Northern Berkshire Astronomical Society

The club's first group telescope is a Celestron NexStar 6SE

A cluster, a shadow, and an argument that isn't settled

Open clusters are typically younger than 1-2 billion years, but a few are much older.

A faint red dwarf with the most famous wobble in astronomy

Comparing the bright stars Vega, Deneb, and Altair

Mars meets Uranus, Ed Faits presents "The Wanderers," and dark nebulae in the Summer Milky Way.

The Eagle of summer skies, packed with planetary nebulae, dark nebulae, and a face-on spiral galaxy.

How well do you know astronomical distances?

A smoke ring that is more than meets the eye

What's in store for the planets Summer/Fall 2026

Frequently overlooked, but interesting in its own right

Discover the Summer Milky Way: clusters, nebulae, and the center of the Galaxy!

Watch the Milky Way pass over the Springfield light dome

Place each star in its correct location on the H–R Diagram

A "Grand Design" Spiral next to the Big Dipper

Late-afternoon event, observable with binoculars

Stellar Astronomy's "Swiss Army Knife"

New faces, new skies — the Members' Skies gallery is open!

Venus (and the Moon) encounter one of the brightest star clusters