Central Maine Astronomical Society

CMAS welcomes The Damariscotta River Association’s membership to the January 2015 star party at DRA. This will be much like the star parties CMAS has hosted for schoolchildren, except that the guests will be about fifteen of DRA’s mostly adult members. When DRA’s Sarah Gladu requested our assistance, CMAS jumped at the opportunity, in thanks . . . → Read More: January Star Party to Host DRA’s Members

By the time the clouds cleared after the last storm, the Geminids had pretty well passed. From the darkest part of my in-town neighborhood, I saw exactly one meteor last Sunday Night, December 14, 2014, at around 11:00pm. It was bright, but left a somewhat short trail as it whizzed below Orion. Did anyone see . . . → Read More: Geminids Meteor Shower