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Astro Fest at Red Rock State Park 

Announcement from Lois Kelley

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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