Events - Month View

This month‘s meeting will take place on April 3rd at 7:30 at 10 Elm Street, Boxford. The business meeting will come first, followed by a presentation on Deep Sky Observing by Zane Landers. This talk will be about telescopes and accessories for observing deep-sky objects, what you can see, and how you can improve your view with upgrades like flocking and baffling your telescope. I‘ll also touch on what can be seen from a truly dark sky site with regular amateur telescopes as well as eyepieces. Zane Landers is an amateur astronomer and telescope maker from Tucson, Arizona. Since the age of 12, Zane has been building, testing, buying, and selling telescopes, ranging from pocket-sized smart telescopes to 24” and 30” Dobsonians. Zane is currently the lead writer/editor for TelescopicWatch.com, one of the top websites for astronomy beginners looking to get started in the hobby, and is on the board of directors of DarkSky Southern Arizona. The formal event starts at 7:30, but don‘t hesitate to show up at 7 to mix and mingle before the meeting. And please put our meeting of May 1st and June 5th on your calendar, Details to follow.

Moved to cloud date: Weather permitting, NSAAC members will be set up in the back parking lot at the Boxford Commons playing fields. While not an organized star party like we do at other times, you‘re welcome to come join us, ask questions, and get to look through some telescopes. Some members may be working on new equipment setup or astrophotography. If you‘re curious about astronomy drop on by. We usually begin setup around sunset - 7:15 PM. It will be dark enough to observe a little before 8PM. Jupiter will be observable. When you drive all of the way in to the back area please park on the right (east) side of the parking lot as we‘ll be setting up the scopes on the left side of the lot. Please register to be informed of any changes.

If clear, solar observing afterwards. Full details at https://www.parkerriver.org/lectures/the-size-of-our-universe or also https://www.facebook.com/events/1604197020848309/

Dark Sky Week event. Sponsored by Trustees of the Reservation. NSAAC volunteers will set up telescopes for public observing. There will also be twilight dune walks organized by the staff there. See registration link for details.

Weather permitting, NSAAC volunteers will have telescopes set up for public viewing. Organized by the Clifton Beach Improvement Association. Please register at the link below, for more info see: Facebook: https://fb.me/e/6LNaG0Xrm?mibextid=wwXIfr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVTy_IWkTL5/?igsh=MW5rbXVuaGI0MWJiMg== Note: This event is a find raiser for the CBIA, please come out and help support their efforts to maintain the park.