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Our Next Monthly Meeting:
Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Naperville Municipal Center, downstairs meeting rooms B & C (see Map page for directions)
Time: 7:30P.M.
Program: The Annual NAA Fundraiser Auction
Presenter: NAA Member Rick Gering will present a short program on Solar Eclipse Chasing
Our meeting will open with NAA member Rick Gering recounting his trip to the middle of the Pacific to view the July 11 total solar eclipse from Hao, a coral atoll that's 600 miles east of Tahiti, 1000 feet wide and two meters above sea level at its highest point. Why can a few clouds near the beginning and end of totality be a good thing – what does that have to do with NASA's July 24 Astronomy Picture of the Day – and where do you eat and sleep on an island with no hotels or restaurants? Come and find out!
Part 2 of the evening will be our annual club fundraising auction. Donations of items are still being solicited; if you can bring something to be auctioned, it would be handy if you can let Drew Carhart know in advance (auction@naperastro.org). Items already pledged include: 2" helical and electronic focusers; 1.25" and 2" star diagonals, astronomical books, prints, and T-shirts; a variety of telescope eyepieces; a 2" flip-mirror assembly for doing astrophotography with Schmidt-Cass telescopes; two refractor telescope packages: a "bargain" 60mm, and a "super" 102mm. Plus, some non-astronomy stuff, including a pair of tickets to the Cubs-Astros game the following night! Bring your wallet or checkbook, and a friend!
Our Next Astronomy Fundamentals Program:
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Naperville Municipal Center, downstairs meeting rooms B & C (see Map page for directions)
Time: 7:30P.M.
Program: NAA Amateur Telescope Makers Workshop: Building Your Telescope Hardware
Presenter: NAA Member John Abrahamian
This month's Astronomy Fundamentals program will revisit the NAA ATM project, which began last summer with John Abrahamian leading a whole bunch of members on the adventure of grinding their own telescope mirrors. While some have completed mirrors, and even finished telescopes; some are still at work. For this session, John will be helping guide the participants through some of the issues surrounding building the rest of their telescopes' assemblies.
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The next meeting of the NAA Executive Board will be:
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at Culver's Restaurant, Rt. 59 at 75th St., Naperville/Aurora.
Starting time 7:30P.M.; members are welcome to attend.
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