At 9 pm (not 8 pm as previously indicated) Hear Myron Wasiuta and Jerry Hubbell interviewed by Marty Kunz. Interview focus will be the club’s Mark Slade Remote Observatory (MSRO) and some of Jerry’s projects for Explore Scientific. To listen, visit AFM Radio and click the “Listen to AFM Radio Now” icon in the upper left of the opening page. If you miss the live broadcast, the program will repeat every 4 hours until 5 pm on Thursday, March 2.
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Weather change – No star party tonight
Here we go again with a beautiful morning and yet, the promise of cloudy skies tonight. I just returned from a 5 mile hike at Caledon, where tonight’s star party is scheduled. But on the radar I see that predicted line of storms approaching. The rain will probably stop by nightfall, but we will probably have cloudy skies above a wet field tonight. Better luck next time.
February 15 Presentation: NASA New Horizons Mission to Pluto
Wednesday, February 15, 7 pm–Come on out to our monthly club meeting. Scott Lansdale will talk about the discoveries made by the NASA New Horizons mission to Pluto.
Happy New Year! January 2017 StarGazer Newsletter available
The lead article continues the last issue’s “travelogue,” with Ryan Rapoza’s astronomy experiences south of the Equator (Australia, New Zealand, & Fiji). Tom Watson offers a piece on “prehistoric astronomy” and the first of a series of product reviews. Jerry Hubbell contributed the content for a new “Op Ed” feature. His subject is advice and opinions on how beginners should start observing the sky, with an emphasis on “starting simple” to more easily learn the sky. Click the “newspaper” icon to the right.