LVAAS General Meeting at Muhlenberg College

Greg’s interest in astronomy began back in 1985 when he witnessed the apparition of Halley’s Comet.  Currently the internet is ablaze with the recent passage of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, raising awareness for the general public.   Greg will discuss the composition of comets, the six spacecraft that have visited various comets with a focus on organic molecules that have been discovered. 

Founded in 1957, the Lehigh Valley Amateur Astronomical Society (LVAAS) is one of the oldest continuously-operating amateur astronomy organizations in the U.S. The mission of LVAAS is to promote the study of Astronomy and to maintain meeting spaces, observatories, and a planetarium.

LVAAS operates two astronomy sites: The South Mountain site in Salisbury Township is the headquarters of the Society. It has a planetarium with a Spitz A3P projector, a 21-foot dome, meeting space, the Red Shift store, library, workshop space, and three observatories. The Pulpit Rock site near Hamburg is LVAAS's members-only dark sky site. At 1,600 feet above sea level, the site features five observatories and a pad for members' scopes.

Members who receive training on the scopes may obtain keys to the observatories. LVAAS also maintains a rental "fleet" of telescopes that members may rent at low cost. Members also receive access to The Observer, our online newsletter, as well as reduced subscription prices to Sky and Telescope and Astronomy Magazine. If you want to learn more about astronomy and LVAAS, please join us at our next public star party.

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