What happened to summer? With apologies for its sneaking past me on a seemingly instantaneous trip into the middle of September, we have a star party this Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 7:00pm at Brower Observatory. Weather forecasts are mixed, per usual, with AccuWeather Astronomy predicting a fine night, and MeteoBlue predicting clouds. There will…

The Acadia Night Sky Festival begins soon! CMAS will be there with the 16″ mirror from Brower Observatory in its traveling Dob mount, along with all the telescopes our members bring. Whether you attend for one day or several, the public needs you for stargazing at night and solar viewing during the day. If you…

The star party originally scheduled for DRA, the Damariscotta River Association, this coming Saturday, August 19, 2017, at 8:00pm, is hereby cancelled. In the three days since asking whether anyone would attend it, many members have responded saying they would be away chasing the eclipse, and none have said they wished to attend.