Monday, July 10, is our next meeting. Fred and Candy Isberner will be talking about their most recent eclipse trip. Bob Baer will give us an update on the upcoming star party ( August 5th ). We will also have a guest presenting an opportunity for a viewing at a dark site in southeast Illinois.
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Viewing at Giant City Saturday July 1
Saturday July 1 we will be doing a public viewing for Giant City. They will have a night hike that will end at Agnew Pond where we will have out telescopes set up. Let’s hope the weather cooporates
Monthly Meeting April 11th 6:00 PM
Don’t forget our next meeting is this Monday April 11 th at 6:00 pm at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, IL
This month Thad Heckman will be presenting his article with photographs documenting his first-hand experience with the Astronomers and Astrophysicists at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in Southern California. The narrative was published in September 2020 in the Griffith Observer magazine science writing competition.
International Library Telescope Observing Week
September Monthly Meeting
Don’t forget tonight (September 13th) is our monthly meeting. Join us in the back room at Pagliai’s Pizza 🍕 at 6pm.
Monthly Meeting Tonight, Monday August 9, 2021
Join us tonight for our monthly meeting at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale at 6 pm.
Monthly Meeting
Our next meeting is Monday January 11, 2021 at 6:00 pm online with Zoom.
More Library Telescopes
Three of us were in St Louis last Saturday modifying telescopes to put in Southern Illinois libraries. AASI members Ru Tanner (on the left) Rachel Young (in front) and Harry Treece (on the right) worked with Don Ficken (second from the left) and his crew from the St Louis astronomy clubs to get telescopes ready for the libraries in Carterville, Anna, and Carbondale Illinois. We already have telescopes in the Carterville and Murphysboro libraries.
Monthly Meeting September 9th 6:pm
Dont forget this Monday is our regular monthly meeting. I hope to see you there!
Star Party 2019 Set up
Just a few shots of everyone getting ready for the Star Party! It was a great night for star gazing with Jupiter and Saturn joining the Moon in dazzling the attendees.