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Saturday’s Merryspring Star Party

How time flies! This Saturday, November 7, 2015, is our star party at Merryspring in Camden. Viewing begins at 7:00pm. Earlier setup welcome. Merryspring actively courts its members to its many events throughout the year, so we anticipate a solid turnout of naturalists and outdoorsmen. A solid showing of astronomers is thus necessary to the . . . → Read More: Saturday’s Merryspring Star Party

Merryspring Star Party Postponed

Tonight’s star party at Merryspring in Camden has been postponed until next month. Saturday morning’s blue skies and fluffy clouds are expected to yield to conditions that would keep the public at home, if not the astronomers. See you at 7:00pm on whichever date we next meet:

Saturday, November 7 — Merryspring Star Party

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Planets at Dawn

The planets have been giving quite a show these past few weeks. If you happen to awaken just before dawn, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter are all in a line. This is an excellent opportunity to see Venus at half phase, and growing more gibbous as we approach Thanksgiving. Mercury is still visible, but is slowly . . . → Read More: Planets at Dawn