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Public Night Sky Observing Event 3/23

March 8, 2018 admin Comments Off

Salem Glen Winery 5211 60TH AVE SW, Rochester, MN 55902 Friday 3/23 8:00-10:00 PM Public Sky Observing of the young Moon, planet Venus, bright stars, double stars, and more by telescope with guidance members of the Rochester Astronomy Club. Observing will be on the patio and parting areas at Salem Glen Winery. In case of a cloudy weather there will […]

Next Outreach Meeting 3/15@ 6:30 PM

March 8, 2018 admin Comments Off

Time: Thursday 3/15 2018 6:30 PM Location: Collider at Conley-Maass Building (Large Conference Room) Address: 14 4th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902 https://goo.gl/maps/6QRGJXWvGX62 Meeting instructions: Please, enter by back door of the building on opposite side of the restaurant Bleu Duck Kitchen. Door will be open at 6:15 PM. If closed call 507-319-0641

Next Club Meeting – March 13th @ 7 PM

March 8, 2018 admin Comments Off

RCTC Room EA121 851 30th Ave SE Rochester MN 55904

The 32nd Annual Okie-Tex Star Party is September 12 – 20, 2015.

February 25, 2018 admin Comments Off

by Dean Johnson Go to http://www.okie-tex.com/ for more information. Last September five of us from the Rochester Astronomy Club traveled to the Okie-Tex Star Party, one of the biggest in the nation and we did it in style. Club President Randy Hemann lined up a very nice RV that his neighbor generously donated for a small fee and Vice President […]

Humanity Star

February 25, 2018 admin Comments Off

On January 21, 2018 rocket Electron on it’s second test launch from New Zealand successfully reached orbit. One of the payload was satellite Humanity star, which should be visible on the sky for less than a year. Wikipedia says: Humanity Star is a passive satellite, a geodesic sphere similar to a disco ball about 1 metre (3 ft) in diameter, […]

Reflections on Star B-Q 2014

February 25, 2018 admin Comments Off

Published at https://rochesterskies.org/aNew/newsletter/rac-newsletter-2015-q1.pdf by Josef Chlachula On Saturday, October 25, 2014, it was a beautiful day in Rochester; quite warm with an azure blue sky. It was a perfect day for garden work in a T-shirt. That afternoon I decided that I would spend the upcoming night at a Star B-Q. If I understand it correctly, it was already the […]