Broemmelsiek Park
Every clear Friday evening, volunteers from Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri have telescopes out at Breommelsiek Park Astronomy Site in St. Charles County MO . Free telescope viewing occurs all year on Friday nights. ASEM has shown thousands of people great views of the sky, day and night. Here are some photos taken showing our great outreach volunteers helping the public explore the universe. Anyone can go to the park with binoculars, a telescope, or a camera. Electrical service is available and rest rooms are on site.
GPS coordinates for the Broemmelsiek Park Astronomy site are
Latitude 38.7230345 North and Longitude 90.8147971 West.
Google Maps address is 1511 Schwede Rd, Wentzville, MO 63385
An Astroscan, a richest field reflector, helps this young person view lunar features.
Fred Schovanez shows a youngster a planet.
Bill Fisher and his C8SE look at a planet.
Bill Sheehy and his 4 inch richest field reflector. Bill also has a lovely 14 inch StarMaster Dobsonian.
Brad and his 18 inch Obsession Dobsonian. This telescope is now a loaner scope for members of ASEM. Yes, for your $50 annual member fee, you can use this splendid telescope!
Carl Turek and his C8 on a sturdy tripier.
Chuck and Tom with a nice refractor telescope.
A family from Wentzville with their new telescope.
A young observer studies Jupiter through the 16 inch Jones-Bird Dobsonian.
Another observer is enjoying the JB scope.
Jim Curry with his nice Unitron refractor. Notice in the background the pink "Belt of Venus" and dark layer of sky at the horizon, which is Earth's shadow.
Jim Twellman explains how his 16 inch Dobsonian telescope, modified by the Teeter company, works.
Joe Pastor engages a family in astronomical conversation with his Dobsonian.
Kirk Steinbruegge and his C8.
Mike Scallion braves the winter cold with his Newtonian reflector.
Steve Boerner works at collimating his 12 inch GoTo Dobsonian.
The Transit of Venus event brought around 800 visitors to the Broemmelsiek Park Astronomy Site.
Will Day and his refractor.
Students write down observing notes during a Friday Night Open House session.
On a rainy Saturday in January, 2021, the ASEM 32 inch Dobsonian was installed at Broemmelsiek Park!
Ed White dies not like a flash with a Celestron 8 inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. The mount tracks but is not go-to, only push-to.