From robhawley at earthlink.net Mon May 2 08:20:52 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] FW: SETI Institute Science Day May 14th at NASA Ames in Mountain View Message-ID: <20050502152059.CF2587AA1@mail.whiteoaks.com> _____ From: Andrew Fraknoi [mailto:fraknoiandrew@fhda.edu] Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:23 PM To: fraknoi@fhda.edu Subject: SETI Institute Science Day May 14th at NASA Ames in Mountain View Calendar Announcement ================== The SETI Institute invites everyone to its 2nd Annual Science Day. A half day of short talks featuring scientists and educators from the Institute's * Center for the Study of Life in the Universe and * Center for SETI Research Date: Saturday May 14th, 2005 Time: 11am - 3pm Place: NASA Ames Research Center Public Affairs Building (Building 943), Eagle Room Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA (NO badging is necessary as this building is outside the main gate) Refreshments will be served Open to the public, admission is free. But space is limited! To reserve your seat, please RSVP soon at: http://www.seti.org/scienceday2.htm Some of the speakers confirmed so far: Cynthia Phillips: "Exploration of Europa" Margaret Race: "Planning for Missions to Mars: Astrobiology and Planetary Protection" Seth Shostak: "SETI -- The Big Picture" Rocco Mancianelli: "The Salts of Mars and the Search for Life Jill Tarter and Jack Welch: "The Allen Telescope Array: An Update" plus Chris McKay (NASA Ames) on "The Huygens Probe on Titan" ================================ Andrew Fraknoi, Chair, Astronomy Program Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA Telephone: (650) 949-7288 E-mail: fraknoiandrew@fhda.edu ================================ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.sjaa.net/pipermail/sjaa-announce/attachments/20050502/076a9238/attachment.html From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Tue May 3 20:25:24 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] =?windows-1252?q?Fw=3A_=5BAANC_Contacts=5D_Openi?= =?windows-1252?q?ng_July_15_at_San_Francisco=92s_Roxie_Cinema=3B_n?= =?windows-1252?q?ew_John_Dobson_documentary?= Message-ID: <009b01c55058$e970b8f0$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Frank" To: "AANC Contacts" Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 8:55 PM Subject: [AANC Contacts] Opening July 15 at San Francisco?s Roxie Cinema; new John Dobson documentary This is yet a new film on John Dobson. Remember his 90th birthday celebration at the Randall Museum Saturday August 27th. Opening July 15 at San Francisco?s Roxie Cinema, a new documentary feature film on astronomy, cosmology and John Dobson --- A Sidewalk Astronomer A film about astronomy, cosmology and John Dobson (78 minutes; photographed, produced & directed by Jeffrey Fox Jacobs) On any given night around the world, thousands of people peer into deep space because of John Dobson. An 89-year old with a white ponytail and a knack for comedy, John Dobson revolutionized astronomy. ?Possessing a quicksilver wit, a gift for turning a phrase that makes scientific concepts accessible, and an energy that belies his nearly 90 cycles around the sun, Mr. Dobson is one of history?s greatest popularizers of science,? (Wall Street Journal 9/1/04). He is the inventor of the Dobsonian telescope mount, which changed the field of astronomy dramatically, making telescopes accessible to the public on every continent. A former Vedanta monk of the Ramakrishna Order, he is a co-founder of ?Sidewalk Astronomers,? an organization that encourages amateurs to share their telescopes and knowledge with others on busy city streets and in national parks. As John says, ?The Universe is bigger than the Earth; it?s bigger than the solar system; it?s bigger than our galaxy and we owe it to ourselves to notice it.? The film follows John as he tours the country from the sidewalks of San Francisco to colleges, universities, astronomy clubs, star parties and to Stellafane, a convention of telescope makers in Vermont. It features sequences on Vedanta, sidewalk astronomy, telescope making, the Moon, Sun, major planets, galaxies, Big Bang Theory, and the nature of time and space. We also get to know John Dobson, a fascinating thinker, philosopher, teacher, and inventor who encourages us to think about the Universe. This spiritual, astronomical and cosmological journey is illustrated with actual photos and footage of space shot from satellites and spacecraft as well as animation courtesy of NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Goddard Space Flight Center and the Hubble Space Telescope Institute. More information can be found out www.telescopepictures.com and www.roxie.com. The Roxie Cinema is located at 3117 16th Street (at Valencia Street), San Francisco, CA 94103 ? tel: (415) 863-1087 ? e-mail: rickaren@earthlink.net. Jeffrey Jacobs, director of "A Sidewalk Astronomer? Jacobs Entertainment Inc. TELESCOPEfilm@aol.com _______________________________________________ Contacts mailing list Contacts@aanc-astronomy.org http://mail.aanc-astronomy.