Saturday at Galaxy Quest

We’ve been wrong before; but, tarnation! we better not be wrong tonight! CMAS is canceling tonight’s star party, due to a preponderance of sources predicting clouds, and all predicting ferocious gusts of already high winds. Also essential for all CMASians to know, the following item has been added to the agenda being prepared for the…

(?) Saturday, March 10, 2018, 3:00pm (?) Big snowstorm coming mid-week! A foot of wet, heavy snow begins falling Wednesday, and won’t quit until at least Thursday evening. We could rush to clear the snow for a flashmob on the possibly clear Friday night, but Saturday night is expected to be too cloudy for a…

Monday, May 9, 2016, 6:45am to 2:45pm Location to be Decided Mercury passes across the face of the sun about once every eight years. Maine’s weather forces us to cancel half of our star parties, and not every transit is visible from here, so the opportunity to see this occurs less often than once every…

Unless it’s cloudy all over the world, it will still be possible to see the transit live, albeit via the Internet. “Sky and Telescope” magazine lists many sites boradcasting the transit. Even if we do get clear skies, we’ll only be able to see beginning of the transit. To see it start to finish, either…

Saturday, January 14, 2023 4:00pm setup for full darkness by 6:00pm (later arrivals welcome) 64 Foss Hill Lane, Rome, Maine 04963 Josh Zukerman’s house atop Foss Hill is a truly spectacular location. He is hoping that the fields will not be buried in snow, so that everyone will be able to see the road he…

Watch your “In” box at midday on Saturday, for a message either confirming or postponing the star party.   Star Party at Josh Zukerman’s House (?) Saturday, June 22nd, 2019, 9:00pm (?) 64 Foss Hill Lane, Rome, Maine 04963   Once again, CMAS presents “Dueling Weather Forecasts.” As of Friday night, ClearDarkSky predicts a mostly…