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Seagrave Observatory is wholly owned and operated by Skyscrapers, Inc. We currently have 4 telescopes in operation. See photos of the telescopes here.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Skyscrapers, Inc., the society decided to publish a private book highlighting the history and achievements of the organization's first 25 years. As part of our 75th anniversary celebration, the book is now available in PDF format.

In the mid 1950's, it had been suggested that the Skyscrapers publish a book which would contain important information relating to the society's growth from its birth on Thursday evening, May 5th, 1932, to it's 25th year, 1957. May 1957 being the 25th anniversary of the Skyscrapers, Inc., it was

Join Skyscrapers, Inc. for AstroAssembly 2004, an annual tradition since 1952. Friday night short talks include: Peter Lee, Thomas Crain, Al Hall, and Tony Misch. Saturday afternoon lectures featuring Matt BenDaniel, Ed Ting, Robert Naeye, Anatoly Zak, and Tony Misch. Swap/vendor tables, solar

Skyscrapers, Inc. is a group of people who are interested in the wonders of the sky. Members include knowledgeable amateur astronomers and beginning observers who get together regularly to discuss and learn about the science of astronomy. Skyscrapers was founded in 1932 by Dr. Charles Smiley of

Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews is an independent resource dedicated to the provision of reviews and information about Astronomy and Astronomy equipment. Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews is a fully owned website of M8 Inc. Cloudy Nights Telescope Reviews is edited and maintained by Allister St. Clair

NASA Ambassador, member of the Aldrich Astronomical Society of Worcester will give a presentation titled "Meteorites: Thunderstones from Space! How Space Rocks Help Unravel the Mysteries of Our Solar System."

Join Skyscrapers, Inc. in celebrating National Astronomy Day, all day Saturday, May 10, 2008.

Want to watch a great celestial event without having to wait until late at night or during the wee hours of the morning? Skyscrapers, Inc., the Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island has a special astronomical party for you. Note: The parking lot and grounds of the observatory are stil

Saturday, May 3, 2008 1:30PM to 9:30PM Barrington Town Hall Lawn 283 County Road, Barrington RI 02806

Skyscrapers June 2008 Meeting featured Gerry Dyck and his presentation "Astronomical Motifs in Southeast Asian Drums." Additionally, Nicholas Rodrigues of Printmakers demonstrated a new astrophoto printing service, and Tiverton High School student Nathan Pelletier gave a presentation about the Sun

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Skyscrapers (May5, 1932 - May 5, 2007), a banquet is being held on Saturday , May 5, 2007, 5:30 pm, at the Cafe Romanzo in Coventry. Members who are not able to attend the banquet may arrive at 8:00pm for special presentations by Gerry Dyck and William Penhallow

Mark your calendar for the Skyscrapers Summer Cookout on Saturday, July 10th. The cost is still only $7.50 for all-you-can-eat. Our culinary volunteers need to get a head count to determine how much food and supplies to purchase. Please let me know if you will be attending by responding to this ema

In an effort to photograph the outer corona of the sun and the zodiacal light around the sun in the total solar eclipse of October 1, 1940, Professor Smiley and Arthur Hoag, a Brown University student, traveled to Curema in northeast Brazil. This expedition was jointly sponsored by Brown University

Liquidation sale. All prices reduced. Looking to complete or begin your collection of Astronomy or Sky & Telescope magazines? Look no further. , Skyscrapers has a substantial list of back issues available and is offering a special to members.

Glacier Retreats from Seagrave Observatory, Skyscrapers Members and Guests Observe for First Time this Year

Imformation, photos, and live webcasts from NASA's Deep Impact mission, a first look inside a comet. Where is comet Tempel 1?

If you think the Summer Triangle is a specialty orchestra instrument used for Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, then the next Member’s Night Program is just for you. Skyscrapers will host its second Member’s Night Program on the evening of Friday, July 22. Appropriately we will be exploring the constellat

Adam Jermyn is a 2011 graduate of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, High School, a member of the 2011 U.S. Physics Olympiad Team, a participant at Stellafane, and was recently accepted for admission at Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Caltech, and University of Chicago, Adam is thinking about becoming a cosmologis

When the group now known as "Skyscrapers Inc," met first on May 5th 1932 at Ladd Observatory on Doyle Ave., Providence, Rhode Island, the name chosen" was "The Skyscrapers' Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island." This title was suggested by our first president, the Rev. John G. Crawford.

Transcribed from the original program tape by David A. Huestis, Historian, Skyscrapers, Inc., February, 2005.