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Wed May 4 17:40:14 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Fw: [AANC Contacts] Project ASTRO deadline fast approaching Message-ID: <000901c5510b$0116aac0$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> I know that this is out of our general area but there may be some of you that work in the S.F. area and would like to help Bob Subject: [AANC Contacts] Project ASTRO deadline fast approaching Project ASTRO is quickly approaching the deadline and needs to find 4 volunteer astronomers that would like to work in the San Francisco schools. Should you know anyone who lives or works in or near San Francisco and would like to volunteer to teach astronomy to elementary school students? If so, please let me know how I can contact them. Thanks so much for your help! Christina de Leon Bay Area ASTRO Coordinator Astronomical Society of the Pacific 390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112 ph: 415-337-1100 x101 fx: 415-337-5205 cdeleon@astrosociety.org www.astrosociety.org Become a Project ASTRO Volunteer http://www.astrosociety.org/baprojectastro.html From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Fri May 6 17:49:12 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Fw: Project ASTRO - Volunteer Astronomers Needed to bring astronomyto local schools. Message-ID: <000601c5529e$962b2ed0$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina de Leon" To: "Astronomy Clubs" ; "AStronomy Resources" Cc: "0304 Astronomer Applicants" ; "0405astronomer" Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 5:27 PM Subject: Project ASTRO - Volunteer Astronomers Needed to bring astronomyto local schools. Dear Colleague, Project ASTRO matches volunteer astronomers with educators in grades 3rd-8th grade to bring the excitement of hands-on astronomy activities to classrooms in the Bay Area. The deadline for Project ASTRO applications has been extend to next Wednesday, May 11, 2005. The good news is that I received 25 applications from teachers. The bad news is, I have about twice as many teachers? applications as I do astronomers? applications. Unfortunately, these wonderful teachers won?t be able to participate in Project ASTRO unless there is a volunteer astronomer partner in their area. The need for astronomers is especially great in the San Francisco area, where 4 educators have no astronomer to pair with. If you live or work in San Francisco, Oakland, Hayward, Union City, Fremont, El Sobrante, and Vallejo area and would like to share your knowledge of astronomy with students in 3-9 graders, I would encourage you to apply to the program. The time commitment is so small compared to what you get out of it. We ask you to commit to meeting with your class on just 4 occasions during the year. Many of our volunteer astronomers say Project ASTRO is one of the most rewarding volunteer opportunities they have ever had. Here is what one of our current Project ASTRO Astronomers had to say: ?On Friday, April 22, was my seventh visit to the classroom. After the class, three of the girls wanted my autograph. Imagine that, finally a rock star at age 53!? --Paul Kohlmiller Who knows, you too may become a hero in the eyes of the students and be the only scientist a student encounters in their school years. Before visiting the class, astronomers and educators are trained together during a 2-day workshop on August 19-20 in the San Mateo Office of Education. Attendance at the workshops is required to participate in the program. If you are interested in applying to the program, please call me at 415-337-1100 ext. 101 or email me at cdeleon@hotmail.com. Even if you are not able to volunteer, we would be grateful if you could pass the word along to others who may be interested. Best regards, Christina de Leon Bay Area ASTRO Coordinator Astronomical Society of the Pacific 390 Ashton Ave., San Francisco, CA 94112 ph: 415-337-1100 x101 fx: 415-337-5205 cdeleon@astrosociety.org www.astrosociety.org Become a Project ASTRO Volunteer http://www.astrosociety.org/baprojectastro.html From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Fri May 6 17:51:14 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Fw: [AANC Contacts] How big a crater will Deep Impact Make? Message-ID: <002701c5529e$df01e180$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Frank" To: "AANC Contacts" ; "SFAA Announce" Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:17 