Group night - Stony Point Elementary Friday, February 12th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The kids from Stony Point Elementary will have a group night at McCormick Observatory on February 12th.
30 kids, 1 adult.
Presenter: Larry Saunders
Telescope: Wes Epperly
Assistant: Ed Preston
Group night - Stony Point Elem./Cub Scout Pack 123 Friday, February 26th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
A different group of kids from Stony Point Elementary and Cub Scout Pack #123 will have a group night at McCormick Observatory on February 26th.
30 kids, 1 adult (Stony Point)
10 kids, 10 adults (Cub Scouts)
Presenter: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Telescope: Wes Epperly
Assistant: Ed Preston
Ivy Creek outreach Saturday, February 27th, 7:00PM at Ivy Creek Natural Area
Mars Madness?
John Dedecker will do his Mars presentation and we CASers will set up our scopes by the barn.
The event is free and open to the public.
March meeting! Wednesday, March 3rd, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Group Night - Jack Jouett Middle School Friday, March 12th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Jack Jouett Middle School will have a group night at McCormick Observatory. 20 students (11 & 12 y.o.) and 20 adults are expected.
Presenter: John Dedecker
Telescope: Wes Epperly
Assistant: Ed Preston
April meeting Wednesday, April 7th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Fan Mtn. Open House Friday, April 9th, 7:00PM at Fan Mtn. Observatory
UVA is hosting their Spring open house at Fan Mountain Observatory. Visitors will have the opertunity to look through a 31" or 40" proessional telescope at the observatory. UVA professors and students will be giving talks and tours of the observatory. CAS members will have their amateur telescopes setup to give the public views of the night sky through thier telescopes.
UVA limits attendence to this event due to the large public interest in this event. Please see the following web site for directions on how to obtain tickets for attending this event.
CAS members are encourage to bring their telescopes and/or binoculars to share the night sky with the public. Additional information will be made available to CAS members at the monthly meetings and via the yahoo group e-mail.
May meeting! Wednesday, May 5th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Video clips of the moment... Thursday, November 11th, 2:00PM at The intertoobz
Just checking to see if any of you all are watching...
;-D
Here is our February 2008 meeting, now on YouTube. You can link to it here as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMo4V2XO0S0&feature=channel_page
and then see the 6 other segments that make up the whole meeting.
Here is something from the fine folks at JPL on the IYAs Year of Astronomy:
Here is a little something from NASA to whet your appetites:
Know anybody who thinks we never sent astronauts to the Moon? Show them this video clip and see what their reaction is:
Here is something about that recently discovered methane on Mars:
CAS loaner telescopes Monday, December 13th, 12:00PM at Tri-county area...
This is a list of the telescopes that are currently loaned out to CAS memberss.
