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Posted on March 8, 2015 by admin

Frozen Early Evening Moon – 2/27/2015

A photo of the Moon taken by KAS member Patrick Manley on February 27th, 2015 at around 5PM.

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Posted on March 6, 2015 by admin

NASA JPL – What’s Up March 2015 – Solar Eclipses

This month’s video covers: General Information about Solar Eclipses. Information about the 2015 Atlantic Ocean Total Solar Eclipse. Information about the US 2017 Solar Eclipse. This video is published by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Check out their site at: … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 1, 2015 by admin

KAS – 2015 Messier Marathon

Planning is underway for the 2015 KAS Messier Marathon.  This is a great opportunity to view all the objects catalogued by Charles Messier that took him 24 years to observe.  Messier catalogued objects that he originally thought were comets, but … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 1, 2015 by admin

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

Mars, Venus in the west after sunset Jupiter Prime Viewing Gemini and Cancer constellations arrive Castor, Pollux and cluster M35 in Gemini Beehive Cluster in Cancer Saturn Rises after midnight This video is brought to you by hubblesite.org – they’ve … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on February 23, 2015 by admin

KAS Photos of Venus, Mars, Moon Conjunction

  The following images were taken by KAS members of the recent Venus, Mars and Moon event on February 20th, 2015.  In the images, you can see the two planets and the moon, but also the part of the moon … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on February 5, 2015 by admin

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

Mars, Venus, Moon conjunction Bright Jupiter in the Eastern Sky Orion and its spectacles – a fantastic show! Check out Sirius in Canis Major and open cluster M41 and its red giants Get an early start to the day observing … Read the rest of this entry →

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