Don't forget to order your Astronomy magazine calendars for 2025. By ordering them through the club you will save money compared to ordering them direct. Email Dale at dale.flippo@att.net and let him know how many you want.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be participating in a public outreach at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield on Saturday October 5, 2024.

We will be supplying telescopes and astronomical knowledge and sharing views of the night sky with the public. This is always a well attended event, so if you are able to attend with or without a telescope and help us interface with the public please do so!

Hope to see everyone there!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday September 24 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Extreme Stars". Come learn just how extreme stars can be.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be holding an outreach event at the Clever Library Monday evening Sept. 9. We will start around dark, but you will want to arrive early enough to get set up before that. This is usually a fairly well attended event and always fun. Tuesday Sept 10 will be the rain date.

Also don't forget there are two other Astronomy related presentations occurring this week that will be interesting. Sept 10 Professor Mike Reed from MSU will give a presentation on using Asterosiesmology to study Compact Evolving Stars as part of The Institute for Lifelong Learning series from 2:00-3:00PM in the lower level of Drury’s Olin Library. https://www.drury.edu/mature-learners for more info.

On Sept 11 SAS members will be giving a Dark Skies Presentation to the Sierra Club at the Brentwood Library at 6pm. They will be joined by members of the Audubon society who will talk about light effects on wild life.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday August 27 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Big Questions as asked by 6th Grade Science Class". Come learn about important concepts in astronomy and astrophysics.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be holding an outreach at the Moonlight Paddle on August 17 at Fellows Lake near the Marina.

We will be showing attendees the night sky. If you plan on bringing a telescope you will want to arrive early enough to get set up before dark.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday June 25 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Binocular Astronomy". Come learn about observing with Binoculars.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be holding a public outreach Saturday June 22, 2024 at Fellows Lake in conjunction with their Moonlight Paddle event.

The actual paddle event begins at 7:00PM. While it will not be dark by 7:00PM we can probably observe the Moon before dark so we may want to be there by 6:30PM or so. Since the Moon will be very bright there may be very little to observe other than the Moon, plus they are interested in us showing it to attendees as it fits their theme.

The paddle starts at the boat ramp so I am sure they will want us to set up somewhere in that area, but they have not specified exactly where yet.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday May 28 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Lunar History and Observations" by Dale Flippo. Come learn about the Moon and observing it.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be conducting an outreach at Ozark Mountain Adventure this Saturday May 4. This should be a good location and we will be able to drive right up to the set up area, so it will be easy to unload equipment, and load up when we are finished. We can arrive early enough to get set up well before dark. If you are able to bring a scope and help please do, or if you would be willing to help with attendee's questions, and discuss astronomy that would be great as well.

The address is:

1720 Sunset Inn Rd, Branson, MO 65616

Contact Info:

Phone: (417) 527-5646 Email: ozarkmountainadventure@gmail.com

Here are links to their web site and a google map of their location:

Ozark Mountain Adventure

Google map of Ozark Mountain Adventure

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday April 23 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

We will be sharing our Eclipse photos and experiences. You can bring photos on a flash drive or other USB device that we can connect to the Library laptop/projector, or if you would prefer you can email them to springfieldastronomy@gmail.com, and I will add them to a Powerpoint presentation but will let you talk about them if you wish.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday March 26 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse!".

We will be presenting all of the information you need to observe and photograph the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024! Learn about eclipses, the various types, where and how to observe this one and how to photograph it. Get answers to all of your questions!

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday February 27 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Planetary, Lunar and Solar Imaging". Come and get an intro to imaging you can do with simpler equipment even from light polluted areas.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday January 23 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "How to use your Astronomy Equipment". Come and learn how to use new equipment you got for Christmas, or that has been laying around gathering dust for years. Feel free to bring your equipment with you to get hands on assistance.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday November 28 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Buying Astronomy Equipment for Christmas" including Astrophotography Equipment. Come and learn what to buy and not buy either for yourself or someone else.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday October 24 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be Pluto.

Please make plans to attend!

Don't forget the star party at Finley Farms on Friday, October 20th. We are expecting a good turnout, especially with the nice weather, so we can use all of the scopes we can get!

We will have the same parking area as last year reserved for us. There should be traffic control people there during the event. Let them know you are with the Springfield Astronomical Society so they will let you in.

The event starts at 7:30, so plan to arrive well before that. If you think you will be there, please email David Jarkins at davidj657@protonmail.com and let him know.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be co-hosting TWO Outreaches on Saturday October 14, 2023.

