Events
Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye'all!
Time to organize your summer and plan to attend the best darn star party
in Saskatchewan! SSSP 2010 is ready to take your money, and in return,
we'll throw you a humdinger of a great star party, if we do say so
ourselves! The star party is held on the new moon weekend of August 12
-15! Do you need a better reason than observing in a 7+ magnitude naked
eye sky from the Cypress Hills Dark Sky Preserve? And since we are not
working around Starfest dates this year, we have chosen a weekend where
rain should not be an issue, not that we’re still sore about last year’s
soggy GA/SSSP!
Our Fr. Luke Kemble Keynote speaker is Stan Shadick (University of
Saskatchewan). His talk is “Investigating Exoplanets with Small
Telescopes”. All of our popular activities are back - solar observing,
swap table, wienie roast, the “Under the Living Skies Lecture”, Friday
presentations, Saturday talks, under-the-stars clinics, photo contest,
red-light café, on-site astro-vendors, 10-year awards, door prizes,
moose and much more! Come have a blast!
The star party is held at the Cypress Hills Inter-provincial Park, 20 km
south of Maple Creek, Saskatchewan. Everyone is welcome - we cater to
the entire family, from seasoned observers to ripe newbies and we don't
forget about the spouse and kids! And the best news: park admission and
the SSSP registration fees are the SAME as the 2008 prices! (Sorry for
the banquet increase, though – we charge only what the resort charges us!)
Register early, and decide NOW if you are coming. If you are
tenting, no sweat – there is room for hundreds of tents. Resort
accommodations – another story! Most of the rooms were booked long ago
(as they always are for SSSP). And the resort continues to renovate
cabins this year, so we have a bit of a room shortage. So, If you need a
room, email me, and I will put you on our waiting list. In the past,
we’ve usually found a way to fit everyone in.
Registration forms are also up on the website so take a look and see
what we offer, or pick up your brochure at tonite's general meeting!
85% of our attendees come back year after year. Join your
275 closest friends at SSSP'10!
Everyone welcome!
SSSP Home Page:
http://homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/starparty.html
SSSP'10 Details:
http://homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/sssp2010.html
(This website will get a major renovation in a few days, so check back
then!)
Straight to SSSP’10 registration:
http://homepage.usask.ca/~ges125/rasc/2010SSSPRegistrationForm.pdf
Just print it off, fill it in, and send it off with your cheque. (Sorry
- no credit cards)
Rick Huziak, 2010 SSSP Registrar
sssp.sk@sasktel.net
or
rickhuziak@shaw.ca
or
tel: (306) 665-3392 evenings
Grab your blankets and the kids this summer and come down to free outdoor movie screenings each Friday night at dusk at AES Seaside Cinema, Redondo Beach, CA -July 23rd, July 30th, August 6th and August 13th. On August 6th, Celestron will be hosting a star party during the movie presentation and guests will have the chance to enter raffle drawings for chances to win Celestron telescopes. All proceeds will benefit the Redondo Beach Educational Foundation.
July 23rd - Back to the Future
July 30th - Surf's Up
August 6th - The Sandlot
August 13th - School of Rock
Seaside Cinema
200 Portofino Way
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
We look forward to seeing you and your family there to enjoy this fantastic outdoor movie event series under the stars!
Uma grande festa para observação do céu acontecerá dia 19 de junho na Escola Estadual Cândido Portinari em Batatais - SP.
O evento terá início às 19 horas e será aberto ao público em geral.
No local estarão diversos telescópios pelos quais os presentes poderão observar os astros, principalmente a Lua e Saturno e seus anéis. Cada telescópio contará com monitores do grupo de astronomia amadora A.A.T.E.U. que dará as orientações necessárias para um bom aproveitamento da observação.
Haverá ainda uma exposição de Imagens Cósmicas, palestras e oficinas sobre observação celeste a olho nú ministradas por monitores da USP de Ribeirão Preto.
