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 . . . → Read More: Preparing Cmas’s Trischiefspiegler To View Mars
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This may be subjective, and I don’t mean to whine, but… Why was the total lunar eclipse of the Moon of November 8, 2022, less spectacular, and far less beautiful, than others I have seen? The most striking feature of a lunar eclipse is not that the Earth’s shadow crosses the . . . → Read More: Naysayer’s Guide To The Total Lunar Eclipse Saturday, January 14, 2023 Saturday, January 21, 2023 Who wants to host a star party in January? Or, we could return to DRA/Great Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta. January 21 is the exact date of the new moon. |
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