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Observation Session Canclled. It looks like our observation session for this evening will be clouded out again.The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies changing to cloudy and the Clear Sky Clock looks poor. Our next session will be on May 3rd. On Saturday April 26th the Northeast Astronomy Forum will take place at Rockland Community College in Suffern. Our club has the use of a free balcony space for the show. Anyone interested in helping out at the table to distribute information about the club and free NASA goodies should contact John at astro 'at' catskillsastro 'dot' org. 04 12 08
Observation Session Cancelled. It looks like the observation session scheduled for tomorrow evening will be rained out. Our next session will be on 4/5. 03 07 08
Observation Session Cancelled. It looks like the observation session scheduled for tomorrow evening will be clouded out. Our next session is on 3/1. That session will occur after the movie night at Morgan Outdoors in Livingston Manor. 02 08 08
Observation Cancelled. Today's observation will be cancelled due to bad road conditions near Walnut Mountain. Our next session is on 2/9. 02 02 08
Movie Night. The next indoor dinner and a movie meeting will be on March 1st at Morgan Outdoors in Livingston Manor. The movie to be shown will be announced in the near future. 01 31 08
Total Lunar Eclipse. On Wednesday, February 20th, the full Moon over Europe and the Americas will experience a total lunar eclipse—the last one until December 2010. The eclipse will begin around 8:43 pm EST, with the total eclipse beginning at 9:01 pm. Click here for an animated timetable. [spaceweather.com] 02 19 08
MORNING SKY ALERT. On Friday morning, February 1st, Venus and Jupiter converge in the southeastern sky less than 1 degree apart; they will beam through the rosy glow of dawn like a pair of celestial headlights. It's a spectacular view worth waking up early to see. The February 1st alignment kicks off four mornings of beautiful views as the crescent Moon moves in to join Venus and Jupiter over the weekend. Visit spaceweather.com for sky maps and photos. 01 31 08
ASTEROID FLYBY. Asteroid 2007 TU24 is flying past Earth this week at a distance of only 334,000 miles (1.4 lunar distances). NASA radars tracking the asteroid confirm that there is no danger of a collision, but it will be close enough for amateur astronomers to photograph through mid-sized backyard telescopes. At closest approach on Jan. 29th, the asteroid will glide through the constellations Andromeda and Cassiopeia glowing like a 10th magnitude star. Visit spaceweather.com for celestial coordinates and a low-resolution radar image of the approaching rock. 01 28 08
MOON & MARS. When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look east.  The Moon and Mars are having a beautiful close encounter all weekend long.  The best night to look is Saturday when the distance between the pair shrinks to less than 2 degrees.  Campfire-red Mars so close to the silvery Moon is a sight wonderful to behold. Visit paceweather.com for sky maps and photos. 01 19 08