NÃO PERCA, VENHA DESVENDAR CONOSCO OS SEGREDOS DO UNIVERSO
The Bromley Creek Subdivision has invited us to Observatory Park during their barbeque.
We will start setting up about 12pm the Barbeque starts at 5pm and goes to 7pm. If it clear we plan on being there all night.
We may have some telescopes and meteorites for sale.
Plus we will be doing some educational outreach as well with the help of the NASA Night Sky Networks.
Go to our web site for the location to the park.
At www.brightonastronomy.com
The Michiana Astronomical Society will be hosting their third annual star party (MSP3) at the Potawatomi Wildlife Park in Tippecanoe, Indiana on May 14-16, 2010. Potawatomi Wildlife Park is recognized as the first established Dark Sky Preserve in Indiana.
This year's speakers are Dr. Carlton Allen, NASA Curator for Extraterrestrial Materials at the Johnson Space Center and Dr. Marvin Bolt, Curator of Astronomy History Collections at the Adler Planetarium and Museum in Chicago. Dr. Allen's topic will be "Exploring the Moon in 2010" and Dr. Bolt will be presenting "The Art(s) of Observing".
The park has hiking trails, canoeing on the Tippecanoe River and wildlife observations. Michiana Astronomical Society will be providing coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. This year we will be providing hot dogs and more for our guests. There will be a community campfire with a grill away from the observing field, and microwave ovens for all to use. Camp sites for tents, campers, and RVs are available around the observing field. The discounted preregistration deadline is May 7, 2010. MSP3 T-shirts can also be preordered with your registration. Please visit our website for more information: www.Michiana-Astro.org.
Contact: Linda Marks 574-274-8885 email: saccuosti@aol.com
The 9th annual AstroDay will be taking place on Saturday, May 1, 2010 on Hawaii's Big Island at the Prince Kuhio Plaza in Hilo. Each year, thousands of people gather at this indoor shopping mall to learn about astronomy, science, Hawaiian Island Culture and more through interactive displays, exhibits, demonstrations and entertainment. AstroDay is aimed at "Bringing Astronomy to the People" and is one of the most successful Astronomy Day events in the world.
Saturday April 24, The Brighton Astronomy Group will be at Observatory Park 22nd and Bromley Lane
We will have set up a Solar System Walk.
Telescopes Set up for viewing the Sun during the day, and looking at the Planets, Nebula, Galaxies and Stars at night.
How well do you know the Milky Way? During a special evening at the Flieschmann Planetarium in Reno, Nv popular Sierra Star Guide and Poet Tony Berendsen will debut his new poem "The Milky Way" and discuss what we know about our home galaxy using the planetariums state of the art skydome projector. Afterwards Tony will treat attendees to views of Saturn and the Moon using Celestrons CGEM 925 and CPC 11. This is a GAM event and a fundraiser for the Planeatrium. All proceeds to go to the University of Nevada Flieschmann Planetarium.
March 12th and 13th the High Desert Astronomical Society will be having a star party at the Afton Canyon campground. Afton Canyon is in the Mojave Desert aprox. 30 miles north of Barstow, CA off I-15. Campsites run $6.00 per night. Campsites provide fire pits, covered table and BBQ grills but you need to bring your own water. The campground has several enclosed pit toilets also. Afton Canyon has beautiful dark skies for excellent observing and imaging and the weather is mild at this time of the year. During the day there is plenty of hiking areas along the Mojave River and joining canyons. There will be members of HiDAS and SBVAA at this event. Note that this is not a huge star party but it is fun!
For more information contact stargazertony@gmail.com and put star party in the title and there is some information posted on the calendar at www.hidasonline.com
Northrop Grumman presents "Skate with the Stars" at Seaside Ice on Saturday, December 5 & Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 3pm - 9pm.
Join the South Bay Astronomical Society and Celestron in celebration of 400 years since Galileo first used a telescope in 1609 to look at the heavens.
Astronomy presentations by the South Bay Astronomical Society, including telescopes for viewing the Sun, Moon, and Stars, as well as handouts, special presentations, and more during this two day event.