The Gods of the Clouds have obliged us to cancel the star party that had been scheduled for tonight (Saturday, June 29, 2019) at Josh Zukerman’s Foss Hill Observatory in Rome. The possibility of partly clear skies has degenerated into expectations for scattered thunderstorms, dense clouds, and high humidity. Last week’s first star party at Foss Hill was a big hit, so we shall return.
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…
Hey all, Thanks for coming out; I hope everyone enjoyed the star party. Really great night, M13 and Ring Nebula, and M81/M82 looked nice in my scope. Jupiter had moments of good seeing where you could tease out some details on the cloud structure. Nice photos Omar posted to the Facebook group of the Whirlpool…
Recently in applying for a job, I was asked to answer the question, “Where do you live online?” Because so much of our work at CMAS has been done via the listserv as we transition to using WordPress, I have posted this listserv message from October as an example of the sort of work I…
Greetings from The Bearer of Evil Tidings! We’re canceling tonight’s star party at DRA, due to weather reports for lots of clouds, high humidity, and rotten transparency. Looking at various weather maps, thick banks of clouds are hovering just offshore. If the winds push those clouds just a few miles north, the sky will not…
Saturday, October 26, 2024 — Star Party at the Railway Museum Wiscasset, Waterville, and Farmington Railway Alna Center Station, Alna Road / Route 218, Alna ME 04535 Google Maps Plus Code: 39MJ+2QC Alna, Maine 5:30pm — Setup (earlier arrival welcome) 6:30pm — Guests arrive by train Time for another amazingly successful, enjoyable star party at…
Conditions are favorable tonight, Sunday, July 16, 2017, for seeing aurora borealis from Maine. As of this afternoon, the Earth is already subjected to a strong geomagnetic storm. Maine is, already, supposedly exposed to an aurora that we can not yet see, while sunlight obscures the sky. After nightfall, look north. Find a hill or…
