īrowse Books and Equipment you can borrow Presented by: Irving Nature Park, Saint John Astronomy Club and Astronomy by the Bay. Event: Fall Astronomy Day at the Irving Nature Park. Above~ Click to view the Ultimate Messier Object Log in pdf, a comprehensive guide.Ībout 250-300 people attended the event at Irving Nature Park on Friday, September 30 which was remarkable considering the last minute date change. Weather conditions and cloud forecast caused a quick change of plans for this event, which was moved ahead one day to give some views of the night sky to the public. This is a short and sweet one page guide from March 2000 Sky and Telescope. Click to view his suggested Messier Marathon Checklist. See also Weekly Sky– Autumn Deep Sky Objects and Observing Autumn Clusters by Curt Nason.Ībove~ Don Machholz, one of the founders of the Messier Marathon which is at optimum during the month of March. Good Messier targets with binoculars or telescope What’s Up for Spring, new astronomy Club, updates on meetings, Star Parties & Outreach, a great book review, poetry, Astro Carols and more in the RASC NB Horison Spring Newsletter. Check out Matt West’s Using Telescope Filters and Mike Powell’s Finders and How to use Them and Equipment Basics. New or old to Astronomy, you can usually find some useful information in our Members’ Contributions Page. Oct 21st 7 – 10 pm International Observe the Moon Night (Back up 22nd) Oct 14th 1:30 – 3:30 pm Partial Eclipse of the Sun Sept 22nd 8 – 11:30 pm Fall Astronomy Day (Back up 23rd) Here are the scheduled events at the INP Urban Star Park.Īug 11th 9 – 11:30 pm Perseids Meteor Shower (Back up 12th) Thank you to all for a Fantastic evening. Over 550 people showed up to view the night sky through more than 16 telescopes. Great turnout tonight for, Stargazing and the Perseids at the Irving Nature Park… Presented by RASC NB, the SJAC and the INP. Treasurer C Curwin will purchase two 4.5″ tabletop Dobs for the club, The holder of the 15×70 binos has been difficult to get hold of. C Nason has the 6″, M Powell the 8″ to pass on the C Curwin, and M West the 4.5″ to pass over to C Nason for assessment. Business: Old club Dobsonian scopes are called in for repair and disposal or sale. M Powell showed his Frankenstein grab and go solar scope using, pairing an old 60 mm refractor with an IOptron Cube mount, adding a white light solar filter and doing his MikeGyver magic.ĥ. Y KIppers gave a presentation on what to look for in the sky for the month.ģ. Business (club telescopes) Recap of July Meetingġ. Something on Art and Astronomy (R Roske-SheltonĦ. The next meeting of the Saint John Astronomy club will be this Saturday, August 5, at 7 pm in the Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre. Past shows can still be seen at Astronomy by the Bay YouTube channel.īe sure to tune in with Chris, Paul, and Mike to find out what’s new in Astronomy. Keeping it fun, informative and inviting. We’ll be switching it up a bit as we include some new segments and a few changes to the format. (Sunday Night Astronomy Show) crew will be taking a break over the summer, but they will be joining you again on September 17th. ~Every Sunday Sunday Night Astronomy Show This Week’s Sky at a Glance, 2023 August 12 – August 19 Current Weekly Sky at a Glance ~by Curt NasonĬlick the pic to enlarge or here for the pdf. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, 2023 August 12 – August 19 Things may seem a little weird for a while, thanks.
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