Talk topic: Is Santa bringing a Telescope? Russ will give a talk on how to pick out a really nice Christmas present of a telescope. (For yourself or someone else?) Read More...
Talk topic: Radio Astronomy - Seeing the Invisible. Free, open to the public. After the talk there will be stargazing if the weather permits. Children under 16 must be accompanied Read More...
Talk topic: Galaxies and Gravity. Talk starts in the AB Ceder room. After the talk there will be stargazing if the weather permits. Free; open to the public. Children under Read More...
Talk topic: Space Rocks! Was Chicken Little right? Is the sky really falling? What are meteorites? Where do they come from? What are they made of? We will discuss these Read More...
The 2018 star parties at White Memorial continue on Friday, May 18, with a new talk called "Earth's Magnetic field". Ever wondered why a compass points North? Why not South, Read More...
Every 26 months, Earth catches up to Mars and passes directly between Mars and the Sun, an event called opposition. This year, there's an opposition in late July; Mars and Read More...
We are delighted to announce that Marc D'Antonio is coming to Litchfield to give a talk at our star party on 7/20. Marc is well-known around the U.S. as a Read More...
Talk topic: to be announced. Talk starts in the AB Ceder room. After the talk there will be stargazing if the weather permits. Free; open to the public. Children under Read More...
Solar Viewing at Family Nature Day. Weather permitting, we will hold our annual event inviting attendees to look at sunspots, solar prominences and flares, if any.
Talk topic: Astro-imaging, about the fun and challenges of taking high-quality images of planets, star clusters and galaxies. Recent images taken by members of the club will be featured. We'll Read More...