After the sun goes down, check out the sky show just above the western horizon. Image to the right and bottom are from our good friends at Sky and Telescope.

Open Telescope Night

June 7, 2013

Lamping Homestead Campground

We will make a return visit to the Lamping Homestead Campground, which is part of the Wayne National Forest, for an Open Telescope Night from 9 - 10:30 PM on Friday, June 7. We will have several telescopes and binoculars looking at Saturn, and some beautiful deep-sky objects.  This event is part of the Play Outside Weekend programming put on by the Wayne National Forest

The Lamping Homestead Campground has the darkest skies in the state of Ohio. We fully support their efforts in creating a "Dark Sky Park" and look forward to our next program there. It is definitely worth the trip!

The Lamping Homestead Campground is located on S.R. 537, 2 miles from S.R. 26 (approximatedly 35 miles from Marietta). GPS Lat/Long coordinates for the area are 39 deg 37' 32" / 81 deg 11' 16".

Star Walk on The Ridges

June 8, 2013

8:30 PM

Meet us in front of the Kennedy Museum on The Ridges at 8:30 PM. We will take a hike up to Radar Hill to view the late spring constellations and early summer constellations. Bring a flashlight and good walking shoes for the trip up and back.

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels.

43rd Annual Apollo Rendezvous

June 7 - 8, 2013

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

The Apollo Rendezvous Star Party is sponsored by the Miami Valley Astronomical Society. It is a wonderful gathering for all levels of amateur astronomers. It kicks off our star party season here in Ohio! Make plans now to head over to Booshoft Museum of Discovery (2600 DeWeese Parkway, Dayton, OH 45405).

Open Telescope Night

June 14, 2013

9 - 11 PM

We will be up on The Ridges for this Open Telescope Night. We'll have telescopes and binoculars focused on the waxing crescent Moon and Saturn. Look for our signs as you turn off of Route 682.

This event is weather dependent. Clouds/rain cancels.

Safe Solar Viewing at the

Athens Farmers Market

10 AM - 2 PM

June 15, 2013

We will be at the Athens Farmers Market (located at the Market on State) from 10 AM to 2 PM with our specially equipped telescopes showing folks solar prominences and sunspots. Stop by for a close up look at our very own star!

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels.

Our Elegant Universe 

Chautauqua Institution

June 23 - 29, 2013

The Chautauqua Institution (One Ames Ave., Chautauqua, N.Y. 14722) provides a summer of educational opportunities on a variety of subjects. They are opening their summer season with the theme, "Our Elegant Universe." They have some great lecturers coming to talk about our universe. Hear Columbia University theoretical physicist Brian Greene, author of The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos, talk about superstring theory. Kobie Boykins, an engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will speak on the immediate and distant future of unmanned space exploration. There will be stargazing opportunities in the evening. If you have summer plans that take you to western NY, this would be worth a side trip!

Open Telescope Night

July 13, 2013

9 - 11 PM

Meet us up on The Ridges! We will be focusing our telescopes and binoculars on the waxing crescent Moon and Saturn. Look for our signs as you turn off of Route 682.

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels.

StarWalk on The Ridges

August 10, 2013

8:30 PM

Meet us in fron of the Kennedy Museum on The Ridges at 8:30 PM. We will take a hike up to Radar Hill to view the summer constellations. Bring a flashlight and good walking shoes for the trip up and back.

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels. 

Safe Solar Viewing at the

Athens Farmers Market

August 17, 2013

10 AM - 2 PM

We will be at the Athens Farmers Market (located at the Market on State) from 10 AM to 2 PM with our specially equipped telescopes showing folks solar prominences and sunspots. Stop by for a close up look at our very own star!

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels.

Open Telescope Night

August 17, 2013

8:30 - 10:30 PM

Meet us up on The Ridges! We will be focusing our telescopes and binoculars on the waxing gibbous Moon and Saturn. Look for our signs as you turn off of Route 682.

This event is weather dependent - rain/clouds cancels.

Safe Solar Viewing Days and

Open Telescope Nights at the

15th Annual Paw Paw Festivel

September 13-15, 2013

Lake Snowden, Albany, OH

We will be at the Paw Paw Festival with our specially equipped solar scopes during the day and with regular telescopes at night showing folks sunspots, solar prominences and the waxing gibbous Moon. Stop by our booth while you are enjoying the festival!

Most events are held in conjunction with the Ohio University Department of Physics and Astronomy.