Wonders of the Night Sky Astronomy Programs conducted under the auspices of the Stow Parks & Recreation Department since September 15, 1995
	Website last updated: Friday July 3, 2009 11:20 PM (EDT)

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'Report' - event color coding
Green:	Successful event!
Red:	Canceled due to weather or other conditions
Blue:	Event occurred, but ended early due to clouds
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General Information about our events What you should know - location, time, what to bring, etc.

My Favorite Links Some of my favorite astro-related websites

Lost & Found Did you leave (or find) something on the observing field?

Current & Predicted Weather Latest information from AccuWeather for Stow, Ohio

Accurate World Time Wonder what the official UTC is currently?

Common Names for Deep Sky Objects Alphabetical listing of names commonly used for DSOs

Interactive Star Charts Preset for our location in Stow, but modifiable by you

Downloads Take a look - there might be something that interests you

Moon Phase Calendar below created with TheSky6 from Software Bisque
click anywhere in calendar for Moon Phases for all of 2009

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The photos below were taken during our observing event on 6/22/07
behind Fishcreek Elementary School in Stow where the
Wonders of the Night Sky program takes place nearly every
clear Friday night during the spring, summer and fall.

All photos were taken by, and used with permission of Ray Hyer, fellow member of
The Astronomy Club of Akron, Inc (ACA)

Ray took these shots with a DSLR in almost total darkness with an exposure time of 30 seconds giving the images a
surrealistic quality.  The long exposures are demonstrated by the motion of the people and the total lack of shadows.  Just magical.  Thank you, Ray!

Photo below, left to right:  Meade 102ED APO refractor on a Meade LXD650 German equatorial mount belonging to Jeff Kreidler (who's hand is visible on the focuser), 12" LX200GPS belonging to and operated by Dave Jessie and TMB 130SS on a Celestron CGE German equatorial mount operated by Rosaelena Villaseñor.  The 102ED was viewing Jupiter, the LX200 was on the Moon and the TMB on Venus.  There were many more scopes and mounted binoculars of all types and sizes in use on the observing field.

Photo © 2007 by Ray Hyer
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Photo below:  A gentleman holding his young son up to the eyepiece of the 12" SCT that was still pointed at the Moon.  The phase was almost exactly first quarter which gave a wealth of visible detail at the terminator - the line between lunar night and day - where shadows show craters and maria to best advantage.
Perhaps this young fellow will be the next great astronomer or cosmologist!

Photo © 2007 by Ray Hyer
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More pictures will be posted soon, so come back.

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