Pittsburgh’s Amateur Astronomers share their passion for night sky

Visitors get a chance to gaze toward the night sky through a telescope owned by Scott Smith of McCandless at Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park near Russellton.

Scott Smith of McCandless points toward the night sky while teaching visitors about celestial objects at Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park near Russellton.

The night sky is seen above the main telescope at the Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory during a star party and 90th anniversary celebration of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh in Deer Lakes Park near Russellton.

The moon is seen through the eyepiece of one of the telescopes during a star party at Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park near Russellton.

Visitors gaze into the eyepiece at the brightly illuminated moon at Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Park near Russellton.

Tom Reiland (left), director of Wagman Observatory, watches the sky with binoculars as Seth Rupert, 7, of Apollo, climbs down after looking into one of the telescopes at the moon.