Shoreline Astronomical Society

 APRIL 2025 UPDATES Club Secretary Lee P. Presenting on his image processing workflow This spring feels like it's no hurry this year.  Many of our nights have been clouded or rained out which can only be attributed to all the new telescope and observing accessories purchased by club members at the North East Astronomy Forum (NEAF) earlier this month!   All joking aside here are some updates from the club we wanted to share with you all. 1. We had a spectacular presentation on astroimaging processing from club secretary Lee Polikoff.  The second in our astroimaging series.  Stay tuned for a cell phone astrophotography presentation in early summer. 2. Come visit us at the Deer Lake Outdoor Center Earth Day Event, Saturday April 26th 10AM-4PM 3. We're proud to announce our Salt Meadow Public Star Parties for 2025!  See  https://shorelineastronomicalsociety.blogspot.com/p/salt-meadow-public-star-parties-2025.html for more information on this series o...

  Country School STEAM Glow Fest 2025 - Main Sequence Activity Photo Credit: Anders Derblom 2025 March has been challenging in a meteorological sense.  Many nights or activities have been clouded out. The March 13/14th Lunar Eclipse was clouded out for the Connecticut coastline, and one of our outreaches ended abruptly with a rain squall that came through unexpectedly.  Members of the Shoreline Astronomical Society (SAS) have had some clear spots and have done observing on their own.  Many members were able to spot the partial solar eclipse on March 29th early in the morning!   I was able to sneak out in the yard a few nights this month and make a little progress on the Astronomical League's Carbon star program using a new 127mm refractor that I cobbled together. Some big news for the club and its members include: Jim Mazur earning his Astronomical League Outreach Award Laurie Averill earning both the basic level and stellar levels of the AL Outreach Award ...

  Meigs Point Nature Center Family Astronomy Night - Saturday, March 29 7:30-9:30 PM Upcoming Events Country School STEM Glowfest - Tuesday, February 25th, 5:30-7:30 PM Shoreline Astronomical Society General Meeting on March 13th at 7-9PM at Deer Lake Outdoor Center Total Lunar Eclipse - Overnight starting on March 13th-March14th Meigs Point Nature Center Family Astronomy Night - Saturday, March 29, 7:30-9:30 PM Messier Marathon (please contact us at Shorelineastronomicalsociety@gmail.com for more information) (End of March OR End of April) Club News We have applied for our 501(c)(3) Non-profit status! A big win, thank you to the club members for your help We've doubled our paid club members since last year, thank you for your support! If you're not a member you join today, please see our Membership & Meetings page Members continue to be recognized for outreach with awards from the Astronomical League We've kicked off a series of astrophotography talks, with one th...

 Hi All, Some Updates We now accept online payment for club memberships on our Meetings and Membership Page ! This is in addition to check and cash payments, those options remain. Share with a friend! Thursday the 12th at 7PM we will have our December General Meeting On the Agenda is  Astronomical League Awards Ceremony Nominations for Officer Positions (you can self-nominate and we can use the help!) 2024 Recap 2025 Goals / Brainstorming  Sharing latest efforts/observing/projects And (if the weather holds - some observing after) 2024 has been an amazing year and we've grown quite a bit.  Please join us and keep checking our calendar of events for upcoming meetings and observing sessions. Ad Astra Jeff Dunn President - Shoreline Astronomical Society

Fire in the Sky Meteor Showers and Rocks from Space 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM The annual Perseid meteor shower will once again be visible from CT, with peak viewing this year between Aug. 15 and 17. Bill Herbst, a retired astronomy professor and Killingworth resident, will discuss the phenomena of meteors and meteorites in non-technical language accessible to precocious 4th graders and anyone older. The talk will be followed, weather permitting, by an observing session at Deer Lake led by the Shoreline Astronomical Society. All are welcome. Admission is free. Registration is required for the talk at the library , but please feel free to drop in for the observing session, which should begin at Deer Lake around 8:45. LOCATION: Killingworth Library REGISTER HERE

  Hi All, A brief recap for June 2024 on activities the Shoreline Astronomical Society participated in. June 1st we hosted an observation night and scaled solar system walk with a local scout troop and had approximately 20 attendees.  Our June 13th Meeting we learned about the NASA Night Sky Network from club member Deb Fennell. The presentation highlighted the benefits of being a member club in the NASA NSN and the materials and support they provide to manage, organize and enable outreach activities.  Observing afterward was enjoyable, albeit a nearly first quarter moon did wash out some of the DSO's for us novices :)  Club members have been meeting (informally) at Salt Meadow Park for impromptu observing sessions.  Emails are sent to members of the club to alert them of these informal sessions. Hope to see you all soon at our July meeting on 07/11/2024 at 7:30 PM at Deer Lake Outdoor Center.