Did you know there are two other major observatories open to the public in Little Rhody besides our own Seagrave Observatory?

Skyscrapers annual summer cookout will be held on Saturday July 11th beginning at 3pm. All members and their guests are invited to attend. The cost is only $7.50 per person ($3 for kids under 12) for all you can eat. We will be serving hamburgers, hotdogs, vegi-burgers, clam chowder, corn on the cob

AstroAssembly 2005 is being described by many as the best one that they have ever attended. Featured guests included Bill Sheehan, Jim Head, John Briggs, and our keynote speaker, astronaut Story Musgrave.

With it’s incredible 40-inch refractor, Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay Wisconsin has long been on my list of “those places that I’d love to visit, but just haven’t been able to make it to yet.” At the end of September 2009, I and Dan Lorraine, Jack Szelka, Joe Sarandrea, Jim Hendrickson, Glen

Observing has always been an important part of Skyscraper activity. One of the first opportunities to share this experience came soon after the group was organized, when some members met at Ladd Observatory at 3:00 A.M. to view an eclipse of the moon. In June 1938 Mr. Jack Hoffman took Kodachrom

Skyscrapers' historian Dave Huestis has written a brief summary of the life and achievements of Frank Evans Seagrave to celebrate the sesquicentennial birthday of this great "amateur" astronomer. Our observatory and 8 1/4-inch Alvan Clark refractor was once Seagrave's property, which Skyscrapers pur

Charles Hugh Smiley was born in Camden, Missouri on September 6, 1903. His parents, Hattie (McCurry) Smiley and Herbert Leslie Smiley were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He started school in Glasgow, Missouri; he completed grade school and graduated from high school in Clifton Hill, Missouri in 1919. He

Ten years ago this July, Skyscrapers were both ecstatic and sad at the same time. While we and the world were anxiously awaiting the icy fragments of Shoemaker-Levy 9 to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere, our colleague Brian D. Magaw lost his courageous battle with cancer.

In 2003, Al Hall led a major restoration effort on Seagrave Observatory's Alvan Clark Telescope.

Madrid, Spain, Oct. 1, 2005 - Oct. 8, 2005

John G. Crawford was born at Milton, County Kerry, Ireland. He was the son of William Robert Crawford, a bank manager in Dublin and of Elizabeth Coote Crawford, who died when he was born. By blood and allegiance he was a Scot but the warmth of the land of his birth blended with and softened what mig

Historian Dave Huestis gave a presentation at the February 4, 2005 meeting highlighting the 30th anniversary of the portable planetarium project undertaken by Sksyscrapers in 1975, which became a significant turning point for the organization.

On the night of May 5-6 the Eta Aquarids will grace our skies. This display is an old and declining one and is best seen from the southern hemisphere, and this year will be mostly blotted out by the light of the Full Moon.

Compiling a list of the finest double stars for backyard telescopes is always a work in progress. The list is forever in flux, because many showpiece double stars are binary systems that periodically close to the point where they can’t be resolved by small-aperture telescopes. Such is the case with

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The muon is a particle that differs from electrons only by virtue of having roughly 200 times the electron's mass and being unstable, but is otherwise identical. 100% of experimentally observed muon decays result in an electron and two neutrinos, another exotic particle. Meanwhile, the primary missi

If any of you have been down to the Frosty Drew Observatory, or have spent time observing elsewhere in the Park, please think of sending a note advocating the lighting ordinance for the town.

As the Sun’s activity continues to climb to solar maximum in 2013, you can expect the frequency and intensity of geomagnetic storms to increase as well, and with it the chance to witness a beautiful display of the northern lights from right here in southern New England.

With the increase in very energetic solar flares, I thought it was prudent to provide a basic primer on our Sun and the reasons for its recent outbursts.

What continues to draw us to Mars? Is it because we still believe life may once have flourished upon or beneath its now lifeless terrain? Spacecraft images and sensors may provide a wealth of data, but nothing can compare to the experience of seeing firsthand even a fleeting image of some Martian su

In 1984 Gerry Dyck built an observatory inspired by those of Leslie Peltier and Mount Hopkins.

One of the finest double stars in the spring sky – indeed, in all the heavens – is gamma (y) Leonis. Its proper name, Algieba, comes from the Arabic Al Jabbah (The Lion’s Mane).

Beginning this month the local observatories will be focusing their telescopes on perhaps the most dynamic of all the planets, Jupiter. And if you own a telescope of any size, this time would be good to take it out and set your sights on our solar system’s largest planet.

A favorable conjunction of Venus and Uranus observed on February 9, 2012.