Every year the Custer Institute and Observatory holds its annual 3-day Astronomy Jamboree in Southold, NY.
Come one day or all three!
Schedule of Events
Fun for the whole family! Not to be missed!
Friday, October 9, 2015
Thursday, October 1, 2015
Super Moon Lunar Eclipse - September 27, 2015
Super Moon Lunar Eclipse
September 27-28, 2015
Southold, NY
September 27-28, 2015
Southold, NY
On September 27 there was a Lunar Eclipse with the Moon at Perigee. The Moon was 14% larger then we normally observe it because it is at its closest approach to the Earth in its orbit.
Blue Moon - July 31, 2015
Blue Moon
July 31, 2015
Fire Island, NY
On July 31st we had a second full moon for the month which is known as a Blue Moon. Anytime there are two full moons in a month the second one is known as a Blue Moon.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Aurora Borealis from Long Island, NY
Aurora Borealis seen from New York
Cedar Beach, Mt. Sinai, Long Island, NY
June 23, 2015
On June 22, 2015 Space Weather Live put out a KP index of 7. In order to see an Aurora from Long Island the KP index needs to be a 7 or higher. I saw a reading as high as KP8.67 in the early morning hours of June 23, 2015. Although the Aurora was not seen visually I continued to take photos of the dark sky in hopes of capturing something of the Aurora. It is rare to capture and see an Aurora from Long Island, NY. Although the seeing was not optimal I was able to capture enough of the Aurora to confirm it from Long Island.
Special Thanks to Elias Bonaros for the Aurora alert and help confirming the final Aurora photos.
The following photos were taken between one and two am in the morning.
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| 1:15am Some green above the Sky-glow of Connecticut. |
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| 1:24am - Some dark pupleish-red appears visible above the green of the Aurora |
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| 1:27am - The Aurora appears in the north under the Constellation Cassiopeia. |
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| 1:45am |
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| 1:46am |
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| 1:47am |
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| 1:48am |
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| 2:08am - The Aurora seemed to dissipate after 2 am. Green no longer seen above the Connecticut sky-glow. |
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
NEAF: Northeast Astronomy Forum
NEAF: Northeast Astronomy Forum
Rockland County Community College, Suffern, New York
April 18, 2015
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| NEAF Exhibition Floor |
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| NEAF Exhibition Floor |
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| Telescopes for Sale |
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| The Planets |
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| Lecture: New Horizons to Pluto |
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| Dark Star Enterprises - Fossils and Meteorites |
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| Dark Star Meteorites |
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| Dark Star Fossils |
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| Space Suites |
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| Allende - Chihuahua, Mexico - Fell February 8, 1969 |
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| Allende - Chihuahua, Mexico - Fell February 8, 1969 |
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| Monze - Zambia - 1950 |
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| Sikote-Alin - Siberia, USSR - February 12, 1947 |
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| Sikote-Alin - Siberia, USSR - February 12, 1947 |
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| Boxes of Meteorites |
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| Rizalites |
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| Gibbeon Meteorite - Namibia - Found 1838 |
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| NEAF Exhibition Floor |
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| Solar Observing at NEAF |
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| Solar Observing at NEAF |
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| View through the Solar Telescope |
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| George Lomaga and Joe Rao, NY Weatherman |
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