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Cumberland Astronomy Club |
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Cumberland Astronomy Club |
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| Club Information | |
| Astrophotography
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Special Reports New Report Added 10/31/11 |
| CAC Yahoo Group | |
The club is affiliated with the The Astronomical League. Annual dues are $10, which includes individual registration with AL and entitle the member to a subscription to The Reflector, AL's quarterly publication on amateur astronomy. If you are interested in becoming a member, or if you'd like more information about the club, please contact one of the officers, or you can contact Steve Luzader at s_luzader@comcast.net.
| President | Steve Vincent |
| Vice-President | John Jankauskas |
| Secretary/Treasurer/ALCor | Dr. Stephen Luzader |
SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Topics
Next
Meeting
FRIDAY, MAY 18
7:30 PM
LA VALE LIBRARY
Topic
"2012 VENUS TRANSIT"
Next
Star Parties
Venus Transit
Tuesday, June 5
Mountain Ridge High School
Frostburg
Telescope setup will start around 5:30 PM, with observing lasting until around 11. (We'll continue to observe after sunset.)
 Startrails
and other examples of fixed tripod astrophotography. (New
photo
added 4/4/12.) |
 Constellations
A collection of fixed tripod photographs of familiar
constellations. |
 Pictures
of the sun, moon and planets.
(New image added 5/12/2012) |
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 "Deep
space" objects, including novae, galaxies, nebulae, and star
clusters. (New image added 7/29/04.) |
Messier
objects. (M51 with supernova
added 8/10/1.) |
Special thanks to Lisa Sheirer of FSU's Visual Arts Department for invaluable assistance in scanning many of the slides for this web site. Back to top
Reports by Steve Luzader
Back to top Building a Backyard Observatory (Posted March 2010)
by John Jankauskas
Get the latest on the DAWN mission to Vesta and Ceres
Check on the Nanosail-D as it orbits Earth
Skymaps.com
Free montly star charts for your personal use
Spaceweather.com
Check for solar flares, auroras, etc.
Clear
Sky Clock
for Frostburg courtesy Attilla Danko
Accuweather Stargazing Forecast for Frostburg
Accuweather Visible Satellite Image of MD-PA cloud cover for star party
planning
Weather Channel US Cloud Cover Forecast
CCD
images and other astronomy stuff by CAC member Dan Rose
The
Astronomy
Picture of the Day
The
Astronomical League
American Association of
Amateur
Astronomers
Sky
& Telescope
magazine
Astronomy
magazine
Jersey
Starquest
Kanawha Valley Astronomical
Society
(includes Blackwater Falls Astronomy Weekend)
Amateur
Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh
Star Gazer
Online (Jack
Horkheimer,
formerly "Star Hustler")
SEDS (Students
for the Exploration
and Development of Space)
| S_LUZADER@comcast.net | Last
Revised 07/11/11. |
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