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Getting Ready For Comet PanSTARRS

It’s not all over the mainstream news media yet, but it will be.  Comet PanSTARRS will start showing up in the Western Horizon around dusk starting March 7th.  This is likely to be quite an observing event if you have … Read the rest of this entry

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KAS – 2013 Messier Marathon

Planning is underway for the 2013 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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Tonight’s Sky: March 2013

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A Testimony to the Public’s Astronomy Interest.

This year’s Winter Star Party at the Kopernik Observatory & Science Center was a very welcome event after having to cancel the event last year due to weather. We typically don’t schedule the public Friday’s at Kopernik in the winter … Read the rest of this entry

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Kopernik Winter Star Party – February 23rd

Saturday, February 23, 2013 Winter Star Party Poster 6:00 PM   Members-Only Reception (light refreshments provided) KOSC Members are invited to attend this informal reception to meet other members, get some early views through the telescopes (weather permitting), and kick off the … Read the rest of this entry

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Tonight’s Sky: February 2013

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