The March 18th Society Meeting will be held at the Augustana College John Deere Planetarium at 820 38th St, Rock Island, IL 61201 at 6:30 PM… meeting starts at 7:00 PM https://www.augustana.edu/locations/john-deere-planetarium-and-carl-gamble-observatory
What a great time, and a great example of what we’d like our club to be… helping each other grow in our common interest… astronomy! On the way to the event, at St Ambrose University McCarthy Hall room 003, I picked up a couple dozen donuts to have for munchies at the event… donuts and […]
Hi again! We still have some open times for additional SCT collimation… it’s this Saturday! Here is the list of registered: Sam S Matt N Craig C Byron D Mike D Jeff S 10:00 AM – Rusty C 11:00 AM – John B 13:00 PM – PACMo 14:00 PM – Robert M Let me know […]
Due to weather, we will need to cancel tonight’s open house at our Quad Cities Astronomical Society Jens Wendt Observatory at Sherman Park near Dixon IA. Being out at this dark site gets pretty uncomfortable when the temps are below 20°F and by sunset that is where the temps will be, and will continue […]
Well… the Lunar Eclipse will need to happen without us… We won’t be meeting at the park in Riverdale on Sunday… but don’t forget to take a peek from the warmth of your home! The Lunar event time line is as follows for those of us in the QCA: 8:36 pm Sun, Jan 20 Penumbral […]
In a few days we will have a nice treat to view from here in the Quad Cities. Beginning at 8:35pm the Full Moon will begin to move through the shadow cast by the Earth ultimately resulting in a Total Lunar Eclipse. A Total Lunar Eclipse are typically refered to as a Blood Moon due […]
Thank you so very much to those attending the 2018 Quad Cities Astronomical Society’s Eastern Iowa Star Party! Friday seemed a bit sketchy until David Levy chatted with those attendees present and Grant Harkness and Alan Sheidler stepped up and gave talks on the Wilton School Observatory Project and the 2019 NCRAL respectively… we then topped […]
Excellent event tonight! Thank you to all the Quad City Astronomical Society members that showed up to help! I haven’t counted the signatures in the book, but I’m estimating between 200 and 300 guests attended tonight’s event. I think that’s a record breaker! Folks started arriving around 7:30 PM and like last year, we started […]
On March 14th, 2018, the QCAS will host a tour of their Jens Wendt Observatory to the Iowa Association of Naturalists. This will be an open house style event for the Naturalists. If all goes according to plan, guests will be arriving at the observatory, located at Sherman Park about 6 PM on March 14th. […]
Some images taken by members of the Blood Moon from 01/31/18. These are shoots that appeared in the QC Astromony Facebook Group