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Posted: Sun 06/22/2008 20:52
Subject: Tiger Mountain Star Party (6/28) SAS Members Only
Weather permitting the Tiger Mountain Star Party will be held this Saturday, June 28th. We will meet at the Tiger Mountain summit parking lot at 9:00 PM and stay until midnight or later. The star party is open to all SAS members and those who are considering membership. If you are not a current SAS member and want to attend, contact me first. For information and a map see http://seattleastro.org/obstiger.shtml . See you there.
Mike Langley
Tiger Mountain Keymaster
(425) 241-8094
Posted: Fri 04/04/2008 09:00
Subject: Wednesday April 2nd Star Party a Success
This past Wednesday we had favorable weather and called for a star party at Rattlesnake Lake. Several SAS members were onsite with telescopes ranging from a 3" refractor up to a huge Obsession. We even had several visitors stop by to enjoy the views. We checked out all kinds of interesting objects, including one of my favorites, the Garnet Star. The weather was cold but clear, and worth every minute. Stay tuned as the weather continues to improve for other spontaneous star parties. To those members who joined in the fun and brought telescopes, thanks a bunch!
Jon B.
President
Well, this last weekend didn't turn out too bad after all. Although the Clear Sky Clock has its misgivings, it turned out rather accurate. There was a slight cloud cover Saturday evening, but it soon burned off completely yielding very beautiful skies. Of course the Moon was scheduled to wreck the dark sky, and she performed as expected!
Observing lasted until about 2:30 AM until we were about either ready to fall off of our ladders, or started seeing too many stars where we shouldn't have. Of course not all lasted until this time, but you gotta start somewhere! Overall it was a great experience for those who have not had the pleasure of observing at our "unofficial" dark sky site yet.
Personally, I tried to work on the Observer's Challenge List in preparation for the upcoming weekend, and didn't do too bad with my Televue. I did struggle a bit with the planetaries, but it's easy for me to blame the Moon under the circumstances.
I had the pleasure of meeting a few members of both our group and the Tacoma group. This was nice in terms of meet/greet activities, and I'm glad to say that we had a small presence on the mountain.
Unfortunately for all of us, it was a one-nighter, set-up at a premium spot that I'm sad to have to give up...there's no way I'm getting that spot this weekend, I know that for sure.
In the end, it was a great warm-up for me to get ready for next weekend, and a chance for others to try an all-nighter. I hope that more of you can join in the fun in the near future while our weather is yielding up some decent observing conditions.
For those who made the trek, thanks for coming along, and I hope you had as much fun as I did under the stars.
Did someone mention the Perseids in August?
Cheers,
Jon B.
President
| Club News |
Posted: Wed 07/25/2007 00:11
Subject: SAS Guest Speaker History 1998 - 2007 - Updated
URL: http://groups.google.com/group/Seattle_Astro/
Good Evening Members,
I have updated our guest speaker list containing all of our previous guest speakers and the subject of their lectures dating back to 1998. This has been uploaded to our new forum along with other documents including the SAS color logo, light pollution map, and a few other items of interest. These are in the new file directory of the forum. Please feel free to take a look at our historical line-up. I'd say it's very impressive!
Jon B.
President
Posted: Tue 07/24/2007 23:38
Subject: New Members Only Forum (Experimental)
URL: http://groups.google.com/group/Seattle_Astro
Good Evening Members!
I'm experimenting with a new SAS 'Members Only' forum using Google Groups. If you've already seen the email and have already signed up, welcome! My goal is to see if this new forum will allow for better communication between all of us.
I know there have been some issues with our current set-up, so this experiment is intended to test out new technology that's available to us for free. Google Groups seems to have a decent interface and is easy to use, from what I can tell so far, so we'll see how it goes.
This new forum is not intended to replace any existing forums or newsgroups in the community, so if you are an active member in another forum, no problem at all.
Topics (aka Pages) will cover subjects like star parties, meetings, technology, for sale/trade, and many more to come depending on the response and participation within the SAS.
Jon B.
President
Posted: Wed 07/04/2007 21:20
Subject: July 2007 Newsletter available
URL: http://www.seattleastro.org/webfoot/WebJul07.pdf
The July 2007 Webfooted Astronomer is now available at the above URL.
Posted: Tue 06/19/2007 00:32
Subject: Volunteer Secretary Needed
Dear Members,
We are still in need of a volunteer Secretary to complete our Executive Board. The primary responsibilities for this position are outlined in Section 6 of our Bylaws under Article 1 - Duties of Officers:
Section 6 - Secretary. The Secretary shall preside over all meetings in the absence of the above five officers. Primary duties of this office shall be to (1) keep brief minutes of all Society meetings, (2) maintain other appropriate correspondence external to the Society, (3) coordinate the preparation of materials for distribution to Society members via monthly meeting notices and other such publications as concern Society members and (4) coordinate the assembly, organization, maintenance, and dissemination of materials relating to the history and activities of this Society.
If you are a current member and might be interested in volunteering to help document our activities and assist in the duties described above, please let me know. If there are no interested parties by Friday, June 29, 2007, we may need to seek a volunteer outside of our organization to provide this assistance.
If you are currently not a member of the Seattle Astronomical Society, and are interested in volunteering for this position, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Jon B.
President
Posted: Tue 11/4/2003 12:55
Subject: November Newsletter available on-line
URL: http://www.seattleastro.org/webfoot/
The November 2003 issue of the Webfooted Astronomer is now available on this site.
Posted: Wed 8/6/2003 14:13
Subject: August 2003 Newsletter
URL: http://www.seattleastro.org/webfoot/
The August 2003 Webfooted Astronomer is now available on-line at the above URL.
| General News |
Posted: Wed 03/14/2007 15:01
Subject: Is Humankind the Pinnacle of Cosmic Evolution?
URL: http://futurefoundation.org/documents/kba2007_flyer.pdf
The Future Foundation will be awarding the Walter P. Kistler Book Award at an event on March 29, 2007. The recipient is Dr. Eric Chaisson, an astrophysicist at Tufts University. He is being give the award for his book, Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos. The event is free and open to the public. See the attached URL for details.