This month’s star party will meet at DRA, this Saturday, March 25, 2017, at 7:30pm. The rain date will be Saturday, April 1. The long-term weather forecast rots, but we’ll let the clouds force us to postpone on Saturday, if they must. In the past few weeks, those of us who observe at home, or…
On April 28, 2017, the children of Chop Point School will be having a sleepover on their fantastically beautiful campus, on a peninsula at the confluence of the Kennebec River, Chopps Creek, and Merrymeeting Bay. Let’s gather in force to give them a star party they will remember forever! (Astronomers will not want to leave,…
That Friday night when Colin opened the dome in celebration of exceptional seeing was among the most memorable in my years of observing. Among other treats, we toured the dense fields of galaxies in and around Leo. Objects that would have been too faint to see well popped in the eyepiece. Most notable was a…
