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Beaver Meadow Observatory
The BAA currently maintains a dark sky observatory at the Audubon
Society's Beaver Meadow Nature Center in North Java, New York. Here
the Association's varied instruments - including 20 inch Newtonian
Reflector, 14 inch and 8 inch Schmidt Cassegrains and 6 inch equatorial
refractor, along with CCD and video imaging cameras - are available
for use by any member who has received proper instruction on equipment
operation and observatory rules from the Observatory Director. The
observatory is open to the public on the first Saturday of each month
from April through September, rain or shine. At these public nights,
BAA members take observatory visitors on a guided tour of the night
sky. If weather does not allow observing, slides, videotape and
telescope clinics substitute for a clear sky. New members are
encouraged to attend both as spectators and as helpers.
 
The address for the observatory is 1610 Welch Road Java, NY 14113.
For an interactive map showing the observatory's location, click here |
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