SHAA hosts a Public Viewing Night on the 3rd Friday of every month, weather permitting.
Our next Public Viewing Night is planned for:

Friday, May 16th at 8:00 pm.
STATUS: ON

Before making the trip to the observatory, please check back here after 6:30 pm on event day to monitor the event status. In the case of cloudy or rainy weather we will post "CANCELLED" here.

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Sheep Hill Astronomical Association

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The Moon

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M97 The Owl Nebula

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Orion and Horsehead nebula

by Jeremy Roller

The Moon

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Astrophotography by SHAA Members

The Sheep Hill Astronomical Association is a club based in Boonton, New Jersey. SHAA members run the Sheep Hill Observatory, located at the top of Ross drive. The Observatory features an 18 inch, f/4.5 Newtonian Reflecting Telescope. Membership in the group is open to anyone with an interest in astronomy. The group hosts public viewing nights on the 3rd Friday of every month (weather permitting) and can be contacted to arrange group educational visits.

SHAA began in the mid 1960's as the Booth Astronomical Association, named after Les Booth, a former Boonton High School principal. Booth taught night classes on astronomy and after he retired, his former students got together with him and formed the organization.

Club Founder, Les Booth in 1967

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