Monthly Archives: March 2015

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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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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