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John E. Johnson
16 Jul : 16:20

Construction will continue on 7/19/08. We plan to side the building. Help if you can. Check our progress:
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John E. Johnson
07 Jul : 10:11

Construction is once again planned for Saturday 12 July at the education building. 9:00am start time. We will be roofing the building. Help will be appreciated.

John E. Johnson
28 Jun : 19:53

The Washington Pavilion Public Skywatch for the first Friday in July is CANCELED. Canceled due to 4th of July Holiday. Work at the Hodgson Observatory is Canceled as well. We will be having a New Moon Saturday Gathering on the 5th of July if you would like to join us.

Jim Morris
26 Jun : 21:06

Work Day this Sat June 28, 9AM. We will be finishing the sheeting on the ends and move on to the roofing. Come and help out if you can. The road north from the driveway is bad again so use the alternate route 1 mile west.
astroman

Admin
21 Jun : 17:46

A big Thanks to all that showed up to help with the roof sheating at the new astro education building. The extra help was greatly needed today. We will work again next saturda with tar papering the roog and start with the metal roof.
thks again.. nino

Jim Morris
11 Jun : 20:53

We will be working on the building again this Sat. June 14 at 9AM. Come down and helpout if you can. We will begin working on the roof by installing the trusses and bracing them.
astroman

Admin
07 Jun : 00:12

We are on for tomorrow, we will continue working framing the building at 0900 am saturday. if you can help please contact Jim.

John E. Johnson
30 May : 07:42

I just returned from a site inspection after heavy rain and high winds in excess of 60 mph last night. I am glad to report that I could find no damage to any of the buildings on site. The new construction held up to the high winds, however the heavy rain has made the site to muddy to continue with the sheathing. We will have to cancel the construction planed for Sat May 31 2008. The dirt work around the slab is just to soaked to walk on. Also the road coming in from the North is impassible. The alternate route from the East and South are marginal at best.

Admin
21 May : 14:29

We will start construction on the new astro building on sat May 24, We plan to start 9-9:30 am. Members if you can help contact Jim..

Admin
16 May : 12:19

CLUB MEETING-SAT. MAY 17, 9AM at Kaladi"s Coffeehouse at 26th & Minnesota Ave. Star Party, Club misc info

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We offer family participation and public involvement in the wonders of the night sky. Our club offers public viewing sessions on a monthly basis and are open to the general public.

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and Your Sky by John Walker

Category: Misc Posted by: e107 on Monday 18 January 2038 - 21:14:07
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Friday 16 May 2008

Comet Boattini

Look to the South South West for magnitude 7.4 Comet Boattini.

Category: Misc Posted by: John E. Johnson on Friday 16 May 2008 - 17:09:50
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Monday 05 May 2008

ASTRONOMY DAY SATURDAY MAY 10, 2008 SERTOMA PARK

Saturday May 10 is ASTRONOMY DAY, our club will have a booth and telescopes set up at SERTOMA PARK starting at 10:00am. Our club members will be available to answer any questions about Astronomy. We will have an informational booth set up on the east side of the main entrance to the Sertoma Park Building.

We will also have some Solar telescopes set up to view the sun. ( WARNING: DO NOT LOOK AT THE SUN DIRECTLY WITHOUT USING ANY FILTERING DEVICE ON YOUR TELESCOPE OR BINOCULARS/ SEVERE DAMAGE COULD OCCUR TO YOUR EYES LEADING TO BLINDNESS.) Our telescopes are set up with SOLAR Filters to protect your eyes from any damage, we also have an alternative device to view the sun with out looking through a telescope.

Stop by to visit and pick up your Monthly SKYCHART and other astronomy handouts. Hour booth hours are from 10:00am till 4:00 pm.

MEMBERS we are planning to set up btwn 9:15 and 9:45am.

Category: Misc Posted by: Admin on Monday 05 May 2008 - 12:36:45
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Tuesday 29 April 2008

Get Ready For Mercury at Elongation

Little Mercury is reaching elongation in the middle of May. It will be seen as the evening star just after sunset. The best time to view it will be the week of May 11th through the 17th. Maximum elongation will be on the 14th of May. Look to the West, West North West right at sunset. Mercury will be about 20 degrees high above the horizon. Mercury should appear slightly gibbous.

For data on Mercury apparitions see this link: ** Link **

This is a sky chart for the 14th of May at 8:30pm.

Good luck chasing fleet little Mercury!

JJ

Category: Misc Posted by: John E. Johnson on Tuesday 29 April 2008 - 16:37:56
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Monday 10 March 2008

NEW SEAC Banner

The proposed banner was approved by vote at our monthly club meeting on 3/29/08. It was unanimously voted in by club members. Look for it soon at SEAC public events.