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PLANETARIUM
SHOW
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Beginning at 7:00PM
See Planetarium
for show times and directions
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Observing The Moon Below is an image of the lunar crater Schiller taken by YCAS member Mike Wenz. It was taken at the YCAS observatory at John Rudy Park in York, PA using the York County's LX-200 telescope and his DMK21AF04 CCD camera. The images were stacked using around 1000 exposures out of 1500 exposures and processed using Registax. See: Lunar images
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YCAS Member Discovers Two New Asteroids YCAS member John Sachs has discovered two new unknown asteroids. For more information of discovery and animations see: Discovery
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Imaging The Moon
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Images above by Michelle Wenz showing sunrise on the Lunar surface. Animation was made from Michelle's images. See More here: Lunar Sunrise |
York County, Adams County, Pennsylvania Astronomy The Scout Merit Badge Program
I stood
and stared; the sky was lit,
The sky was stars all over it,
I stood, I knew not why,
Without a wish, without a will,
I stood upon that silent hill
And stared into the sky until
My eyes were blind with stars and still
I stared into the sky. --Ralph Hodgson (1913)
The York County Astronomical Society, Located in York, Pennsylvania
The Astronomical League
The American Meteor Society
International Dark Sky Association
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