Our regular monthly meeting is this coming Monday, February 10. We meet at 6:00 pm at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale, IL. This month we have a guest speaker. Chuck Allen, Secretary of the Astronomical League will be talking about some of the League’s new programs and will be giving a presentation titled ‘Cosmic Horizons’. This will be a meeting you will not want to miss.
Monthly Meeting Tonight, Oct 14 6 pm
Join us tonight, October 14th at 6:00 pm in the back room at Pagliai’s Pizza for our regular monthly meeting. We have a guest speaker, Matt Linsin, who will talk about astrophotography, what works,what dosen’t and Q & A.
Public Viewing at Blue Sky Friday September 27th
Join us for a while Friday evening at Blue Sky Winery and look at the stars and Jupiter and Saturn through the telescopes provided by AASI. Starting at 6:00 pm to 9pm
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!
Monthly Meeting Monday August 12th
Don’t forget our monthly meeting is this coming Monday at 6:00 pm in the back room at Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale. We will be reviewing the Star Party and Fred will have a presentation on last month’s eclipse. And we will have “What’s in the Sky Tonight” for August.
We are getting more telescopes for the Library Telescope Loan program. Anyone who wants to be part of the build team let me know. The build date is Saturday August 24th in St Louis. More information at the meeting. 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.
Monthly Meeting July 8th
I hope to see everyone at the meeting. We will be talking about the Star Party on July 12th. Plans are coming together nicely and it should be a great night!
Dues Time Again
We hope you have had a great year enjoying the night sky’s of Southern Illinois. Over the last year, we have had numerous technical presentations at our old haunt, Paglai’s Pizza in Carbondale, as well as numerous Public Viewings (such as Blue Sky, Alto Pass, Jacob with Adler, Murphysboro STEM Project, Giant City, Carterville Library and more). We hope you have had as much fun as Harry and Jan, Lane and Cindy, and Raune and Debra and your Board have had this year. There are so many wonderful members of this association, with some very SMART people in the crowd.
We are officially a 501 c (3) organization now. We are a nonprofit educational organization focused on astronomy. We are a part of the Astronomical League and part of your dues provides you the Reflector Magazine.
It’s that time of year when our dues are requested. Our dues have remained steady for many years. We ask for $25 for single membership and $35 for family membership.
Please bring your dues to the next meeting, or if you cannot be there, please send to our PO Box.
Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois
P.O. Box 874
Carbondale, IL 62903-0874
Thanking You in Advance for your Continued Support
Your board,
Your board,
Harry, Ruane, Lane, Sharon and Bob
Public Star Viewing at Anne West Lindsey District Library in Carterville Wednesday March 27
Come out and see the stars through telescopes provided by the Astronomical Association of Southern Illinois and learn how to use the new Library Loan telescope available at the library. Viewing will be from 7:30 pm until 8:30 pm.