North Central Kansas Astronomical Society

August 27-28 Partial Lunar Eclipse

Video acquired by Kat Krug 08/27/2026
This time lapse video is of the Aug 2026 partial lunar eqlipse. The video was captured using a Dwarf Mini smart telescope from a Bortle 9, light polluted location in Texas.

Great Links:

New Astronomy Project - An astrophotography journey from a light polluted site...
NCKAS AllSky Camera Dome - An Allsky camera that captures the sky 24/7.
Cloudy Nights - Great site for equipment un-biased reviews
Light Pollution maps around the world and by year.
Super Image Map of all 110 Messier Objects from The Arcturus Observatory web site by Cometman.
Listing and links of all 110 Messier Objects from APOD (Astonomy Picture of the Day).
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD).
International Dark Sky Association

*Unless otherwise noted all images are from the STScI Digitized Sky Survey.

Messier Marathon

The North Central Kansas Astronomical Society participates in yearly Messier Marathons. We'll have our progress posted on our Messier Marathon site Messier site. Internet provided by NCKCN, and Cunningham Fiber