On
the Schedule at Last!
Here is an
announcement from Lois:
"At last we have confirmation
of the events at Red Rock State Park!
The
Verde Independent's TV section
has a weekly ad sponsored by the Phoenix Cement plant on the back page
of the TV section. For those of you who do not get the Verde
Independent:
This year's theme is: Unusual
Objects - New Ways to Observe Them
The Astro
Fest will run from 1:00 PM to 1:00 AM Friday and Saturday
Dr.
Tyler Nordgren of Redlands University of California and Lowell
Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ is the special guest speaker Friday June 20
and Saturday June 21 at 7:00 PM each night.
(Click on his name above to read about him and his work - P. C.)
There will be another speaker at
6:00 PM each night.
Meade Instruments has provided a
door prize.
There will be a Star Party each
night featuring a beginners star walk
Visitors may mount their camera on
the world's largest Equatorial Platform
California astronomer Leonard
Higgins will be bringing his spectrohelioscope. (Bill & I know him
from RTMC and recommend looking through this instrument. Rick Shaffer
called us earlier this week to ask if we would put up
"Leonard", who was coming from California - guess we will be
putting up the owner of the wonderful spectrohelioscope!)
(You may read an
article by Leonard Higgins titled The
Spectrohelioscope - just click on the darn thing - P. C.)
See you at the Astro Fest."
Thanks
Lois.
We'll
be there.
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additional information on Red Rock State Park, click here.