The first will be Saturday morning at the Springfield Botanical Center at Nathaniel Greene Park to observe the partial Solar Eclipse. The eclipse begins around 10:30AM, so if you can bring a telescope or help in any way you should probably arrive enough earlier than that to get set up.

The second event will be Saturday evening from 8:00PM until 11:00PM at Wilson's Creek National Battlefield. It would be a good idea to get there and get set up early as they are expecting a big turnout. If you think you can make it email David Jarkins at davidj657@protonmail.com and let him know.

We are expecting large turnouts at both events, so please try to make it to one or both of these events if at all possible!!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday September 26 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday August 22 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "EQ Mounts - an introduction".

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday July 25 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Eclipses - How and Why They Happen" by NASA Solar System Ambassador David Jarkins.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday June 27 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Building a home observatory". We also need to elect/re-elect club officers and collect dues.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday May 23, 2023 at 7:00PM in Room B at The Library Center on S. Campbell in Springfield. The topic will be Solar Eclipses.

We will also discuss our outreach opportunities and events for the partial eclipse this October.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday April 25 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Can I see that? With what telescope?" presented by retired SIU Professor Jesus Alberto Ponce de Leon.

If you are interested in purchasing a telescope or upgrading to a new one this presentation should provide you with very useful information, or if you are just interested in knowing what you can see through various telescopes it will be very interesting! Please make plans to attend!

Also, don't forget to order those club T-Shirts!!

There will be a public observing event at MSU's Baker Observatory this Friday night April 14, 2023. The site is much darker that in town, and the observatory has some very nice telescopes so it will be an interesting evening. Here is a link to the event on their site:

Springfield Astronomical Society T-Shirts & Hoodies are now available! You will only be able to place orders until April 27, 2023 so get your order in!! You can pick them up at the print shop, or have them shipped directly to you. Here is the link to the on-line store:

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday March 28 at 6:30PM (30 minutes earlier than usual) in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The presenter will be Dr. Kevin Evans and he will be discussing the Weaubleau-Osceola impact site.

This will be an interesting discussion about a meteor striking the Missouri area between 335 and 340 million years ago. This meteor impact was estimated to have been caused by a 1,200 foot diameter meteoroid striking Missouri around the Gerster, Iconium, Osceola and Vista region leaving a 12 mile circular structure. It is the largest exposed untectonized impact structure in the US.

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday February 28 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

The subject will be "Comets through the Ages: Mostly Harmful." presented by Stephanie Jarkins. Please make plans to attend!

PLEASE NOTE

- The Library Center contacted us and said there is a possibility they will be closed or close early due to the predicted snow Tuesday evening. IF they DO NOT close will will still meet, if they do we obviously have no choice but to cancel. The did provide a hotline number that you can call to see if they will be closed or not. It is (417) 616-0620.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday January 24 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Hands on Assistance with Astronomy Equipment"

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday November 22 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Buying Astronomy Equipment for Christmas" Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday October 25 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Solar basics and observing" Please make plans to attend!

Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in cooperation with The Springfield Astronomical Society is hosting a star party on Saturday, November 12th from 5:30 until 9:30.

The event will be located at Stop 5 on the park's driving loop

Admission to the park for this event is free

You can find information about the event on the National Park Service website on the NPS Calendar

We will be holding a public outreach at the Clever Library on Monday evening October 3, 2022. There is convenient parking near where we set up and it is a nice location. We normally have a decent public turnout at ths event. Please make plans to attend if you can!

We had a nice outreach at the Highlonesome music festival at Dockley Ranch near Ava Saturday night 9/24/22. Skies were pretty dark, although there were some early clouds, but they mostly cleared out fairly early and the seeing was very steady. With the good seeing it was possible to get very sharp views of the planets and use pretty high magnification. Because of the dark location we were also able to show the attendees some deep sky objects such as M31, M13, M8, and others in addition to Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune. The Milky Way was even visible. Some pictures of our set up are here: FB Post

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday September 27 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield.

Please make plans to attend!

Unfortunately, due to the weather we have had to cancel this event.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will host a Public Astronomical observing event at Springfield Botanical Center/Nathanael Greene Park Friday evening September 2, 2022.

We will observe the Sun and hopefully Sunspots from shortly after 6:00PM until the Sun gets too low followed by the Moon and Saturn and perhaps a few other bright objects later in the evening.

