Join us for a brief night of stargazing and expand your geocaching adventures out of the ground and into the sky with some of your fellow geocachers at Einsenhower Park, LI!... We'll be looking at Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and maybe some deep space objects as well... This is a special time to observe these gas giants because Jupiter is approaching opposition in December and Saturn's disk is reaching edge-on making it almost flat as it will be invisible in 2025 (happens once every 30 years)... For this event we'll be using my 10" reflector telescope for most of the observing... This is not an electronic instrument, please be patient as I have to adjust it manually every couple of seconds... If you have a telescope you'd like to bring that will be ok as well... We will meet at the posted coordinates and Parking is available feet away (see parking waypoint)...
Obviously the weather is a factor... If the conditions are not adequate for observing, the event will be postponed for the following Sunday... If your planning on attending, keep posted for up to date information on this page...
This is my fourth Astrocache event that I'm hosting and happy to bring it to Long Island for the first time... I have a passion for astronomy and we love Geocaching... We are very exited and looking forward to see you there... Thx for looking and like alwayz, Happy Geocaching!