North Central Kansas Astronomical Society

First two SkyShed Pods™ at the Stan and Sue Creitz Observatory

Image aquired by Todd K. Tuttle 03/23/2023
The first two SkyShed Pods™ are up and operational at the Stan and Sue Creitz Observatory in North Central Kansas. These Pods will house two deep-sky imaging platforms. First light on these platforms will be early spring, 2023.

Great Links:

New Astronomy Project - An astrophotography journey from a light polluted site...
Driveway 2020... - An astrophotography journey from a light polluted drive...
Clear Sky Clock to help determine if the conditions will be favorable for the area.

Cloudy Nights - Great site for equipment un-biased reviews
Light Pollution guide for the North Central Kansas Region and Kansas.
Super Image Map of all 110 Messier Objects from The Arcturus Observatory web site by Cometman.
Listing and links of all 110 Messier Objects from APOD (Astonomy Picture of the Day).
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
International Dark Sky Association

*Unless otherwise noted all images are from the STScI Digitized Sky Survey.

Messier Marathon 2023

The North Central Kansas Astronomical Society will attempt another Messier Marathon for 2023. We are shooting for March 18th, weather permitting, with March 25th as our backup date. We will again have a virtual cooperative effort with astronomers from Kansas and Texas. We'll have our progress posted on our Messier Marathon site Messier site. We may even try a live stream of the event this year! Internet provided by NCKCN, and Cunningham Telephone & Cable & TV