Huge Solar Solar Flare

YCAS member Mike Wenz imaged the below solar flare on the edge of the sun April 16th, 2012.. Image taken on 4/16 at 1:30 pm through a PST 40mm telescope with a DMK21AF CCD camera. See video and Read more at: NASA/SDO

YCAS Speakers available

YCAS is available for educational and speaking engagements. YCAS speakers are members on a volunteer basis and therefore limited to evenings and weekends. Contact YCAS at: E-Mail YCAS

YCAS Member Discovers Unknown Asteroids

YCAS member John Sachs has discovered two new unknown asteroids. For more information of discovery and animations see: Discovery

Mike and the Moon

Below is an image of the lunar crater Schiller taken by YCAS member Mike Wenz. It was taken at the YCAS observatory at John Rudy Park in York, PA using the York County's LX-200 telescope and his  DMK21AF04 CCD camera. The images were stacked using around 1000 exposures out of 1500 exposures and processed using Registax. See: Lunar images

Imaging The Moon

Below images by Michelle Wenz showing sunrise on the Lunar surface. Animation was made from Michelle's images. See More here: Lunar Sunrise