This Month at York County Astronomical Society

New Telescope Clinic 

New Telescope Clinic February 25th. Need help with your telescope? To help get you started properly, the York County Astronomical Society is offering a Free New Telescope Clinic to help you set up your telescope the first time and learn how to use and enjoy it. See: New Telescope Clinic

Public Observing 

February 25th is Free Public Observing Night. Expand your mind by taking in the expanse of the universe. Come and view the night skies with us through one of our telescopes and let our experienced members guide you on a tour of celestial wonders, including stars, planets, nebulae, and the moon. See: Public Observing

This video above was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken January 29, 2012 from 05:33:11 to 05:48:10 GMT, on a pass from just southwest of Mexico to the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Newfoundland. This pass begins looking over Central America towards the Gulf of Mexico and the southeastern United States. As the ISS travels northeast over the gulf, some southeastern United States cities can be distinguished, like New Orleans, Mobile, Jacksonville, and Atlanta. Continuing up the east coast, some northeastern states, like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City stand out brightly along the coastline. The Aurora Borealis shines in the background as the pass finishes near Newfoundland.

YCAS Speakers available

YCAS is available for educational and speaking engagements. YCAS speakers are members on a volunteer basis and therefore limited to evenings and weekends. Contact YCAS at: E-Mail YCAS

Jupiter and Great Red Spot

The excellent image above of the planet Jupiter by YCAS member Mike Wenz was taken on 10/9/2011 at 3:26 am through an 8-inch Newtonian telescope with a DMK21AF CCD camera. 200 images out of 2000 stacked and processed with RegiStax. See larger image: Jupiter

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

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

Imaging The Moon

Below images by Michelle Wenz showing sunrise on the Lunar surface. Animation was made from Michelle's images. See More here: Lunar Sunrise