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The Lima Astronomical Society has been serving the greater Lima area for over 50 years. We provide a forum for people interested in astronomy to network with other like minded people. We welcome new members and visitors to our meetings and observing events. Please explore our web site to learn more about us.
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The past two weekends the members of the Lima Astronomical Society have had a booth at the Allen County Fair to get the word out and promote the club and Schoonover Observatory.
WLIO TV stopped by and did a video intervue that will appear today with the 6:00pm and 11:00pm Newscast.
We have met many different people in the area that are interested in Astronomy and have a telescope but have never been to Schoonover Observatory. So we are getting the word out.
Tomorrow is Friday so that means Schoonover Observatory will be open for Public Viewing at dark. If you have a telescope that you are unsure about using, then bring it and we will show you how to use it. If the clouds stay away wwe will be mainly looking at Jupiter, Saturn, and a mixed bag of Nebulas, Clusters, Exploding Stars, and Galaxies. Plus there are still Perseid Meteors to be seen until the end of the month.
Please support Schoonover Observatory and the Lima Astronomical Society. Donations are gladly accepted as we are all volunteers of our time, money, and resources. We are a Tax-exempt non-profit organization under tax code 501 (c) (3). Please help us support Schoonover Observstory.
Another big asteroid coming fairly close to Earth. More being found every couple weeks. Does one of these city killers have our name on it?
NASA monitoring 2,100-foot asteroid on track to ‘skim Earth’
A huge asteroid that could be twice as big as the Shard is set to skim past Earth in three weeks time. The monster space rock is called 467317 (2000 QW7) and it will be whizzing past us at 14,361 m…Here is a nice interactive piece on all of the major Moons of our Solar System. It's a couple years old as it doesnt include the most recent additions of new Moons mainly around Jupiter.
Explore the mind-boggling moons of our solar system
Soar through a cosmic menagerie of moons—and learn their long-held secrets—in our interactive atlas.Today is Friday so that means Schoonover Observatory is open for Public Viewing at dark. If you have a telescope that you are unsure about using, then bring it and we will show you how to use it. If the clouds clear away will will be mainly looking at Jupiter and Saturn and a mixed bag of Nebulas, Clusters, Exploding Stars, and Galaxies. Plus there are still Perseid Meteors to be seen.
Donations are gladly accepted as we are all volunteers of our time, money, and resources. We are a Tax-exempt non-profit organization under tax code 501 (c) (3). Please help us support Schoonover Observstory.