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Near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter moves away after carrying space shuttle Discovery on its 3.4-mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building...
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The Lima Astronomical Society

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Latest Events

Member's Work Day
May 24, 2008 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm)
(Special) Member's Work Day - Spring cleaning of the Observatory. Routine work to be done on dome, trim bushes, etc. Bring yard & cleaning tools.

LAS Regular Meeting
June 6, 2008 (8:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
(General) LAS Regular Meeting - Topic TBD - Observing to follow presentation, weather permitting.

LACNIP RNNC Steering Committee
June 19, 2008 (9:00 pm - 11:00 pm)
(Special) LACNIP RNNC Steering Committee preview of Schoonover Observatory.

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Podcast: The Hubble Space Telescope Our understanding of the cosmos has been revolutionized by the Hubble Space Telescope. The breathtaking familiar photos, like the Pillars of Creation, pale in comparison to the astounding amount of science data returned to Earth. Hubble's getting old, though, serviced several times already, and due for another mission later this year. Let's relive the historic [...]
Scientific Data Recovered from a Hard Drive that Crashed With Columbia It would be amazing to think that anything could have survived the fiery destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, which broke up above Texas on February 1st, 2003, killing all 7 astronauts. Amazingly, tiny worms survived the break up and crash. And now, data recovery experts announced they were able to salvage scientific data from [...]
Revealing The Undiscovered - Van Den Bergh 149/50 and Lynds Dark Nebula 1235 by Tom Davis Over the past few weeks we've taken a look at some pretty incredible regions of space through astrophotography - Wolf Rayet stars, Thackeray's Globules, tidal interactions and even giant dust clouds bursting with star birth. This time, let's take a look at something so obscure that it might even be the first time [...]
Help Find the Mars Polar Lander NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander is just a few weeks away from landing on the surface of Mars. NASA really hopes that this spacecraft doesn't fallow in the doomed path of the previous Mars Polar Lander. What happened to the Mars Polar Lander? Nobody knows. NASA assumes it's smashed up somewhere on the surface of the [...]
Celestron SkyScout Scope 90 Review When I first saw the Celestron SkyScout Scope 90 appear, I knew that some day, some how I was going to have to get my hands on one of these refractor telescopes. I am fascinated with my Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium and the thought of adding an easy-to-use telescope to it as as system [...]
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ISS Astronaut on Colbert Report The Colbert Report has gone galactic! ISS astronaut Garrett Reisman joked with Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central last night. It's a very fun interview. Laser cannons and alien puppet masters are mentioned. Source: Comedy Central © Nancy Atkinson for Universe Today, 2008. | Permalink | 10 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on [...]
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That's WMAP, Seen from Earth Okay, now astronomers are just showing off. See the three little multicolored dots in the upper right of this image? That's NASA's WMAP satellite, seen from a distance of 1.5 million km. The photograph was taken from the 2.2 meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile. Apart from demonstrating some impressive [...]
Learning to Breathe Mars Air (Video) Talk about dedication! Volunteers in Russia are testing the ability of humans to breathe argon-enriched air, as part of a research program that simulates a manned trip to Mars. Researchers want to know if humans can survive breathing air similar to that found on Mars. Of the experiment one Russian scientist said, "Our [...]
Solution to NASA's Glove Problem Damage is occurring to NASA's spacesuit gloves during spacewalks at the International Space Station. In fact, in August of 2007, astronaut Rick Mastracchio was ordered back into the the space station's airlock when he noticed a hole in his spacesuit glove. Damage had also been found on previous EVAs, prompting NASA to call [...]
Hubble Image of the Colliding Antennae Galaxies (with Video) It's time for another beautiful image from the Hubble Space Telescope. And this time, there's an added bonus… video. The latest images released by Hubble are based on research of the Antennae Galaxies, known as NGC 4038 and NGC 4039. Astronomers used to think that they were 65 million light-years away, but the new research [...]
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Rumor Mill Churns With NASA's Upcoming Announcement This past Wednesday, NASA announced they have scheduled a press conference for next Wednesday, May 14, at 1 p.m. EDT, to reveal the discovery of an object in our galaxy that astronomers have been hunting for more than 50 years. This gives everyone an entire week to speculate, ruminate and in some cases go [...]
The Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: May 9-11, 2008 Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you ready for a very incredible weekend? The action begins on Friday as we take you on a guided tour of the lunar surface. On Saturday, celebrate Astronomy Day with a very special unaided eye sky event and a return to the Moon. No rest for the [...]
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Schoonover Observatory Mini Sky Chart
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Regular Observing Schedule
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Regular Observing Schedule

The Schoonover Observatory in Schoonover Park, Lima (670 N. Jefferson St.) will be open at 8:00pm on the first Friday of every month. This coincides with the regular monthly meetings of the Lima Astronomical Society. The

Schoonover Observatory
Schoonover Observatory
Observatory will also be open from time to time for special events related to sky phenomena taking place at the time. On regular meeting nights, there will be a short business meeting at 8:00pm, followed at 8:30pm by some sort of presentation lasting approximately an hour. Observations will commence thereafter, weather permitting. Everyone is welcome to attend the Society's regular meetings and any special events.

You are encouraged to come to the observatory and look through the 14-inch Celestron telescope housed at that facility. Members of the Lima Astronomical Society will be on hand to operate the telescope and answer your questions. Check the Calendar of Events on our website to see who will be the Host for the evening. (Click View Full Calendar over on the right.)

The staff of Schoonover Observatory is solely composed of the membership of the Lima Astronomical Society. The Lima Astronomical Society is made up of individuals from Lima and the surrounding communities who are interested in the sky. They receive no compensation for managing the Observatory on behalf of the City of Lima and the Park District. Public sessions are a part of the Educational and Scientific basis for the Society's non-profit status.

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