AM Subject: [AANC Contacts] How big a crater will Deep Impact Make? > The Planetary Society wants to know. > > Give it your best guess and you might win a custom-made plaque from Ball > Aerospace, who built the Deep Impact Spacecraft. > > If you slam a chunk of metal into a comet at extremely high speed, will > it sink like a stone in snow or blast a sizeable crater out of the > surface? The Planetary Society invites you to make your best guess on how > big the hole will be when NASA's Deep Impact mission releases an impactor > projectile in the path of Comet Tempel 1 for a planned collision on July > 4, 2005. The "Great Comet Crater Contest" can be found at > http://planetary.org/deepimpact. > > Good Luck, > Kenneth > > _______________________________________________ > Contacts mailing list > Contacts@aanc-astronomy.org > http://mail.aanc-astronomy.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts > From robhawley at earthlink.net Wed May 11 14:33:21 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] May 13 SJAA Houge Park Star Party Message-ID: <20050511213326.4D8267CF6@mail.whiteoaks.com> On Friday May 13th the SJAA will host its public observing session on the grounds at Houge Park. Families are welcome to attend. Feel free to bring your scope and share views with others. The evening star party will start about 9:00 PM and last until midnight. Weather for Houge Park: http://www.sjaa.net/weather/sites.html#Houge-Park Phase of the Moon on May 13: 30% moon sets at 1:21 am. You can follow this link for a map of tonight's sky http://skymaps.com/skymaps/esmn0505.pdf. Object visibility for 21:00:00 on Fri 13 May 2005 Sunset: 20:08 Twilight: 21:51 Darkness: 01:20 - 04:16 Twilight: 04:16 Sunrise: 05:59 Object Type Con Alt Az ------ ---- --- --- -- M 97 Planetary Nebula UMa +72? 357? Y Canum Venaticorum Star CVn +72? 56? Mel 111 Open Cluster Com +72? 125? 24 Comae Berenices Star Com +65? 134? M 51 Galaxy CVn +64? 57? zeta Ursae Majoris Star UMa +63? 40? M 3 Globular Cluster CVn +59? 96? M 53 Globular Cluster Com +59? 120? iota Cancri Star Cnc +57? 266? M 81 Galaxy UMa +56? 347? M 82 Galaxy UMa +56? 347? M 44 Open Cluster Cnc +51? 254? SS Virginis Star Vir +50? 154? xi Bootis Star Boo +41? 97? M 104 Galaxy Vir +38? 155? V Hydrae Star Hya +31? 188? NGC 6543 Planetary Nebula Dra +30? 27? Cat's Eye Nebula Detailed information on any of any of these objects may be obtained at http://www.ngcic.org/pubdb.htm And http://www.seds.org/messier/ For satellite predictions for the party see http://www.heavens-above.com/allsats.asp?lat=37.339&lng=-121.894&alt=0&loc=S an+Jose&TZ=PST&Date=38486.0625&Mag=3.5 Rob Hawley From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Wed May 11 19:28:19 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Lick Observatory Summer Programs, Tickets become available starting Monday May 16th Message-ID: <000801c5569a$4333aea0$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> It will soon be summer and that means it's almost time for the Lick Observatory Summer Programs. Tickets become available starting Monday May 16th. Lick Observatory Summer Visitors Program For a limited number of summer evenings, Lick Observatory offers public viewing through both the 36-inch refracting telescope and 40-inch reflecting telescope. Each evening features two speakers, who present programs even if clouds or fog prohibit viewing. Dorothy Schaumberg, curator of the Lick Observatory Mary Lea Shane Archives, presents a "History of Lick Observatory" slide lecture. Lick astronomers present multimedia lectures on their research or topics of current interest. Amateur astronomer volunteers provide additional outside viewing and informal talks. Activities start at sunset with the first talk and continue until everyone has had the opportunity to view through both telescopes. While children may enjoy this program, we ask that you consider the late hours and the need for reasonable public behavior, which may be difficult for children under eight. Doors open 30 minutes before programs begin. Ticket Information The Summer Visitors Program is very popular and a lottery system will be used to determine who will be selected to purchase tickets. This year requests for tickets may be made via our webform or mail order only. NO phone orders will be taken. Links to the webform and mail order form will be posted at the UCO Lick website when tickets become available. Tickets may be requested May 16-29. Ticket requests received (or postmarked) prior to the start date will not be considered. Ticket cost is $5.00 each. A maximum of four tickets per requestor, for one night only, will be granted. Tickets are non-refundable. Complete information and ticket ordering can be found at: