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The following items have been added to the Files area of the [email protected] group. /MessierMarathonGuidebyUnistellar.pdf By: John A. Sillasen <jasillasen@...> Description: This guide is from Unistellar and it describes imaging the objects plus what objects to view by the hour! It's not a long file but can be useful.. John Sillasen

Lots of fun info in this Member News! If you are going to NEAF, stop by the NSN booth. Directions on how to find them are below.?? Deb Fennell Begin forwarded message: From: Night Sky Network <nightskynetwork@...> Date: March 31, 2025 at 6:21:55 PM EDT To: debskifennell1617@... Subject: Member News for April 2025 Reply-To: nightskyinfo@... ?Deb: Night Under The Stars event at San Jose Street Elementary School. Credit: Astronomers Outreach Network 1. NSN Webinar Series: Psyche: Exploration of a Metal Worldwith Dr. David Williams, April 16, 2025 2. Community Updates: NSN Social Hour, April 8; Cosmic Conversations, April 23; New Solar Toolkit; NSN at NEAF 3. Featured Resources for April: What's Up for April 2025; Articles & News; Star Maps 1. NSN Webinar Series: Psyche: Exploration of a Metal Worldwith Dr. David Williams, April 16, 2025 Join the NASA Night Sky Network onWednesday, April 16, 2025, at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern) along withDr. David Williams, where we’ll discuss the current status of NASA’s Psyche Mission. Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fnYeliRoSlCZ1DhyIpsLRA NSN Members can register for this webinar using the following link. Once registered, you will receive an automatic reminder shortly before the webinar begins. The webinar registration link will give you access to the live video webinar and a backup call-in number and code, just in case your computer experiences connection issues. Share the YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmdYY_MAK5s The talk will also be streamed live for any public audience at the YouTube link and saved for future viewing. Please note: NSN member questions submitted via the Zoom Q&A feature will be prioritized over YouTube chat. Further Information: jpl.nasa.gov/missions/psyche/ Upcoming Webinars: May 15 - Placing Worlds and Suns in Context 2. Community Updates: NSN Social Hour, April 8; Cosmic Conversations, April 23; New Solar Toolkit; NSN at NEAF Join your fellow amateur astronomers for an NSN Social Hour celebrating the year anniversary of the total solar eclipse! Tuesday, April 8, at 5:00 PM Pacific Time (8:00 PM Eastern). Register here: NSN April Social Hour On April 23, 2025, at 5 PM (8 PM Eastern), join fellow educators for April's Cosmic Conversations! We'll discuss what we learned in the April NSN webinar about the current status of NASA’s Psyche Mission. Come with questions, ideas, and your own experiences; this is an excellent opportunity to brainstorm and get feedback from others! We’ll also share some recommended resources. Registration: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJi8jbNKQJW_-SF7596GEg Your NSN team has been hard at work with the NASA HEAT team to bring you a newsolar toolkit. This new kit, Our Dynamic Sun, will be a refresh on the originalOur Magnetic Sun kit, and we are close to completing it! It will have cards and a banner; each active club will receive a copy once it is complete in late spring 2025! NSN will be at the Northeast Astronomy Forum (NEAF) on April 4-5 in Suffren, NY. Be sure to swing by the booth and say hello! 3. Featured Resources for April: What's Up for April 2025; Articles & News; Star Maps Video: What's Up for April 2025 Discover observing tips in the latest video for stargazers on NASA's "What's Up" page—updated after the first of each month. Article for your Newsletter: April’s Night Sky Notes: Catch the Waves Planets, stars, galaxies, and other objects in space give off a wide range of visible and invisible forms of light. Because different forms of light have different characteristics, no single observatory can detect all wavelengths. Learn about the electromagnetic spectrum in April's Night Sky Notes! NASA Article: Finding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra Mining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers studied relics that a system called GRO J1655-40 left behind after it exploded. This “supernova archaeology” uncovered important clues about a star that self-destructed – probably more than a million years ago. Activity:NSN Hando

Title says it all. I’m canceling tonight at Propbusters and Ranger Russ and Jim Mazur have canceled tomorrow’s Hammonasset event. Good news: the moon will still partially block the sun tomorrow morning. Not sure if we’ll be able to see it though. Mark

Today's What's Up Webcast from Sky-Watcher USA is with an interview with a very enthusiastic and personable young lady from Kosovo, Pranvera Hyseni. She not only lead the activity to get a public observatory in Kosovo but also to get the funding and telescope to go in it. I had the pleasure of meeting her at Stellafane a bit ago.. very person and enthusiastic! Should be an enjoyable talk! I regret not publicizing the What's Up Webcast with Ann Druyan, widow of Carl Sagan and person responsible for the gold albums and their content that fly on Voyager to this day. It was one of the most memorable and inciteful talks I have ever heard. I hope you look for it and watch. She also wrote a sequel to Sagan's Contact in 2022 called Cosmos Possible Worlds. I have it in hard cover. John Cc: Sent: Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM Subject: What’s Up Webcast. Everything astronomy every Friday. View as Web Page A Message from a Trusted Partner of Sky & Telescope American Astronomical Society | 1667 K Street NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006 Sent by news@...

