Springfield Astronomical Society

10/16/2026

🌧️🔭 FIELD OF DREAMS STAR PARTY — CANCELLED

Unfortunately, due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Field of Dreams Star Party at the Crane Baseball Field scheduled for October 16 has been cancelled. The October 17 rain date is cancelled as well.

We’re disappointed that we won’t get to gather under the stars this time.

A big thank-you to Crane Library and everyone who was looking forward to joining us! ❤️

✨ Keep looking up! We hope to see you at another Springfield Astronomical Society event soon.

10/11/2026

We had a fun evening at Village Meeple Board Game Cafe Saturday night! In spite of being in a very light polluted area, we were able to share views of Saturn, The Coathanger asterism, and the Ring Nebula (M57) with a good turnout of people, as well as discussing astronomy with them, and showing some astro photos. We had several club members and scopes present as well as a couple of slide shows. Thanks to everyone who attended!

10/06/2026

AL LIVE!
Friday October 30, 2026
7:00 pm EDT

host Terry Mann
featured speaker: Dr. Shane Larson, "Zombie and Vampire Stars: Tales from the Stellar Graveyard"

also with
Chuck Allen
John Goss
Laurie Ansorge and
Scott Roberts

10/06/2026

🌙🔭 We're popping up at Village Meeple! 🔭🌙

Join the Springfield Astronomical Society on Saturday, October 10, from 7–9 p.m. for a FREE evening of stargazing in the Village Meeple parking lot! ✨

Whether you're brand new to astronomy or already love exploring the night sky, come hang out with us, look through our telescopes, and see what the universe has in store! 🌌

And while you're there, check out all the space-themed fun Village Meeple has planned! 🚀

📍 1570 E. Battlefield Rd., Suite F
🗓 Saturday, October 10
⏰ 7–9 p.m.
🔭 FREE stargazing!

We can't wait to see you under the stars! ✨

Become remote Space Invaders and Moonrakers from 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, during our pop-up observatory with the Springfield Astronomical Society in the Village Meeple parking lot! You can pretend you're a Moon Bunny or Galaxy Trucker for the evening! We're running out of space-themed board game puns!

09/23/2026

🌟 SAVE THE DATES! 🌟

We have lots of opportunities coming up to get outside, look up, learn about astronomy, and enjoy the night sky! 🌌🔭

Go ahead and save these dates to your calendar, and watch for additional details as each event gets closer.

The Dark Sky Festival is not an SAS-hosted event, but shared as a community recommendation. 🙂

Please note that our October monthly meeting will be held at the Brentwood library 👀 instead of the usual Library Center.

09/20/2026

Some pictures of last night's International Observe the Moon night by our friends at Mile 6 Taproom. It was a fun evening of observing and talking about astronomy with the public!

09/20/2026

Some pictures of our telescopes at the September 19, 2026 International Observe the Moon Night at Mile 6 Taproom. We had a great night of sharing views of the Moon, and a few other objects, with the public, as well as discussing astronomy, and answering astronomy related questions.

We had several scopes of various types, and a good turnout of people to look through them. It was a fun evening of sharing the night sky, and introducing people to astronomy!

09/19/2026

Some pictures from our Clever Library star party.

09/19/2026

Clever Library Star Party September 14, 2026.

We held our annual Star Party at the Clever Library on September 14, 2026. The temperature was pretty high, but the sky was mostly clear, and we were able to observe the Moon and Venus early, as well as some star clusters and nebula after it got dark enough, and even Saturn before the end of the event.

We had quite a few telescopes, mostly dobs and newts, but also a mak, a Library Telescope, and even a radio telescope!

Here are some pics of our set up prior to the start of the event.