A new Supernova is in our night sky! photo credit: Member Bill Brown A new Supernova is in our night sky! This image was taken on May 31, 2023, in Tornado WV, a Bortle 4/5 area and has 4 hours of integration time. The image was captured with a Celestron 11″ SCT with a ZWO 294MC camera.A supernova is what happens when a star has reached the end of its life and explodes in a…
KVAS is hosted an AstroPhotography Weekend at BlackWater Falls on July 14-15 in addition to Astronomy Weekend on Sept 14-15. This is the first-ever Astrophotography centric event in West Virginia! We have an all-star lineup of speakers for the first year for the all-new non-profit organization. The keynote speaker is Nico Carver from Nebula Photos. We will have an opportunity for live planetary viewing from Cypress Island for Saturn and Jupiter along with a presentation…
Work continues! Observatory #3 Project is fully underway. Lorenzo Shortt, an Eagle Scout has taken on the role as the project manager to construct a 15′ Dome Observatory on our site. It will be named after the donators daughters The Verileith Observatory. The Dome was donated by Scott Miller and the concrete was funded by a donation from member Lewis Cook. Members Bill Brown and Aaron Brown installed the electrical conduits. The boy scouts organized…
A luminary vigil was held at the observatory for Leah Strickland from Herbert Hoover by friends after a church star party held on Sat Oct 15th 2022.
Rodney Waugh – November 8, 2021 This Telescope has a long history. It was built in Japan in 1938 by the GOTO Telescope Company for the University of Tokyo. It is a 12” cassegrain reflector F/10 telescope. It was placed on top of a mountain on one of the islands of Okinawa. It was used for astronomy and during World War ll, I am certain it was also used to search for US ships and…
