Amateur Astronomy Club
Club president Jim Zebrowski presented a talk on the James Webb Space Telescope Wednesday night (11/3) at the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in front of 13 enthusiastic patrons. There were many questions asked both during the talk and afterwards. A number of patrons and library staff joined Jim in the staff parking area after the …
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Aldrich President Jim Zebrowski traveled to three Concord schools last week to teach some basic astronomy concepts to the kids using various outreach tools including telescopes. The three schools include Willard Elementary, Thoreau Elementary, and Alcott Elementary. The kids were very enthusiastic at all the schools we had programs at. They all especially loved looking …
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Aldrich members Len DiPinto, Bruce Card, Thomas Lucia, Marsha Wilcox, and Kevin Boucher setup the Astrophotography exhibit this Saturday (10/9) at the Lunenburg Public Library before the opening date of October 12th. The exhibit will be open to the public from October 12th until November 18th. Aldrich member Jim Zebrowski will be giving a lecture …
Pictures for Worcester Public Library Hubble presentation on Saturday October 02, 2021 – good turnout with a family taking out the library telescope right after the talk! Success with 20 patrons attending!
Aldrich members Jim Zebrowski, Bruce Card, and Matt O’Malley participated as guest expert speakers at the Girl Scouts of Central and Western MA “Reach for the Stars” event on Saturday Oct 2nd. The event participants included Girl scouts of many ages along with their parents. Check out the pictures below from the event…
We had a good number of enthusiastic members join Kevin and Bruce at our first Astrophotography class at the Observatory. The purpose of this class was to teach interested members how to use the Mount and Observatory cameras to take pictures of targets in the night sky. Unfortunately even though weather started good and was …
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We had another Star Party at the Aldrich Observatory this past Saturday 9/4 and it was extremely well attended. A great many members brought their telescopes and had them setup for the night sharing views with fellow members and guests. The club observatory was also going all night taking in one amazing target after another. …
Great attendance for our Star Party at Observatory this past Saturday!!! Read More »
Six members of Aldrich Astronomical Society attended the 2021 Space Expo event on Saturday 8/21 at the New England Air Museum. The event had a recorded attendance of around 550 guests based on attendance numbers sent to us from the program director at the museum. Aldrich had 3 large tables provided to us for the …
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We want to share some GREAT NEWS with our members. Aldrich member Jim Tully tied for 3rd prize in the optical competition at the Stellafane Convention. This is an impressive finish in a competition that includes many top notch competitors. Jim ground and finished his mirror in the Aldrich Mirror Workshop. The mirror blank was …
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We had our club BBQ at the Observatory this past Saturday (8/7) and had good weather for the whole event. We had a good 20-25 members and guests attend the event. Everyone enjoyed a feast of Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and many salads and desserts. It was a great opportunity for catching up with some good …
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