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Great Targets in the Night Sky – August
M22- Messier 22 Messier 22, colloquially known as the Sagittarius Cluster, is a captivating globular cluster residing in the constellation Sagittarius. Positioned approximately 10,000 light-years from Earth, it graces our night sky with its luminous presence, boasting an apparent magnitude of around 5.1, making it visible to the naked eye under dark conditions. This tightly…
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LHAAC resumes in-person events at White Memorial
The club held its first in-person public event in more than a year with a new talk called “Juno at Jupiter” on August 27. The last two public talks of 2021 are “Saturn – the real Lord of the rings”, in October and our popular annual astro-imaging roundup in November. See the calendar page for…
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May 26 talk on Roving Mars
This talk is sponsored by The Oliver Wolcott Library. To join the talk, go to the Library’s site: https://www.owlibrary.org/adult-events.aspxScroll down until you see “Roving Mars – The Red Planet with Pete Kandefer” and follow the link. (The notice in the Waterbury newspaper on 5/13 referred to this site instead of the library’s.)
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Astrophotography Talk 2020
Last week our club president Joe Dougherty presented his ever-popular Astrophotography Talk where he gave a basic overview of what astrophotography is and how it works, as well as showcased images that he and other club members have taken over the years. Check out the Talk below! We have also been working on the calendar…
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WMCC – Hoffleit Observatory Update June 2020
Lots of progress has been occurring during quarantine on LHAAC’s Hoffleit Observatory with a brief summary below. Suffice to say future star parties at White Memorial will be getting a definite upgrade. On May 9 Chip M, Mark C, Denis W and Liam went to the observatory and built the flap in the west wall…
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Club News for 5/15/20
Coming Events and Star Parties: – 05/15/20: Star Party online via Facebook, 8:00pm; talk topic: Our Magnetic Sun– 06/19/20: Star Party at White Memorial, 8:00pm; talk topic: to be announced– 07/17/20: Star Party at White Memorial, 8:00pm; talk topic: to be announced Star Parties:05/15; 8:00pm: talk topic – Our Magnetic SunIf you’ve done solar observing…
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Top Astrophotography Targets for March 2018
M3 – Messier 3 Wikipedia DSO-Browser M3 is a globular cluster in the constellation Canes Venatici. This is a great object for beginners, it is quite bright and can produce stunning images with a variety of setups. Reddit example #1 Reddit example #2 Reddit example #3 M42 – Orion Nebula Wikipedia DSO-Browser M42 or the…
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Top Astrophotography Targets for February
M45 – Pleides Wikipedia DSO-Browser The Pleides or “Seven Sisters” is easily visible to the naked eye making it one of the most popular targets for beginner astrophotographers. The Pleides is a large target so just use a camera lens or a short focal length telescope – or binoculars. M42 – Orion Nebula Wikipedia DSO-Browser…
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Eclipse 2017 Wrap-up
Total eclipse 2017 was a big event in many ways, not only was it the first total eclipse to cross the contagious United states in nearly a 100 years, but it was a door buster in terms of crowd size for both club members at White Memorial and those scattered across the lower 48, including…
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Member presentation at the Connecticut Star Party
At 10:30AM the 23rd of this month, member Pete Kandefer will be giving a presentation on meteor impact sites at the Connecticut Star Party (CSP); a brief description of the talk is below. The CSP runs from September 22nd to 24th at the Edmund D. Strang Scout Reservation in Goshen, CT, rain or shine. For more information…