Our last event at The Botanical Center was a great success and we had a huge turnout of about 435 attendees, so we can use as many scopes and people as possible in case we have a similar turnout, so come out and bring a scope if you can!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be selling 2023 Astronomy calendars this year.

They will be $8 for each calendar.

Please pre-order by sending an email to me if you wish to order one (Dale Flippo).

We will order in early October for delivery at that month's meeting.

We will NOT be able to mail the calendar to you, so please pick up your order at the meeting.

This event has been postponed until August 6 due to cloudy weather. Hope to see everyone then!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting a Star Party on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Lillygate Farm, 2827 Cottonwood Road, Rogersville Missouri. It is between Ozark and Rogersville. Come in the driveway and we will park in the field south of the house.

Lilly Gate Farms is just south of the intersection of Farm Road 194 and Cottonwood Road, about 500 feet south at 2827 Cottonwood Road, Rogersville, Mo. Farm Road 194 runs parallel to highway 60, about 3 miles south of it. You can hit Farm Road 194 off Highway NN or off Highway 125. Come in the driveway and go around the house. There will be a sign on the gate where you can drive into the field where we will have the viewing.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday July 26 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday June 28 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Planetary Nebulae" Please make plans to attend!

There are several predictions that there may be a new tau Herculid meteor shower overnight Monday May 31 that may reach "storm" levels and may be the best in decades or even a generation.

Unfortunately, it seems that the event is likely to be a "hit or miss" situation and will either be a very impressive meteor shower, or basically nothing at all, and if it does occur it may last only a fairly short time.

Here is a link to some info:

The Springfield Astronomical Society's May Meeting will be at 7:00PM, Tuesday May 24 in Community Room B of The Library Center on S. Campbell in Springfield, MO. The topic will be "Amateur Exoplanet Detection".

We will also discuss the recent Lunar eclipse and the upcoming tau Herculid meteor shower.

Thursday, May 12, 7:00PM: Science presentation for adults about the JWST from Dr. Stefanie Milam, Deputy Project Scientist for Planetary Science on the mission. She’ll be sharing updates about the calibration and commissioning process and some of the scientific targets planned for the first year of operations.

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/cosmic-explorations/#webb

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting a public outreach/observing event at the Springfield Botanical Center in Nathaniel Greene/Close Memorial Park on Saturday May 7 at 7:00PM. We will be discussing astronomy, observing and telescopes with the public as well as observing the Moon through club member's telescopes. We will be set up on the patio of the Botanical Center.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting a Solar observing event for the Springfield Wonders of Wildlife (WOW) school at Springfield Lake Park (Northwoods Pavilion area) from 12:30PM-1:30PM on Saturday May 7. If you have a scope with Solar filter and would like to help it would be appreciated! It would probably be a good idea to arrive around Noon to get set up.

We will have a Hydrogen Alpha scope at this event as well which is another good reason to come and help. If you have not observed the Sun through a HA scope it is very interesting and you can see more detail than with a conventional white light filter.

The next presentation in the Springfield Greene County Library's "Discover Exoplanets" program is scheduled for Sunday, May 1st at 2:00PM.

NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador David Jarkins will explore the history of the search for life, what we have learned from previous missions and where we have the best chance of finding life in our solar system.

Library Station - Frisco Room

2535 N. Kansas Expressway

Springfield, MO 65803

The next presentation in the Cosmic Explorations Speaker Series hosted by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is "Investigating the Origins of Life." This online presentation is scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. CDT.

A link to an overview of the presentation and links to the presentation are at:

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/cosmic-explorations/#origins

The Springfield Astronomical Society's April Meeting will be at 7:00PM, Tuesday April 26 in Community Room B of The Library Center on S. Campbell in Springfield, MO. The topic will be "George Ellery Hale - Builder of Giant Telescopes".

There will also be a constellation of the month presentation about Ursa Major, and we will discuss some upcoming public outreach events

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday March 22 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Cellphone Imaging of the Sky, featuring vistas of the moon, planets, constellations, and educational applications of the images."

Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday February 22 at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell in Springfield. The subject will be "Navigating the Night Sky" and will give some advice to help you find your way around the sky and how to find objects that you would like to observe.

Please make plans to attend!

Here is an on-line seminar by an SIU professor that might be interesting.

