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Posted on May 4, 2015 by admin

May 2015 – Up For Some Challenges?

About the image above: Jupiter undergoes a “double shadow transit” on May 27. From 10:01 pm EDT until 12:18 am EDT, the tiny dark shadows of Io and Ganymede are on the disk simultaneously. The moons themselves are visible as well; … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 4, 2015 by admin

Tonight’s Sky – May 2015

Venus and Mercury in the west after sunset Mercury will disappear as the month progresses Jupiter high in the southwestern Sky Saturn appears in the southeast in the late evening hours Virgo will fill the southern sky – thousands of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 1, 2015 by admin

KAS Events

NEAF has passed us once again, and the KAS booth was a great success. Many members of the KAS and Kopernik staff helped out with the booth, and a great special thanks goes out to Art C. and George N. … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

Tonight’s Sky – April 2015 (from hubblesite.org)

Venus in the west after sunset Mercury low against the horizon soon after sunset Jupiter Prime Viewing high and early Ursa Major including the Big Dipper Mizar/Alcor double star M81 & M82 Galaxies Leo the Lion M65, M66, and NGC3629 … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 2, 2015 by admin

KAS Attending NEAF 2015

On April 18th – 19th, The Northeast Astronomy Forum and Telescope Show will be held.  Numerous KAS members have committed to going. Some KAS members go down for two days, and others for one day or the other. The KAS … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 10, 2015 by admin

Kopernik AstroFest 2015 Planning Has Begun!

The 2015 Kopernik AstroFest planning cycle has started and the KAS have announced that the dates of the event will be Friday October 16th thru Sunday October 18th.  We are very excited to be hosting the event at Kopernik Observatory … Read the rest of this entry →

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