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  Bob Peloquin a long time Aldrich Me...

  Bob at his favorite restaurant “The Hangover Pub”

  It’s with great sadness we announce the passing of our friend and longtime Aldrich member Bob Peloquin, Jr.. Bob has been instrumental in maintaining our Oakham Observatory site and helping with plans for the new Aldrich Community Outreach …

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  Aldrich Member Melanie Meadors awar...

  Melanie Meadors

  Aldrich member Melanie Meadors was recently awarded a grant from the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium,which was established by NASA under the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program created by Congress in 1987. The purpose of these grants is to further education in space …

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  Aldrich selected to promote Hubble ...

  Click to see full size image of Hubble Cosmic Reef photo

  In January Aldrich Astronomical Society, Inc. filed an application with the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) to win one of the limited number of 30th anniversary Hubble Space Telescope banners with a special image taken …

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  Check out Venus in Western Sky...

  Venus in western sky over Winchendon MA – Courtesy Jim Zebrowski

  Venus is approximately 26 million miles away, yet when you look at it in the night sky it is by far the brightest object you can see.

  Club president Jim Zebrowski grandson enjoying the view of …

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  Starlink satellites going to be a c...

  Telescopes at Lowell Observatory in Arizona captured this image of galaxies on May 25, their images marred by the reflected light from more than 25 Starlink satellites as they passed overhead.

  The link below is to a recent Astronomy Magazine article (Monday March 2, …

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  Aldrich at W L Chenery Middle Schoo...

  W L Chenery Middle School program in Belmont on Wednesday February 26th with over 200 middle school students attending!

  Below is a picture snapped with a number of people at the program including Bob Phinney (Blue Shirt), Aldrich members Corey Mooney and Jim Zebrowski, and members of …

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  Aldrich Astrophotography Group open...

  The Aldrich Astrophotography group will be opening a new exhibit at the Gardner Museum. There will be an opening reception where refreshments will be served and the Astrophotographers will be present to answer any questions. The reception starts at 6:30 and will go until 8 …

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  Aldrich at Worcester DCU Center for...

  Aldrich members Jim Zebrowski, Dino Tata, Bruce Card, and Kevin Boucher attended the Girl Scout event at the Worcester DCU Center on Sunday 3/1/20. The event was very well attended by an estimated 1,400 scouts and their parents. Our table was very busy during the …

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  Aldrich member Kevin Boucher comple...

  Kevin Boucher with his AAVSO Exoplanet Certificate

  Aldrich member Kevin Boucher recently completed a 6 week AAVSO course which provided him with the basics of how to conduct his own exoplanet observations. With the flood of targets coming in from the currently running TESS (Transiting Exoplanet …

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  Library Telescope Director John Roo...

  Our own John Root was recently recognized in the Holden Landmark for his accomplishments with the Aldrich Library Telescope program. Check out the article using the link below. https://www.thelandmark.com/news/20191119/scanning-heavens-made-easy Continue Reading
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  Aldrich member Kevin Boucher is acc...

  Well let’s first explain what all these NASA acronyms mean.

  TESS means Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TESS will survey 200,000 of the brightest stars near the sun to search for transiting exoplanets. TESS launched on April 18, 2018, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. …

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