Saturday, November 26, 2022 4:00pm start for full darkness by 5:00pm (later arrivals welcome) 6 Beaver Drive, Litchfield, ME 04350 Amazingly, the already rare, almost perfect weather forecasts have improved for the star party at Night Owl Observatory, so be sure to attend! Night Owl Observatory is at Lenny Arsenault’s house. From Hardscrabble Road, follow…
Join CMAS at Brower Observatory tonight! There should be at least a few good hours of observing before any clouds roll in. For those wanting to set up while it is still light, the Sun sets a little after 4:00pm, dusk falls by 4:45pm, with total darkness by 5:45pm. STAR PARTY AT BROWER OBSERVATORY Saturday,…
Colin Caissie reports on the progress building the club’s Trischiefspiegler telescope. The Trischiefspiegler is an astonishingly complex telescope to build, but will be the ultimate planetary telescope upon completion. And, that’s not just proud bragging. Its 10″ aperture is as large as the atmospheric conditions in Maine ever allow, and its astonishingly long focal length…
