Public Observing sessions are over for the year, we will restart in the Spring.
The Next General Meeting of the Astronomical Society will be held on Monday November 11th at 7:30pm on Zoom. The public is welcome to attend, email president@astrohbg.org for the link.
ASH's Public Observing Sessions
ASH's has public observing sessions planned during the warmer weather months where we open our observatory up for the public to view objects through our telescopes! Please see the public observing page for dates and times! . The Public Observing sessions are held at ASH's Naylor Observatory located at 670 Observatory Drive in Lewisberry PA. The public is able to view celestial objects through telescopes located in multiple observatory buildings. Also be sure to see our meteor collection located in the Asper Building! We can only hold the events when the sky is clear enough to use the telescopes, so if it is cloudy or raining we will have to cancel the session. If we are forced to cancel a session, we will announce it on this website, on the Naylor Observatory Facebook page, or you can call the observatory at 717-938-6041 30 minutes before sunset on the day of the session to see if it is cancelled.
We invite you and your family to visit Naylor Observatory on selected evenings this year. Come and observe the beauty of the moon, planets, double stars, star clusters, nebulae and galaxies with your own eyes through our large telescopes. Admission is free.
Cherry Springs Star Party
The Astronomical Society of Harrisburg is proud to host the Cherry Springs Star Party each spring at Cherry Springs State Park in Potter County, PA, an IDA dark sky park. This star party is a 3 day gathering of more than 400 amateur astronomers and night sky lovers who gather to observe together, listen to speakers, and enjoy each other's company under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi River.
Registration is required to attend the party and is planned to open in March 2024 for the 2024 Cherry Springs Star Party which will take place from June 6th to June 9th 2024 at Cherry Springs State Park - Cherrysprings.org
ASH Membership Benefits Include:
Access to the Naylor Observatory and training on club telescopes
Members only observation times
Monthly Stardust Newsletter
Use of the ASH Library and loaner telescopes / astronomy gear
Access to dark sky sites
Contact the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg
President - Jim Davis President@astrohbg.org
Vice President - Dave Gryger Vice.President@astrohbg.org
Secretary - Vacant Secretary@astrohbg.org
Treasurer - Dayne Eyer Treasurer@astrohbg.org
Mailing address for the Astronomical Society of Harrisburg
Astronomical Society of Harrisburg
P.O. Box 160
Lewisberry, PA 17339