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Links will open in a new window now so you can keep your placeholder on ASGH Links! See our page on Astronomy Books Here! Sky and Telescope - On Line. Http:/ www.skyandtelescope.com/. Http:/ www.astronomy.com/. Astronomy Technology Today http:/ www.astronomytechnologytoday.com/. BBC Sky at Night http:/ www.skyatnightmagazine.com/. Sky News http:/ www.skynews.ca/. Astronomical Society of New Haven, Connecticut http:/ www.asnh.org. Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. http:/ lhastro.org/. Cherry Spring...

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LHAAC and MAS members repair telescope | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. LHAAC and MAS members repair telescope. November 1, 2014 3:00 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Your email address will not be published. You may use these. A href= title= abbr title= acronym title= b blockquote cite= cite code del datetime= em i q cite= s strike strong. Member published in Astronomy Technology Today. Work on the Observatory telescope nears completion. News From New Horizons Spacecraft. New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Pluto.

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News From New Horizons Spacecraft | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. News From New Horizons Spacecraft. November 19, 2015 1:52 pm. The New Horizons mission to Pluto was a complete success. On July 14, 2015, the spacecraft flew past Pluto at 7 miles per second and took thousands of photos and measurements. Over the next month a few hundred low-resolution images were returned to Earth. (Images and lots more information about the mission here. Where’s New Horizons now? Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. New Milford, CT.

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Observatory repaired | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. August 1, 2014 3:00 pm. Member Shef Robotham does some repairs on the observatory roof. The observatory at White Memorial was built in 1996 by the Mattatuck Astronomical Society and has been showing signs of age. In November, 2013, members of MAS and LHAAC got together to repair the rails for the roll-off roof. We believe those repairs will outlive most of us. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Your email address will not be published.

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Presentations | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. Download (PDF, 3.63MB). Accompanying doc file for the presentation notes. Download (PDF, 3.75MB). Download (PDF, 1.7MB). Download (PDF, 4.87MB). Download (PDF, 10.34MB). Download (PDF, 8.85MB). Download (PDF, 6.85MB). Download (PDF, 900KB). Download (PDF, 358KB). Member published in Astronomy Technology Today. Work on the Observatory telescope nears completion. News From New Horizons Spacecraft. New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Pluto.

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Unusual Comet Survives a Fiery Plunge | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. Unusual Comet Survives a Fiery Plunge. February 21, 2015 5:24 pm. To view an animated image sequence of the comets trip around the sun. Unofficially, the icy visitor is being called “SOHO-2875,” because it is SOHO’s 2,875th comet discovery. Most comets that SOHO sees belong to the Kreutz family. 8220;Non-group comets like this appear a few times a year, so in that sense it’s not. Can I see it, or will I be able to see it, from Earth? But I a...

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Beginner Resources | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. Club member Denis Williamson gives a well received lecture on Astronomy 101. Getting started in astronomy. Some free and paid resources on telescope selection, astronomy software and tutorials for the beginner and intermediate astronomer. 8211; $9.99 for the basic version. 8211; Free; an outstanding planetarium program for simulating the sky, it can also control a computerized telescope. Deep Sky Wonders, by Sue French. Turn Left at Orion.

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New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Pluto | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Pluto. June 15, 2015 10:48 pm. Why is Pluto weird? Next, Pluto is much brighter than Charon, though they should be made of the same material. Hmm. There’s lots more about Pluto and New Horizons in NASA’s Pluto toolkit. Leave a Reply Cancel Reply. Your email address will not be published. You may use these. Member published in Astronomy Technology Today. Work on the Observatory telescope nears completion.

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Membership | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. Thank you for your interest in our club. Founded in 1957, the mission of the Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club is to promote the enjoyment of amateur astronomy through education, meetings, and public outreach. We host stargazing events and presentations for schools and community service organizations. Members agree to abide by club by-laws, participate in activities and promote goodwill among the members and public. New Milford, CT.

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About | Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club

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Litchfield Hills Amateur Astronomy Club. Looking up since 1956. The Early History Of The LHAAC. Originally presented by Ward Edgerton. Due to space limitations at the Y.M.C.A., the second group meeting was moved to New Hartford, where William Goodwin demonstrated mirror grinding to a group of 16 people, along with observing the stars and planets through several of his telescopes. A short meeting elected the group’s first officers:. Secretary Miss Adeline DeAngelis. Publicity Mrs. Sally Hemingway. John J&...