Black River Astronomical Society

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Black River Astronomical Society Serving amateur astronomers in North Central Ohio since 1949. We also like to help new astronomers with equipment use and observing instruction and hints.

Regular meetings are the first Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm, usually at the Lorain County Metroparks Carlisle Visitor Center. Meetings include coverage of current observing opportunities, a constellation of the month, and a program of astronomical interest. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. We also host night time observing sessions at the John D. Nielsen Observatory at the southern entrance of the Carlisle Reservation, just south of the Equestrian Center. See our web page for our latest calendar of events.

The Black River Astronomical Society will host a star party this weekend at Showse Park, right on the lake in Vermilion....
10/16/2026

The Black River Astronomical Society will host a star party this weekend at Showse Park, right on the lake in Vermilion. However, WE ARE CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT, Friday the 16th due to heavy clouds and rain. Tomorrow night, Saturday the 17th looks much better, but it will be cold, so attendees might consider winter coats, hats, gloves etc. Depending on where we set up, the grass may be wet so older shoes or boots might be wise.
Showse Park is right on the lake,east of Vermilion at 3406 Edgewater Blvd in the small community of Vermilion on the
Lake. We start at 8:00 p m and run until 10:00. We hope you can join us!
Steve Schauer,President

Mars appeared in the Beehive open cluster in Cancer earlier this week, and in some places, there was an aurora! In Ohio,...
10/14/2026

Mars appeared in the Beehive open cluster in Cancer earlier this week, and in some places, there was an aurora! In Ohio, we had clouds. This is from today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)

A group of members and friends of BRAS were able to get out to Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. Beautiful dark sk...
10/11/2026

A group of members and friends of BRAS were able to get out to Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge in Nevada. Beautiful dark skies where you can easily see the Milky Way with your naked eye, as well as many other objects that we can't see in northern Ohio. Board member Jude Gennari captured these images of the Milky Way, as well as the Constellation of Orion. It was a great time.

Here is Jupiter and its four major moons coming out of being occulted by our Moon this morning, about 5:20 AM. All four ...
10/06/2026

Here is Jupiter and its four major moons coming out of being occulted by our Moon this morning, about 5:20 AM. All four of the Galilean moons are visible here, since Io and Callisto have moved apart in the one hour time span when the system was completely blocked by our Moon.

The start of the occultation of Jupiter and its moons by our Moon early this morning. There are actually four moons in t...
10/06/2026

The start of the occultation of Jupiter and its moons by our Moon early this morning. There are actually four moons in this image, but two of them, Io and Callisto, were really close together. Compare this with the end of the occultation image in a separate post. Click on the image to see the moons more clearly. The view through John Reising's telescope was incredible!

10/06/2026

Here is a quick video of Jupiter going behind the moon.

A close-up image of just before the lunar occultation of Jupiter this morning from Jude Gennari. Anybody else able to ...
10/06/2026

A close-up image of just before the lunar occultation of Jupiter this morning from Jude Gennari. Anybody else able to see it?

I hope everyone was able to check out the lunar occultation of Jupiter. Here is an image from this morning by board mem...
10/06/2026

I hope everyone was able to check out the lunar occultation of Jupiter. Here is an image from this morning by board member Jude Gennari. He captured this shot just after Jupiter reappeared from behind the Moon, with Jupiter and it's four moons, Europa, Callisto, Io, and Ganymede just below the planet. Clear Skies.

We will have an interesting speaker at our General Meeting this Wednesday (10/7). Bill Reed who is a member of NASA’s Sp...
10/05/2026

We will have an interesting speaker at our General Meeting this Wednesday (10/7). Bill Reed who is a member of NASA’s Speakers Bureau
will speak on “A History of UFOs since World War II” . Our monthly meetings are always open to the public and there is no charge. This month we meet at the Lorain County Metro Parks Sandy Ridge Reservation 6195 Otten Road, North Ridgeville, Ohio and we start at 7:00 PM.
Steve Schauer, President

Get up early on Tuesday and look to the east for the occultation of Jupiter at 4:20 AM.
10/05/2026

Get up early on Tuesday and look to the east for the occultation of Jupiter at 4:20 AM.

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12882 Diagonal Road
Lagrange, OH
44050

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