginning at about 6:15am. My eclipse simulating software suggests it should be spectacular, but if the clouds allow viewing, remember you will also need either some kind of solar…
FLASH MOB AT MITCHELL FIELD, HARPSWELL Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 5:30pm George J. Mitchell Field 1410 Harpswell Neck Rd (Route 123), Harpswell, ME 04079 Google Maps Plus Code: QXCR+G8 Harpswell, Maine Southern Maine Astronomers has invited CMAS to join them tonight in Harpswell. Rob Burgess, president of SMA, explains: <><><><><> This is a joint effort…
The rain date for this star party is Saturday, November 2nd. If we do not need that date as a rain date (if the party is held on the 26th as planned), the railway asks whether CMAS would be interested in hosting an additional star party on November 2nd instead. The train is sold out…
Saturday, May 13th, 2023 Saturday, May 20th, 2023 Setup 7:00pm or earlier Trainloads of guests arrive 8:10pm Wiscassett, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Sheepscot Station, 97 Cross Road, Alna ME 04535 https://www.wwfry.org/ All aboard for CMAS’s star parties at the Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway in Alna! These have been so successful in the past that…
