Astronomy Club

Events:

1st Planetarium Program -  East Penn Planetarium

Night Observation -

Necessary Equipment

  Flashlights (with night filter)

  Star Finders

  Binoculars

  Astroscans

  Warm Clothes

 

Last year (November 18, 2001)  Leonids were great!  Mr. Takacs, Zubi, and I observed from midnight to 6 a.m.  We observed about 90 meteors on Pulpit Rock, but had to leave due to high cloud cover.  We headed east, making two stops to continue our count which ended at home at about 300 meteors.  Did you view this phenomena?  By the way, the Leonids appear each year in mid-November as earth passes through the particles products of the COMET 55P/TEMPEL-TUTTLE.

This is a photo of the observatories at Pulpit Rock.  Click on this site to go to LVAAS (Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society)

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Last updated 10/16/07 22:00

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