Me and My Telescope Gustav Nelson

January 24, 2020 admin 0

Astronomy has weaved its way through my life since taking a class at Poly in the late 60’s. I haven’t been without a scope for 50 years. The current collection includes a dozen scopes – all refractors except an 8SE (a “gift” that is still broken) and a Mak-Cass that [Read More…]

A comet exits the solar system

January 15, 2020 admin 0

Comet Borisov 2I was spotted in our solar system, and it was only spotted once before. It has a sun-centered orbit that is not bound to the sun. It passed through our solar system at the end of Oct in 2019 and made its closest approach on Dec 8th of [Read More…]

Me and My Telescope Peter Bresler

January 14, 2020 admin 0

My first serious telescope arrived at my house in late November 2018. I had an old Bushnell refractor which I never found more useful than looking at the moon. Had I known previously that sophisticated astronomy equipment was available for amateurs, I would have been in the hobby long ago. [Read More…]

Me and My Telescope Larry Cossette

January 9, 2020 admin 0

My fascination with astronomy started on my many campouts with my Dad and a simple pair of binoculars.  Then in 1985 I bought my first telescope, an 8 inch Celestron for viewing Haley’s Comet.  I now have a 14 inch Celestron and love it.  For the past 5 years I [Read More…]

CCAS is on Facebook!

January 5, 2020 admin 0

We have a Facebook Page! Wouldn’t it be great to view our member’s astrophotography images in an album, view our star events on a FB Live Stream, and post questions and get answers back from our friendly astronomers?  We’ll see how this goes! Be sure to visit our page, FOLLOW [Read More…]

Top Ten Astronomy Events for 2020

January 3, 2020 admin 0

2020 is going to be a GREAT year for astronomy! There are a couple of near-new moon meteor showers (Lyrids on Apr 22, Leonids on Nov 17 and Geminids on Dec 14). Venus is going to take center stage with two elongations (March 28th and August 15th) and also swing [Read More…]