Comet Hartley 2, 103P/Hartley, is a small periodic comet with an orbital period of 6.46 years. Next appearance will be April 20, 2017
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Laurie Abadie
On March 8, we held a special presentation with Guest Speaker, Laurie Abadie a NASA Human Space Flight Specialist.
Barnard’s Star
Barnard’s Star is a very-low-mass red dwarf about six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus.
NGC 869
NGC 869 is an open cluster located 7600 light years away in the constellation of Perseus.
M1 The Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula, M1 or NGC 1952 is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.
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TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 at 7:30pm, with a very timely topic, Mike Stafford, returns to the Martz-Kohl Observatory to help us understand solar physics
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