Greetings fellow astrophiles!

I’m happy to announce that Bob Piekiel will be hosting a free observing session at Green Lakes State Park on Friday, July 26th (with the 27th as a weather-alternate). Any interested CNYO scope owners planning on attending (with their scopes, that is) please drop me a line at observing@cnyo.org for the head count (will remind by email before the event). Everyone else, just show up!

The night’s observing feast includes Venus in the early evening, Neptune 1/2 hour before the Moon rises at 11:00 p.m., and Saturn, our prize object for the year, visible throughout. Clear skies pending, it is possible we might even see some of the early part of the Delta Aquarid meteor shower. Additional details are available in the flyer below (click for a full-sized image for printing and distributing).