There has been much talk about the Total Lunar Eclipse this January. Most of the talk is saying it is on January 21st. Please note that this is UNIVERSAL time. For us in the Pacific Time Zone, the eclipse will happen on Sunday, January 20th. So look to the East at the following Pacific Standard…
Thanks to all for the wonderful time at our potluck tonight! We had about 30 friends there and had great food and some amazing music provided by Carissa and Tiana. These 2 ladies are so very talented at the piano and the music was beautiful! Happy holidays to all and we hope to see you…
What an amazing picture of the Great Andromeda Galaxy taken at Camp Delany by our member Chuck Barnard with his Canon T3i full mod Asa 1600 9/300 sec lights 5 darks. We had great skies at Camp Delany this fall! Congratulations, Chuck, this is beautiful!
What a great meeting we had tonight. Thank you, John Goar, for talking about your experience this summer with the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador Program! It is amazing all that the astronomy community is doing in Chile and quite an experience for all of us to learn about! Congratulations to Jeff Hoffmeister for receiving…
We had a wonderful time this Camp Delany! 4 good nights of viewing and wonderful company. It is so satisfying to walk on the scope field and see all the work and hear the conversations! Hope to see you in the Spring!
Congratulations to John Goar for working so hard and receiving 3 awards this last meeting! He received his Southern Sky Binocular award. He had to go to Chile for that, a talk is forthcoming on that one! Then he received the Carbon Star award, and lastly Stellar Evolution! Way to go John!
Unfortunately, the Hurricane Ridge star party is cancelled for September 8th due to the weather. We hope to see you next year up at the ridge!
We are looking forward to seeing you all at our Fall Camp Delany Star Party! It will be a late one, October 10th through the 14th but we have had our best skies in October. We are excited to do some viewing of more of the winter constellations! RV spots are filling fast, please see…
As you may have guessed, the star party had been cancelled for tonight. Keep in mind though, that the Dark Ranger will be up there throughout yhe summer. Visit his website at olympictelescope.com for times and updates to his program.
We had a wonderful Hurricane Ridge Star Party this last July 14th. The night was clear and bright and we had amazing views of Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars. There were about 60 people from all over up there to see the night sky as only Hurricane Ridge can show them! It is very refreshing…
Thank you for all coming to the July meeting. We had a great time and a very informative talk by Mark Prouty about new theories concerning the formation of solar systems. It is interesting how the new extra-solar systems that we are finding are really challenging our thoughts on this. I am sure more theories…
The results are in and it was a success! The 2019 dates are already up here! Logan Valley Star Party 2018 Summary Weather: Monday, June 11, 2018: clear, perfect transparency Tuesday, June 12, 2018: clear, perfect transparency Wednesday, June 13, 2018: clear, perfect transparency Thursday, June 14, 2018: cloudy – clear after 1 AM, perfect…
