Event Reports
The Delaware Astronomical Society is a very active group and we have a lot of fun reaching out to others and enjoying the night sky. The following articles are event reports from some of our adventures.
Published: 03-01-2023
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The 2023 Dinner Meeting was held at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
On Tuesday, May 16 2023
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Published: 03-01-2023
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The 2024 Dinner Meeting will be held at
St. Thomas Episcopal Church.
On Tuesday, May 21 2024
A map can be found here. You can find more information on how to ...
Published: 05-11-2022
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Published: 03-11-2019
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The 2019 Dinner Meeting will be at Christ Church, in Greenville, DE
It's on Tuesday, May 21 2019
A map can be found here. When you arrive to the church, ...
Published: 07-30-2018
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DAS will be one of the astronomy clubs at this Free, Family Friendly star-gazing extravaganza sharing telescope views of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon.
Published: 06-19-2018
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Friday Night Lights is an evening of music, beer, wine, sunset socializing and a star party.
Published: 05-26-2018
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Click here for finding the International Space Station and many other orbiting and Solar System objects.
Published: 05-26-2018
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Published: 03-11-2018
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The 2018 Dinner Meeting will be at Christ Church, in Greenville.
It's on Tuesday, May 15 2018 and
A map can be found here. When you arrive to the church, ...
Published: 10-13-2017
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There’s nothing wrong with any size telescope that a good dark sky doesn’t fix. That’s been my mantra ever since my first visit to Cherry Springs State Park with my 8” ...
Published: 03-26-2017
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For this past dark window two rewarding observing sessions graced my photon starved eyeball (make that eyeballs for the time I was using binoviewers) bringing to conclusion ...
Published: 09-08-2016
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Published: 06-03-2016
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In temperatures down to 23°F of my April 5, 2016 observing session at the Blue Mountain Vista Observation Field (BMVO) with my 18” f/4.3 reflector my new Cabela's Heavyweight Mens Long ...
Published: 02-22-2016
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On my ServoCAT driven 18” f/4.3 StarStructure LE Series telescope I installed new digital setting circles, the Nexus DSC from Astro Devices (http://www.astrodevices.com/), a drop-in replacement ...
Published: 09-29-2015
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On 9/27/15, the moon was eclipsed by the Earth's Shadow. The Delaware Astronomical Society was prepared with 2 events scheduled. We had one event on the Delaware river and a second ...
Published: 07-07-2015
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On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft will zip past Pluto and its five known moons. Nobody really knows what it will find. Click here for more.
Published: 06-25-2015
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Published: 04-16-2015
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MIKE MENZEL:
MISSION SYSTEMS
ENGINEER for the JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE
Abstract:
This presentation will give an overview of the James Webb Space ...
Published: 03-03-2015
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After the great success of the 2014 Dinner Meeting, we will be holding this year's meeting in a similar fashion!
The price will remain $20 per person, registration below (membership not ...
Published: 03-03-2015
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The 2017 Dinner Meeting will be again held at the beautiful Ashland Nature Center. A map can be found here. Information on how to register and more details will follow soon.
6:00pm - Social Hour ...
Published: 03-03-2015
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The 2017 Dinner Meeting will be again held at
the beautiful Ashland Nature Center.
It's on Tuesday, May 16 2017 and
the price is still only $20.00!!!
A map can be found here. ...
Published: 12-18-2014
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Published: 12-16-2014
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Please, click here to read about Comet Lovejoy when it was traveling through our Solar System in March 2015.
Photo by Rob Lancaster, DAS VP, Web Designer, Program Chair
Published: 10-22-2014
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Surreal Stars: After 25 Years NASA's Hubble Telescope Still Unlocks Celestial Mysteries Click here to see.
Published: 10-15-2014
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Click here for Animation and up to date information of Comet Siding Springs' Close Encounter With Mars of Oct. 19, 2014. For more information click here.
_500x373.jpg "Return to Spruce Knob (2014)")
Published: 10-15-2014
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My wife and I spent from September 24 to 28 in Canaan Valley, WV with buddies and their spouses from the ChesMont Astronomical Society. I’ve made this trip with them for the past 6 years and ...
_500x373.jpg "DelMarva's Fall Stargaze")
Published: 10-12-2014
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DASers gathered at Tuckahoe State Park, MD for the Fall No Frills Stargaze of the DelMarva Stargazers held from September 18 to 21, 2014. Arriving Thursday afternoon about 3PM, I had my tent set up ...
Published: 10-11-2014
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The NLT's Friday Night Lights on July 11, 2014 unfolded under mostly cloudy skies despite weather forecasts for clear to mostly clear. This annual event has been sponsored by the Natural Lands ...
Published: 08-22-2014
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Quite a bit of work on the part of the ChesLen Preserve managers helped to make a success out of the much less than favorable skies for the International Observe The Moon Night event on Saturday, ...
Published: 08-21-2014
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Eleven to 12 million years ago a white dwarf star and its companion star weren’t playing well together in the Cigar Galaxy, aka Messier 82 (M82). The white dwarf had been systematically ...
Published: 08-21-2014
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May 10 was AstronomyDay and DAS promoted it under very cloudy skies at the Delaware Museum of Natural History. After Greg Lee gave an informative presentation in the lecture hall, he, Keith Given and ...
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Published: 08-15-2014
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DAS at the DelMarva StarGaze XX April 24 - 27, 2014
Three planets, a few dozen galaxies, several galaxy groups and a couple of galaxy clusters, along with a number of various eye popping nebulae ...
