Join us for "Astrophotography Night" tonight (10/4) at 7pm. KAS members will share their best images from the past year. You can attend in person at KAMSC or online via Zoom. Learn more at: www.kasonline.org/schedule.html
Check out the special comet-themed issue of our award-winning newsletter, "Prime Focus." Learn some of the science behind comets, great comets of the past 30 years, how to make a comet, how to photograph a bright comet, and much more! www.kasonline.org/primefocus/2...
We are currently getting our Remote Telescope in Arizona back online after the monsoon season. Here's a test image of the Dumbbell Nebula (M27) with the PlaneWave CDK20. It's a 3-minute exposure with the STX-16803 CCD camera. Neat, eh?
Lifetime KAS member Bill Nigg, long-retired and living in New Mexico, captured this image of Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) this morning.
What comes to mind when you think about the number 365? Obviously, that's the number of days it takes for Earth to complete one revolution about the Sun. Currently, it's also the total number of KAS memberships! Thank you to everyone that has supported us.
"Perspectives on Distance," presented by Astronomical League President Chuck Allen during our September General Meeting, is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel. Please enjoy! youtu.be/nVhJKjB1mgc?...
YouTube video by Kalamazoo Astronomical Society
If Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) puts on a fantastic show next month, the KAS will be ready! We have a regular observing session planned for October 12th, as well as a week-long "CometWatch" at Richland Township Park from October 14th to 18th. Learn more at: www.kasonline.org/schedule.html
Tonight's Public Observing Session, the last of the summer, is ON! The Moon, Saturn, and Double Stars of Summer are some of the night's highlights. Gates open by 8 p.m. First time coming? Visit the observing page: www.kasonline.org/observing.html
The Partially Eclipsed Harvest Moon. Taken by KAS President Richard Bell from Owl Observatory at the Kalamazoo Nature Center during greatest eclipse. It is a 1/160-second exposure at ISO 100 with a TeleVue 101NPis, 2x PowerMate, and Canon 6D. Processed with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop.
KAS member Tim Kurtz recently took this image of NGC 1499, the California Nebula, and shared it with us. He used an Askar 71F 70mm f/6.9 refractor, a ZWO ASI071MC-Pro camera, and a Celestron AVX mount. It's a 9.3-hour total exposure (112x300s).
