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 (after all)
Group night - Stony Point Elem. Snow make-up Saturday, March 13th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Group night make-up day for those Stony Point Elementary kids who missed it earlier in the year!
Presenter: Larry Saunders
Telescope:
Assistance:
Group Night - JMU students! Friday, March 26th, 9:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Group night will have 20 JMU astronomy students (adults) and 2 adults (faculty).
Presenter: John Dedecker
Telescope: Rob Capon
Assistant: Not needed.
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 opportunity to look through a 31" or 40" professional 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 their telescopes.
UVA limits attendance 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.
Rockfish Valley Starwatch Saturday, April 10th, 6:00PM at Rockfish Valley Trail
From Charlottesville, take Rt. 250 west to the base of the Blue Ridge and turn left on Rt. 151 (the big green road sign on Rt. 250 there mentions Wintergreen and Lynchburg). Nellysford is about 11 miles down Rt. 151. Go about 1.5 miles past the little Valley Green Shopping Center in Nellysford to the trailhead for the Rockfish Valley Trail, which is on the right side of Rt. 151, where visitors to the event will park (the advertised starting time is 7 PM for visitors). CAS members shouldn't use the trailhead parking lot, but should turn left there instead and go into the field on the opposite side of Rt. 151, passing through the farm gate. The observing site is about 100 yards farther along. It's a beautiful site with dark skies.
If you would like to attend Kite Day earlier in the day, it7apos;s from 10 AM to 3 PM at the same location and is free to the public. We are also invited to bring picnic dinners, in which case, it would be better to arrive earlier than 7PM. FYI, there is a Port-a-John at the trailhead parking lot.
Group night - Girl Scout Troops 709 & 1264 Friday, April 23rd, 9:00PM at McCormick Observatory
Group night! Girl Scout troops 709 & 1264, with 32 kids (ages 6 to 10) & 10 adults will come to McCormick.
Presenter: Richard Drumm The Astronomy Bum
Telescope:
Assistant:
Group Night-Meriwether Lewis winners Friday, April 30th, 8:00PM at McCormick Observatory
The winners of the Meriwether Lewis PTO silent auction will be at McCormick. 10 to 12 people.
Presenter: Larry Saunders
Telescope:
Assistant:
May meeting! Wednesday, May 5th, 7:00PM at McCormick Observatory
ATS 2010 - Antique Telescope Society annual meeting Friday, September 10th, 1:00PM to Sunday, September 12th, 11:45PM 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...
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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.