We are going to have the first Physics Seminar this Friday. Our new faculty Dr. Corinne Brevik will talk about light pollution and astronomy. Please join us at 4 pm on Friday, Feb. 18th, and feel free to distribute to interested people as well. See the flyer for the abstract and the Zoom link is here:

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Title: Light Pollution: How industrialization limits our ability to do ground-based astronomy

Time: Feb. 18th, 2022 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Our next meeting will be January 25th, 2022. This will be our annual ‘Christmas Telescope’ session. If you have questions about how to use your telescope or other astronomy equipment bring it to this meeting.

Also if you have any questions regarding purchasing a telescope or other astronomy equipment or using your existing equipment this is a great opportunity to talk to us one on one and get your questions answered!

The meeting will be at 7:00PM in Community Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell. Please make plans to attend!

There will be NO meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society in December.

Our next meeting will be January 25th, 2022. This will be our annual ‘Christmas Telescope’ session. If you have questions on how to use your telescope, bring it to this meeting.

The Geminid Meteor shower will peak on the night of the 13th into the morning of the 14th. The best time to view will be after 8:00 PM. Around 50 meteors or more may be seen. Look towards the southwestern skies will be the best way to view the meteor shower.

Comet Leonard is now visible with binoculars in the early morning hours before sunrise. It will be in the constellation Bootes, fairly close to Arcturus.

Web link for finder chart: https://theskylive.com/cometleonard-info#position

There are several events coming up in the month of November. A meteor shower and a partial lunar eclipse will occur this month.

The Leonid Meteor Shower will occur during the month. From the 6th to the end of the month, several meteors should be visible.

It will peek on the morning of the 17th. Best time to observe this will be in the early morning hours.

A partial lunar eclipse will occur in the early morning hours of the 19th. It will first be visible around 1:30 AM on the 19th. The greatest coverage, around 97 percent, will occur around 3:30 AM.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting a Star Party on Friday Oct 8, 2021 at 2827 Cottonwood Road, Rogersville Missouri. It is between Ozark and Rogersville. Come in the driveway and we will park in the field south of the house. Saturday Oct. 9 will be our "rain date" if the weather is unsuitable Friday night.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday September 28 at 7:00PM in Community Room A of The Library Center. The subject will be "The History of the Telescope"

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be selling Astronomy Magazine's Deep Space Mysteries calendar again this year. The cost will be $8.00 per calendar which is cheaper than you can get them directly from Astronomy. Unfortunately we can't ship them but you can pick them up at the October or November club meeting or we can meet you somewhere in Springfield. You will need to place your order before October 15. Send a PM in messenger on our FB page, or email fordracer1 at juno dot com to let us know how many you want.

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be holding a public outreach on Saturday Sept. 11 at the Springfield Botanical Center. We will be setting up telescopes for public observing. We will begin setting up about 4:30 and start Solar observing about 5:00PM and will be observing the Sun (and hopefully Sunspots!) until dark, and Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon after dark as well as answering people's questions about astronomy and observing. We will be set up on the patio/roof of the Botanical Center building. If you have a telescope and would be willing to set it up, or would just like to show up and observe and discuss astronomy that would be great! Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday August 24 in Meeting Room B at The Library Center on South Campbell and will begin at 7:00PM. Dale Flippo will be the presenter and the subject will be Carbon Stars.

Please make plans to attend and we hope to see everyone there!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting an "Observe the Moon night" on Friday August 20 weather permitting. Jupiter and Saturn will also be visible. The address is 2827 Cottonwood Road. Rogersville Missouri. It is between Ozark and Rogersville. Come in the driveway and we will park in the field south of the house.

We have a Girl Scout group that would like some help with a "Mission to the Stars" event on Saturday August 14 from 4 to 10 PM at Dan Kinney park on Blackman Road in Springfield. They would like some people with telescopes to attend. I will probably be there for the latter part of the event, but probably can't be there when it starts due to another commitment that day. Jupiter and Saturn and the Moon will be up, but much of the event will be during daylight, so some Solar observing and discussion of basic Astronomy and Telescopes may be in order. Please let me know if you would be willing/able to attend via email at fordracer1 at juno dot com

The IN PERSON July meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be held this Tuesday July 27, 2021 at 7:00PM in Meeting Room B at The Library Center on S Campbell.

This will be our first in person meeting since last year. The topic will be "Summer Skies". Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be hosting a Star Party/Observing Session Friday July 9 at the East Ozark farm. Saturday July 10 will be the weather back up date. This will be new moon night. The address is 2827 Cottonwood Road. Rogersville Missouri. It is between Ozark and Rogersville. Come in the driveway and we will park in field south of the house.

