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This image of M13 was taken from the Paul Castle Observatory, May 24th, 2026. Telescope used was an 8″ Celestron Nexstar GPS using a ZWO ASI2600 camera.

This picture of the Moon was taken from the Paul Castle Observatory. Telescope used was an 8″ Celestron Nexstar using a ZWO ASI2600 color camera.

Alan Sheidler: On Friday February 13th 2026 Ken Boquist, Nate Wirth, the Heggen’s (Randy, Beth and grandaughter Lilly), Randy’s friend Ted Grevas, Bryan Raser and I met at the Paul Castle Observatory to do some observing. Ken set up an … Continue reading →

Alan Sheidler: I conducted an observing session this afternoon at Scott Community College’s Belmont Campus for my Engineering Academy students and for the physics class. There is a huge sunspot right now. The image was taken using Scott’s 12″ LX600 … Continue reading →

Alan Sheidler: There are some nice, big sunspots rotating towards us and I would not be surprised if we get another opportunity for another round of northern lights in the next week. We should keep vigilant for that possibility! The … Continue reading →

On Sunday, October 26th at 8pm, there will be a shared lunar virtual observation via Zoom among NCRAL members. Below is an image of what the Moon will look like at that time, created using LRO lunar satellite data from NASA’s … Continue reading →