dan : This year (2012) the 90 Millimeter Observatory is planning to join up with local astronomy clubs to support their public star parties and community outreach events. We also want to reach out to the area schools and provide them with a “Family Astronomy Night” which would include an indoor presentation followed by observing through telescopes for an hour or two.

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This year (2012) the 90 Millimeter Observatory is planning to join up with local astronomy clubs to support their public star parties and community outreach events. We also want to reach out to the area schools and provide them with a “Family Astronomy Night” which would include an indoor presentation followed by observing through telescopes for an hour or two.

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I have been an Amateur Astronomer for over 30 years and enjoy observing the night sky from my backyard as well as dark sky sites.
We had a good couple of nights observing here at the observatory. 4.5 was the limiting magnitude for each night... http://t.co/5MdDi1vs

Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:22
Just added a new blog post on StarParty http://t.co/QAYBHPBy

Wednesday, 16 May 2012 20:49
CAS members and the 90 Millimeter Observatory will be assisting Owen J. Roberts High School with an astronomy... http://t.co/YzD0VBAl

Friday, 11 May 2012 16:11
Of course we didn't get to see the "Supermoon" because... Can you guess?

Sunday, 06 May 2012 11:00
The recent trip to NEAF reacquainted me with solar observing so of course I purchased a solar filter for the... http://t.co/vM3DYqrh

Saturday, 05 May 2012 08:56

About Me

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City/Town: Harleysville
State/Province: PA
Country: United States
Zip/Postal Code: 19438
Website: http://www.90millimeter.org
About Me: I have been an amateur astronomer since 1970. My first experience was during one evening sitting outside with my older brother, I pointed to what I thought was a thin cloud that seemingly appeared every night. He looked at me and said, “Wait here”. A few minutes later he came out of the house with his bird watching binoculars, handed them to me and said, “Look at that cloud and tell me what you see”. For a few minutes I was speechless. Finally I said, “A lot of stars”. He then explained to me that I was looking at the Milky Way which is what our galaxy is called. I was hooked from that point on and often would take his binoculars out at night to see what else there was to see. Of course he grew tired of sharing his binoculars so, that Christmas he gave me my first telescope, a hand-held 30mm refractor. Maybe that’s not much of a telescope, but I can’t thank him enough for giving me that telescope and introducing me to astronomy. It truly has been a magnificent journey.