Please RSVP Lane Pierce by leaving a phone message at 630-240-7190 or by email at pierce.lane@gmail.com so he will have an idea how many are attending and also so he can notify you if we have to move it to Saturday due to weather.

The next on-line meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday June 22 at 7:00PM. The presentation will be "Globular Clusters". Please make plans to attend!

Time: June 22, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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The next on-line meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday May 25 at 7:00PM. The presentation will be "Summer Skies". Please make plans to attend!

David Jarkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Summer Skies

Time: May 25, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday May 25 at 7:00PM. Please make plans to attend.

David Jarkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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Time: May 25, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday April 27 at 7:00PM. The presentation will be about binocular astronomy. Please make plans to attend.

David Jarkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday March 23 at 7:00PM. The presentation is titled "Star Names: Lore and Meaning". Please make plans to attend.

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday February 23 at 7:00PM. The presentation will be on the sun titled "Staring at the Sun". We will cover how it impacts our technology, and how we monitor and study it. Please make plans to attend.

David Jarkins is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: November Springfield Astronomical Society Meeting

Time: Feb 23, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday January 26 at 7:00PM. The subject will be "How to Use Your New Telescope". We will have a short presentation on things like aligning your finder, starting with low power eyepieces, etc. followed by a Q and A session. Please make plans to attend.

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The next on-line (Zoom) meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday November 24 at 7:00PM. The subject will be "Buying Astronomy Equipment for Christmas" and will give some advice on what to buy for someone interested in starting the hobby of Amateur Astronomy (even yourself). Please make plans to attend.

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The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday Oct 27, 2020 at 07:00 PM Central Time. It will be a Zoom on-line meeting. If you have not used Zoom before you may want to connect early to configure your camera and/or microphone. The topic will be the Kepler Mission presented by David Jarkins. Here is the meeting link/information:

Hope to see everyone there!

The Springfield Astronomical Society's September Meeting will be September 22, 2020 at 7:00 PM Central Time and will be an on-line Zoom Meeting.

Dale Flippo will be presenting and the topic will be "Buying a Telescope".

If you have not used Zoom before log on 15 minutes or so early to set up your audio and video.

David Jarkins Springfield Astronomical Society member and NASA Solar System Ambassador will be presenting "Our Neighbors Next Door- Alien Life on Europa" via Zoom with the Christian County Library on October 20, 2020.

When most people think of the search for life on another planet, they imagine some kind of intelligent humanoid creature. While creatures like that may exist, it is far more likely that we will find other forms of life more prevalent. The presentation examines what we believe are the requirements for a habitable world, where we have searched, and where we may find life close to home.

To register for this online event go to: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcuceCgqTsqE9dMaZn8-IjoK7HmI0fDYVsy

Comet NEOWISE is now visible in the morning skies. It is just visible with the unaided eye, but easily spotted with binoculars.

Here is a finder chart for this object:

https://theskylive.com/c2020f3-info

Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the Springfield Green County Library have cancelled all activities in their meeting rooms until August 31, 2020.

Once they have lifted the restrictions, we will update this page and let everyone know when the next meeting will be held.

The next meeting of The Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday February 25, 7:00 PM at The Library Center in room A.

The topic will be "Photometry - An Introduction for Amateur Astronomers". Please make plans to attend!

Photometry is the measurement of light. Professional and amateur astronomers use photometry to understand the characteristics of astronomical bodies. This presentation introduces the concept of photometry, how it is used in astronomy, some of the discoveries made, and how an amateur astronomy can make photometric measurements.

This is a high-level, non-technical introduction to the topic. It starts with a description of photometry, provides a short history including the creation of the AAVSO and how professional astronomers use the procedure with an overview on the Kepler mission. The presentation continues with techniques for visual and CCD photometry, and concludes with photometry by amateur astronomers to perform citizen science.

There will be NO meeting for the Springfield Astronomical Society during December.

This will be our annual 'Christmas Telescope' meeting. If you have purchased or received a new telescope and are needing help or information about using it, bring it to this meeting.

The Springfield Astronomical Society are selling 2020 Astronomy calendars.

They normally sell for $13, but we are selling them for $8 per calendar.

If interested in purchasing one, please email me.

The next meeting of The Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday October 22, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at The Library Center (TLC) in Community Room B. Dale Flippo will be giving a presentation on the upcoming transit of Mercury across the Sun.

