ORAS board members

President:
Miranda Heller,
mirandahelleroras11@gmail.com
​Vice-president:
Tim Spuck,
tspuck@hotmail.com
Treasurer:
David Jones,
oilcreek@aol.com
Secretary:
Marianne Hooker,
marianne_hooker@hotmail.com
Members at large:
-Mike Anderton,
manderton@hotmail.com
-Brian Doss,
dms.bdoss@zoominternet.net
​-John Karian,
wetlandsplendors@gmail.com
-Larry McHenry,
lsmch@comcast.net
-Nate Stahlman,
nstahlman@hotmail.com

For more information or questions, please e-mail us at info@oras.org.  If you prefer to use U. S. mail, our mailing address is P. O. Box 1535, Oil City, PA  16301.

To arrange a tour, contact the Oil Region Astronomical Society by e-mailing us (info@oras.org).  If you don't hear back from us within several days, please call Tim Spuck at 814-354-6515.

History of the
Oil Region Astronomical Society

In March of 1991, a small group of people with a passion for looking to the stars came up with an idea to unite those people in Northwest Pennsylvania with a common interest in astronomy.  Those efforts led to the formation of the Venango County Astronomy Club, the predecessor of the Oil Region Astronomical Society.  ORAS is a group of men, women and youths who share their equipment and knowledge of the stars in an effort to promote the fundamentals of astronomy and space science.  The group continues to work together, turning their eyes to the sky to ponder and discuss the universe in which we live.

Well over 100 businesses and individuals throughout the community, through donations of time, labor, materials, equipment, and funding, contributed to the construction of our original home in Two Mile Run County Park.  We thank all of our contributors for your tremendous support in making the original observatory a reality.  We look forward to working with all of our supporters as we create our new facility, in an effort to create greater opportunity for all.  

Major financial contributors over the years have included the Samuel Justus Charitable Trust, Edith C. Justus Charitable Trust, John Nesbit Rees and Sarah Henne Rees Charitable Foundation, the Mellon Trust, and the Dr. and Mrs. Arthur William Phillips Charitable Trust.  See the new observatory information page for some of the contributors to our new installation on Camp Coffman Road.

Contact us!

We'd love to have you as a member of ORAS!  Please go to the Membership page to sign up.  Meanwhile, please e-mail us with your questions!

Chatting about telescopes at the Lockwood site