We're all about stargazing. Let's look at the Night Sky!
ALL PLEASE NOTE: Once-a-month Star Parties, open to the public, are held at our Schmidt Observatory in the winter season on the Saturday night each month closest to the night having a First Quarter Moon. PLEASE CLICK ON "Star Party & Activities" BUTTON ON OUR WEBSITE HOME PAGE TO LEARN DETAILS AND SCHEDULES.
Gus Romano or his delegate “host” a dutch-treat dinner gathering for members and friends of CCAS each CCAS meeting night (before the meeting) at the South Yarmouth Hearth & Kettle restaurant at 5:45pm; (the meetings begin at 7:30 at D-Y.) The speaker for each meeting is always invited. Please join the group to dine and talk about all things interesting, including astronomy, this month. The H&K is at 1196 Rte 28, South Yarmouth, about a half mile west of the Station Avenue/Main Street intersection with Rt 28 (traffic light).
As always, public welcome. Please join us.
At certain times of year and with certain planets, apparent retrograde motion is an interesting phenomena we can enjoy observing over many days and share with others. We will discuss how to predict these opportunities from a planetarium or sky simulation app or a planetary ephemeris. Not all retrograde motion planet trajectories look alike, and factors affecting the type of trajectory will be explained. For those inclined to do the math, there is an easy way to generate quantitative information on a planet's trajectory. Some hints will be offered for those who want to document a retrograde trajectory using astrophotography.
Jim Lynch, CCAS President, assisted by Mike Hunter, Vice-President, is our present Program Chairman. Please contact Jim or Mike or info@ccas.ws if you have any leads on speakers for upcoming meetings. For sure we will follow up.
Members, PLEASE participate in the effort to recruit good speakers to present programs in astronomy and related sciences at our meetings. or, even better, volunteer to give a talk yourself!
Thanks to upcoming speakers for agreeing to present.
To find out more, or ask any question, send an email to info@ccas.ws. The email site is monitored daily and you will soon receive a response! Thanks for contacting us!