The Springfield Astronomical Society are selling 2020 Astronomy calendars.

They normally sell for $13, but we are selling them for $8 per calendar.

If interested in purchasing one, please either email me or come to the meeting on Tuesday, October 22nd.

My email is on the 'Contact Us' page.

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

If you wish to receive email updates from the Springfield Astronomical Society on upcoming events, please sign up on our email notification on the 'Need an Account?" link. You do not need to be a member to receive updates.

The next meeting of The Springfield Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday 9/24/19 at 7:00PM in Community Room A of The Library Center on South Campbell.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be co-hosting a public outreach at Nathaniel Green Park this Friday night (9/6/19).

The outreach will begin at 8:00 PM.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

The next meeting of The Springfield Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday 7/23/19 at 7:00PM in Community Room B of The Library Center on South Campbell. The topic will be "Double Stars"

The Springfield Astronomical Society will be holding an outreach event at 8:00PM on Saturday 7/20/19 at the Library in Marionville in conjunction with their Outdoor Movie event. If you would like to bring a telescope you will want to arrive early enough to be set up by 8:00. We should be able to view the Moon and Jupiter. It should be a fun event! Please make plans to attend! Here is a link to the Library's movie event:

We will be holding a public outreach event in collaboration with The Springfield Greene County Library Friday night 7/12/19 from 7-9PM in Sequiota Park. The Library is holding an event in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing and we will be there to discuss the Moon, Astronomy, Telescopes, Observing and related topics and to promote the club. I will be there with a couple of telescopes and some equipment to display. Anyone who would like to help or simply participate is welcome. If you would like to help let me know. I would like to have someone bring a SCT or Mak style scope and I would also like to have a small DOB.

We probably won't get to observe much at this event but it will still be a fun evening of talking astronomy and showing off some scopes and equipment! Please make plans to attend!

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday June 25 at 7:00PM in Community Room A at The Library Center on South Campbell.

We will be discussing the Apollo 11 Moon landing and everyone is encouraged to bring any related memorabilia or interesting related items you have.

We will also be discussing a couple of our upcoming outreach events.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

If you wish to receive email updates from the Springfield Astronomical Society on upcoming events, please sign up on our email notification on the 'Need an Account?" link.

You do not need to be a member to receive updates.

The May meeting of The Springfield Astronomical Society will be this Tuesday, May 28th. It will start at 7:00 PM in the Harrison Room at The Library Center on South Campbell.

The topic for this month will be on summer stargazing.

We will also be discussing a couple of our upcoming outreach events.

Please make plans to attend!

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

If you wish to receive email updates from the Springfield Astronomical Society on upcoming events, please sign up on our email notification on the 'Need an Account?" link.

You do not need to be a member to receive updates.

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

If you wish to receive email updates from the Springfield Astronomical Society on upcoming events, please sign up on our email notification on the 'Need an Account?" link.

You do not need to be a member to receive updates.

The Perseid meteor shower will peak on the mornings of the 12th and 13th. The Moon is at new phase and won't interfere with the shower.

Expect to see at least one meteor per minute.

The next meeting of the Springfield Astronomical Society will be Tuesday August 28th at 7:00PM at The Library Center. Please make plans to attend.

May Calendar

The Springfield Astronomical Society also has a Facebook page. 'Like' us at www.facebook.com/SpringfieldAstronomy

If you wish to receive email updates from the Springfield Astronomical Society on upcoming events, please sign up on our email notification on the 'Need an Account?" link. You do not need to be a member to receive updates.

SERVICE MESSAGE

The website has been restored and I'm in the middle of systematically going through everything to make sure it's "all" working good. If you encounter an error somewhere using the website please contact me -

Richard (at) ScopeTrader (dot) com

Solar Observing Day photos

Astrophoto section and alerting now online

Note:
You must be a member of the SpringfieldAstronomy.org web site to ADD photos, but everyone that visits here can see them.

In addition to this, the website alerting system is up and running.
Anytime NEWS, or ASTROPHOTOS, or any other section of the site is updated, AND you have an account here on SpringfieldAstronomy.org - you will be alerted by email that something is new, along with a link to go directly to the new item posted on the site.

Please be aware that you can adjust your account at any time to receive or not to receive emails. Once logged into the site, just click MY ACCOUNT.

More updates and section to come, so stay tuned!

Richard Harris