Reminder: TAAS, ASNH, and SAS at Hammonasset Public Observing When: Saturday, March 29, 2025 19:30 to 22:30 (UTC-04:00) America/New York Where: Miegs Point Nature Center Organizer: Mark Strollo mark@... View Event Description:

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Hey all, I'm going to my first overnight star party in WV (The Almost Heaven Star Party, https://www.ahsp.org/) at the end of the summer. Luna (age 9) also indicated that she wants to go on the adventure, and I had to play it cool and not act too excited (I'm thrilled she's coming along). Beyond the basics of a tent, tarps, and warm clothes, do you all have any tips or things you wish you had thought of when going to a camp over star party? Cross posting to the SAS board, so apologies to the dual members in advance. -- Jeff Dunn https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/

It’s looking bleak for Wednesday through Sunday for any type of observing. Maybe Hammonasset can be rescheduled for April? It would be a shame to miss the winter objects if we wait until May 31. This seems to be the trifecta for dismal observing, Messier, Solar Eclipse and Meigs Point. At least our gardens will benefit. George

It’s almost spring, so it’s Messier Marathon planning time. At Saturday’s TAAS, SAS and LLT happy hour we decided to do a joint marathon at the Salem Propbusters site. This year’s spring new moons are Saturday March 29th (with a partial Solar eclipse at 6:40 AM AND a TAAS/SAS/ASNH event at Hammonasset) and Sunday April 27th. With the New England weather, this means we have to “schedule” the events on our calendars for the Friday and Saturday nights on both of those weekends. Juggling the marathon, an eclipse, and a Hammonasset outreach event on one day will be a challenge. So put these dates in your minds/calendars/daytimers/phones/ASIAIRs or however you keep track of astro plans and be flexible as we get close. I will follow-up with Messier Marathon viewing order lists (in the TAAS groups.io files section), packing checklists, stay warm hints, and sleep deprivation techniques over the next few weeks. Hopefully between us, we can view or image all 110 of Charlie’s marathon objects. Or at least a sprint of a few of them. Mark

The following photos have been uploaded to the 20" removal at Conn College photo album of the [email protected] group. Dropping Primary - SL+MS+JS+GB 20250210.jpg By: Leslie Brown <lfbro@...>

Leslie Brown <lfbro@...> updated the photo album Removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC reflector from the Conn Colege Olin Observatory - more images : The removal of the primary and secondary mirrors by CC Astro/Physics faculty and TAAS members occurred on Feb. 10, 2025. The mirrors have been donated to TAAS and are being stored by TAAS member, Jay Drew. The removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC OTA and mount was on March 12, 2025. The rigging company was Industrial Engineers, Inc,, the owner is Al Chabot. The 20-inch acquired by a grant made to L. F. Brown from the NSF-ILI program. The then new telescope was installed in the Olin Observatory in February 1996.

The following photos have been uploaded to the Removal of the Optomechanics 20-inch RC reflector from the Conn Colege Olin Observatory - more images photo album of the [email protected] group. 20250312_0916_The-Industrial-Engineers-crane-arrives.jpg 20250312_0949_Cabling the OTA before lift.jpg 20250312_1001_Guiding-the-OTA-out-dome-slit.jpg 20250312_1023_Rigging the mount for lift.jpg 20250312_1038z-ligting 1200lb-mount thru dome slit.jpg 20250312_1039_AlChabot+nephew_end-of-job.jpg 20250312_1044 On the truck1.jpg 20250312_1051 On the truck2.jpg By: Leslie Brown <lfbro@...>

It’s the April NSN Notes! Deb Fennell Begin forwarded message: From: Night Sky Network <nightskyinfo@...> Date: March 21, 2025 at 2:30:56 PM EDT To: debskifennell1617@... Subject: Night Sky Notes April 2025 Edition Reply-To: nightskyinfo@... ?Email from Night Sky Network Catch the Wave! April 2025 Edition Catch the Wave! Planets, stars, galaxies, and other objects in space give off a wide range of visible and invisible forms of light. Because different forms of light have different characteristics, no single observatory can detect all wavelengths. Learn about the electromagnetic spectrum in April's Night Sky Notes! Click on the links below to download any or all parts of this article in your preferred format. Download Article: Word Document Adobe PDF Complete ZIP, including images Download Images: Telescopes and Wavelengths Pillars of Creation Comparison Multiwavelength Crab Nebula BONUS IMAGE -Flame Nebula Web-Based/HTML Article View April Web Article Find all past articles on thenewNight Sky Notes Resource Page Editors: You are free to remove or customize sections of the article as you see fit, especially if some sections may duplicate stargazing information found elsewhere in your newsletter. Please let us know how you use these articles via this short survey.The answers allow us to continue providing this kind of content and us improve our offerings. Thank you again! Wishing you all clear skies! Vivian White and Kat Troche NASA Night Sky Network Administrators Find your astronomy club at nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov Join the NSN community on social media Night Sky Network | Managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 390 Ashton Ave |San Francisco, CA 94112 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice

