Group Night - Brownie Troop 876 Friday, February 10th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Brownie Troop 876 with 10 girls, age 8, and 5 adults, various ages, and Jason Buczyna's AHS/PVCC Astronomy class with 14 kids & 1 adult will visit the Observatory tonight! That's a total of 24 kids & 6 adults!
Presenter: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Telescope: HeeSeok Joo
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Observing Session - At Rick Roderick's Friday, February 10th, 6:00PM at 2730 Pea Ridge Rd.
There will be a club observing session at Rick Roderick's house in Albemarle County on Feb 10th.
Members and guests only, please.
Head out Garth Rd. to past Lake Albemarle Rd. and then after 300 feet start looking for Rt. 766 (Pea Ridge Rd.)
Turn left onto Pea Ridge and go 1/2 mile or so to bear right onto Cedar Knoll Lane.
Come down 50 yds or so to right at 2730 (look for brass numbers on a stump!)
Proceed to the house.
Group night - Branchlands Friday, February 24th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The folks from the Branchlands "Senior independent retirement community" will visit with 15 adults.
Presenter: Larry Saunders
Telescope: Rob Capon
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March CAS meeting Wednesday, March 7th, 6:45PM at McCormick Observatory
Our March meeting will feature CAS member John Dedecker!!!
Group Night - Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center Friday, March 9th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center visits with 20 teenagers & 3 adults.
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Group Night - Lorna Sundberg International Center Friday, March 23rd, 9:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The Lorna Sundberg International Center will be visiting the Observatory tonight with a group of 40 adults.
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Group Night - Girl Scout Troop 797 Friday, March 30th, 9:00PM at McCormick Observatory
On March 30th the girls from Broadus Wood Elementary will visit the Observatory with 16 excited girls age 9 & 10, and 4 adults.
Presenter: Richard Drumm
Telescope: ???
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April CAS meeting Wednesday, April 4th, 6:45PM at McCormick Observatory
The speaker for the April CAS meeting will be Chris Irwin!
Group Night - Smithsonian Student Travel Wednesday, April 11th, 8:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The Smithsonian Student Travel group will be visiting the Observatory tonight with about 31 students in 8th grade.
There is some question about the date here. It may be 39 students on the 15th...
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Fan Mountain Open House Friday, April 13th, 6:00PM at Fan Mountain Observatory
The UVA Astronomy department will be hosting its :
Spring Open House at Fan Mountain Observatory.
Club Members:
Please bring your scopes, binoculars to this event and share views and your knowledge of the night sky with the public.
General Public:
This event is organized through UVA. Due to the large interest in this event, UVA limits the number of people who can attend by issuing free admission tickets. Please see the following website for information on how to obtain these free tickets. Once the tickets are gone, that's it!
Group Night - Hollymead Elementary Friday, April 27th, 9:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The kids from Hollymead Elementary will visit with 20-30 9 & 10 year old kids & 8-15 adults.
May CAS meeting Wednesday, May 2nd, 6:45PM at McCormick Observatory
The speaker for our May meeting is grad student Joanna Corby of UVa.
CAS loaner telescopes Sunday, May 13th, 12:00PM at Tri-county area...
This is a list of the telescopes that are currently loaned out to CAS members.
10" Avellone Dob - Larry Saunders
8" Dynamax SCT - Tom Ayers
8" Orange tube Celestron SCT - Paul Quenneville
4" Orion refractor with Ha Solar filter - Wes Epperly
CaK Solar Telescope - Steve Laymen
Meade ETX-90 - Tom Ayers
Celestron C-90 Maksutov - Bill Phillips
Virtual Sky (what's up right now) Tuesday, January 1st, 9:00AM at Charlottesville
Lambert projection:
Equirectangular projection:
Mollweide projection:
Video clips of the moment... Monday, March 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 a little skeptical goodness from the talented Tim Minchin:
This is a little country song that will set the science-based medicine record straight!
And if you need a little more to clue you in to the value of science in medicine, let Penn & Teller weigh in:
This should get your inner mandala out!
Here is something that Ed Preston calls to our attention: "Star Size Comparison"
Know anybody who thinks we never sent astronauts to the Moon? Show them this video clip and see what their reaction is:
