Schoonover Observatory reopens
By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com
Michael Ritchie, president of the Lima Astronomical Society, leads a discussion over the weekend on the Dark Skies Initiative at the Schoonover Observatory.
LIMA The Lima Astronomical Society opened its Schoonover Observatory over the weekend for an open house and discussion on the Dark Skies Initiative.
“It’s been over a year,” said Michael Ritchie, Lima Astronomical Society president. “It’s (the closure has) really done a lot of harm to the observatory. I had to come out and re-clean everything, but we’re finally back open.”
Ritchie says they are limited in what they can do because repairs are needed.
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