TAAS Meeting Minutes March 20, 2025, 7:00 p.m. via Zoom In attendance: Mark S., Deb F., Gerry K., Jeff D., Lee P., John S., Amy S., Elizabeth S., George B., Leslie B., Brian R. Mark asked if anyone had been out observing recently. Mark and Deb observed in Vermont on Tuesday night with the 17 ?” Dob and some neophyte astronomy friends. Lee imaged the Leo Triplet last week. Jeff went out with his daughter with the 127mm doublet that he was testing. They looked at Orion Nebula, Jupiter, and added to his list of carbon stars. He has about 93 more to go for the Astronomical League. Jeff will bring his telescope to Hammonasett. Mark called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. Observing and Outreach report from March 10 Waterford Library Beautiful night, great turn-out from TAAS (John, George, Brian, Jeff, Leslie), about 20-25 public for the talk on the lunar and solar eclipse, and a few more that wandered through the observing session that followed. There were also children’s activities including painting a Rover, with Diane S, Lucy, and Linda Raffa from STARS to Stem. Unfortunately, it was cloudy for the eclipse in Connecticut. Mark said it was clear in Vermont. He was able to see the eclipse and described his unique way of waking up during the various eclipse stages. Status of Conn College Observatory (Leslie & George) A crane was used to remove the old 1400 lb. scope and mount on March 12th in less than 2 hours. The process made the front page of The Day and the Hartford Courant. It went amazingly smoothly. It took half the time everyone was expecting. The order has been placed for the Planewave. They need to determine how to mount the Planewave pier to the existing pier. The college will video the installation. Leslie let us know that there will likely be an event at Conn College for first light for Planewave that will include TAAS and invited members. USCGA Observatory Amy hasn’t spoken to Carl, but she contacted him via text or email, and he said he never received any information back from the Coast Guard contact regarding the USCGA Observatory. Messier Marathon This is planned for Friday, March 28, with SAS (3-4 members) and LLT at Salem Propbusters site next weekend. Mark asked who from TAAS are possibly attending. There are observing lists in groups i.o. files that Mark will bring. When Mark used the list previously, he got about 67 objects. It would be helpful to have some snacks, warm drinks, and handwarmers. Everyone should dress warmly. There will be plenty of scopes if someone doesn’t want to bring their own. Bring comfortable chairs, and more warm clothes. Someone can be a scribe to track our progress towards the 110 objects. Night Sky Network status Mark took an informal poll of who read the articles, links, or uses the calendar? It sounds like about ? the group look at them, so Deb will keep sending the monthly articles. Deb mentioned that we just had someone contact us via Night Sky Network who is interested in becoming a member. Deb forwarded the information to George, and he will contact her. Mark asked if it would help to cut and paste the short articles into the announcements that Deb publishes in the groups.io postings. People are accessing them through the links so Deb will continue to forward. Treasurers Report George reported 24 paid members with $4885.65 in the bank account. Four or five people have contacted George, and they have joined the groups. i.o. Based on past numbers, twenty-four is historically a healthy membership for the club. Upcoming Events 1. March 21 (TOMORROW) Lyme Land Trust outreach event at Trail 53 Observatory (Mark, Lee & Brian) https://www.lymelandtrust.org/astronomy-event/march-21-2025-astronomy-observing-session/ 2. March 28 PM-AM Messier Marathon 3. March 29 6:40AM Partial Solar Eclipse 4. March 29 Hammonasset Outreach: Mark, George, Gerry, Leslie (sky tour with green laser) SAS will be there also. https://www.meigspointnaturecenter.org/ 5. April 5-6 NEAF https://www.neafexpo.com/ 6. April 16-Dr. John Weaver speaking at Conn College (Leslie will send flyer) 7. April 17 TAAS Mee

Hoping for good attendance on ZOOM. Agenda to follow. Mark

The following photos have been uploaded to the Lee's Photos photo album of the [email protected] group. Leo Triplet.jpg By: Lee P. <lee.polikoff@...>

Reminder: TAAS Monthly meeting. When: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Organizer: Mark Strollo mark@... View Event Description:

The following photos have been uploaded to the Lee's Photos photo album of the [email protected] group. Boogyman Nebula LDN-1622.jpg By: Lee P. <lee.polikoff@...>