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A great thank you to all the donors and sponsors for Kopernik AstroFest 2013.

Here’s a quick AstroFest 2013 preview with Roy Williams with the local News Channel 12.

Bob Berman is the world’s most widely read astronomer. Since the mid-1990s, his celebrated “Strange Universe” feature has appeared monthly in Astronomy magazine, the largest circulation periodical on the subject. Berman is also astronomy editor of the Old Farmers Almanac. He was Discover magazine’s monthly columnist from 1989-2006. He … Read the rest of this entry →

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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Lots of buzz in the Kopernik Astronomical Society in preparation for Northeast Astronomy Forum and Telescope Show (NEAF). The team has put together an excellent table display for NEAF with many members contributing.  Still a hold out chance for KAS participation in the NEAF … Read the rest of this entry →