SCCC Astronomy Club

Hello everyone, I just launched a separate Facebook page as the NASA JPL Solar System ambassador volunteer. If you are interested in receiving daily news regarding NASA, give a thumbs up. Thank you very much everyone. :) https://www.facebook.com/NASA.JPL.SSA/

Here’s the eastern standard time where blue moon occurs. At 7:51 AM. Take pictures if you can and send it to us

Happy New Year everyone Have a great year ahead #2018 #welcome

Merry Christmas everyone Even Though it's 24 hours late LoL.. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas... Cheers

Hello Everyone, Congratulations for finishing another great semester. I'm posting this status to give a big shout out for our club officers and members for their hard work and contribution. As the end of another semester, I like to reflect some amazing memories we gathered so far. First we became proud members of NASA night sky network Then we were able to host two stargazing nights for college students, faculty and public Also we participated at the Custer Institute Ja...mboree. Plus we started to plan our trips, events and STEM projects for next semester. I'm so happy and proud of our dear club officers and members for doing such an amazing job Especially, I'm proud of the club officers who put lot of hard work and did such a great job even with their hectic class schedules You guys are the best And of course not to forget our club adviser Prof.Pappas for helping our club all the time So good job guys. It was a great semester indeed. Let's keep our club shinning in 2018 as well Have a wonderful and safe holidays See you all next semester. Cheers!!! Much Love, Malmi K.

Hello guys, Don't forget about what's coming up this Thursday (Nov.16th) We are having our second autumn stargazing night at 6:30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Make sure to join us and bring friends along too. There will be coffee and donuts as well. Hope to see you all there Cheers!!!

Here's what happened during our first Astro-stargazing night for the 2017 fall semester. We had so much fun observing autumn night sky. We were able to see Saturn, the Andromeda galaxy, an open cluster. We were also able to see some fall constellations as well. If you missed our first event worry not for we will have another event coming up on November 16th where we will have a speech held by Professor Pappas about the Leonid meteor shower, so be sure to join us. The event will be held from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm in front of the Smithtown Science Building. We will continue to keep you updated about our next event.

Hello, Everyone Just want to give you all heads up for our first Fall Semester Event, "Autumn Stargazing night" which will be held on tomorrow (19th October'17) at 6.30 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. infront of Smithtown Science Building. First we will have a lecture from our club adviser and Astronomy Professor Matthew Pappas and then we will start doing our observational night. I welcome all of you to join us . Bring your friends too. You will able to observe t...he beauty of the fall night sky. And there will be food as well. So come and JOIN US!!! Share your space curiosity with us If you have any questions please feel free to contact us through our club email [email protected] or via Facebook. Thank you so much for your interest. we are looking forward to see you all tomorrow. Until then, MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!! Best regards, Malmi Kiriwandalage.

Hello Everyone, Here's the link to access to our club through the NASA Night Sky network. We will be updating our upcoming events and club activities on the network as well. Thank you for being part of our club. The link :- https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club-view.cfm?Club_ID=1844... Thank you, Malmi K.

I'm extremely happy and proud to share that my SCCC Astronomy Club, today officially became a member of NASA NIGHT SKY NETWORK. The network will be a great opportunity to me and my current club members where we will get a training for bringing astronomy to the public and get to talk to NASA Astronomers and Scientists live stream and many more. With the help of Network we will be hosting big Astronomy events in near future. As I will be graduating end of this academic year, I...'m stepping back and let our current club President Lakshya Kathuria to be in charge as the Night Sky Network Coordinator along with our club advisor Prof.Pappas. Just wanna say that I'm really happy and proud of this accomplishment. Especially because this is a huge step for our club. All my year long hard work is finally paid off. But this accomplishment is not my own, I want to take a moment to thank our club advisor, Prof.Matthew Pappas for being there for us everyday. Without his guide and direction, I'm pretty sure we won't able to get where we are now. And of course my soul sister and my bestie who was always there for me, Brittney Herold our club founder and first President, I can't thank you enough for building SCCC Astronomy club in the first place and bringing the best to it. As Prof.Pappas said, you are truly an energy ballI love you so much and miss you everyday. Keep shinning my love Soon, I will upload the link to access to our club through the NASA night sky network. Stay tune for our upcoming events as well. Thank you for the love and support. Keep reaching to stars Best Regards, Malmi Kiriwandalage, (Former President of SCCC Astronomy Club).

Hello Everyone How are you all doing . I hope you all had a nice weekend. Just want to give you guys heads up about Wednesday club meeting. This week we will be meeting on Room 201 at 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM in the Smithtown Science building. Unfortunately, new elected officers will not be attending the meeting because due to the required Officer Advisor meeting at that time. However we will still be attending the planetarium and there will be lunch served as well. So I hope... to see you attend the meeting, and to also bring friends along with you as well. Until then MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!! (Like us on Facebook:- @SCCCAstronomyClub) Cheers~ Janelle Granados, (Secretary of Astronomy Club) Enjoy the Astronomy picture of the day Massive Shell-Expelling Star G79.29+0.46 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

The real reason for Solar Eclipses

Best shot I could get with my phone. Not bad, not the best, but you can clearly see the coverage :)