Astronomy at Fall'N'Stars 2011

Though the main focus of Fall'N'Stars has been fellowship, the Vanderwater Conservation Area Boy Scout Camping Area offers a good location for observing. The large open field gives lots of room for telescopes, The view is great straight up, and down to about 20° obove the horizon where trees block out local light domes. The horizon is still low enough to offer views of most of the Sagittarius Messiers.

Here, the Fall'N'Stars webmaster has linked to a website called Earth Tools.

"Here I've done my best to locate the Fall'N'Stars site using the limited satellite data. The odd-shaped light green blob, I believe is the main field and several surrounding areas used as part of the Scouts site."

From the Earth Tools website, here is some information pertaining to the site.

Location: 44.3919°N 77.3096°W   ( 44° 23' 30" N, 77° 18' 34")

Astronomical Twilight begins at about 8:45 pm and ends at about 3:45 am on the Fall'N'Stars weekend.

And, of course, there's the ever popular "Clear Sky Clock" for the Fall'N'Stars site.

Click the image for more details...

This weekend brings the first Quarter moon - great for some lunar observing, and it will set soon enough for some great deep sky observing.