http://www.ucolick.org/public/sumvispro.html Music of the Spheres Concert Series Lick Observatory presents a summer concert series which benefits the Lick Observatory Visitors Program. Seating begins one half hour before the concert. Talks by our famous research astronomers begin right after the music. Weather permitting, viewing through the 36-inch telescope follows. Amateur astronomer volunteers provide additional outside viewing and informal talks. Attendance not advisable for children under ten years old. Ticket Availability VIP and Preferred tickets will be available starting May 17. Standard tickets will go on sale May 20. Ticket requests received prior to the start date will not be considered. Only 160 seats are available each night. Concerts sell out quickly and ticket requests are filled in the order received. Tickets may be purchased from the UCSC Ticket Office by phone, by fax, in person, or via the webform which will be linked at the UCO Lick website beginning May 17. A handling fee of $1 per ticket, up to a maximum of $6 per order, will be charged. Tickets are non-refundable. Complete information including concert performers and ticket ordering can be found at: http://www.ucolick.org/public/music.html Bob Havner From robhawley at earthlink.net Thu May 19 19:58:29 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] SJAA General Meeting Saturday 8PM Message-ID: <20050520025831.2E8277CB8@mail.whiteoaks.com> Our speaker for the May general meeting is Naishi Min, who was the director of the Shanghai, China Planetarium from 1958 to 1992. He has directed and produced over 20 planetarium shows for astronomy courses to middle and high schools, universities, and public in China. Mr. Min will speak on ancient Chinese astronomy, including their traditional constellations and star names, which were devised over 3,000 years ago and are still in use in China. In his slide show, he will show armillaries used in Chinese observational astronomy for over a thousand years. An accomplished artist, he has painted beautiful models of ancient Chinese observatories. A historian with interest in new ways of visually explaining astronomy, Naishi Min has developed cardboard pop-up models to aid visualization of concepts such as the relationships between equatorial, ecliptic, and horizon coordinate systems. He will show us these, as well as his planispheres, moon-phase predictors, pop-up armillary, and the VeMarsJuSa, a predictor of positions of four naked-eye planets. (Guess which!). He has published over 20 astronomical-themed pop-up books, to go with his other books and publications. Rob Hawley From koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net Sat May 21 16:49:57 2005 From: koopm at koopm.best.vwh.net (Michael Koop) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Two Loaner Scopes Available at Tonight's Meeting! Message-ID: <20050521173036.F59077@koopm.best.vwh.net> Just another reminder of the SJAA General Meeting tonight at Houge Park starting at 8 PM. Naishi Min will be speaking on ancient Chinese Astronomy. See this months Ephemeris Article for more info: http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0505/f.html I also have two dobsonian scopes available for loan, a 8" and a 10". Scope #36 is an Celestron Skyhopper, 8" f/6. Scope #33 is an Orion Deep Space Explorer, 10" f/5.6 Each scope comes complete with eyepieces and a finder. Who ever email's me first gets it or who asks at the meeting. Also, if you are willing to store it for me please let me know. These scopes are currently being stored in the SUV, and I also have the club solar scope. Thanks. Mike From robhawley at earthlink.net Mon May 23 17:21:20 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] You can now renew your SJAA membership using PayPal Message-ID: <20050524002124.357257DE9@mail.whiteoaks.com> We have just made renewing your SJAA membership as easy as a few mouse clicks. No more having to hunt up an old Ephemeris to get the form. Now memberships can be renewed quickly using PayPal. The payment will be immediately transmitted to our treasurer and you renewal will be immediately transmitted to me. Don't have a PayPal account - No problem. The site also accepts Credit Cards (but only if you don't have a PayPal account). We still will still accept the paper forms mailed to the mailbox if you prefer using that method. Rob Hawley VP and Membership Chairman PS. Some of you may have concerns about security. I have prepared a Q&A on this at http://home.earthlink.net/~robhawley/PayPal-for-SJAA-Security.html From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Mon May 23 20:40:53 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Fw: Night Sky Network Message: Black Hole Teleconference May 26th Message-ID: <001e01c56012$636b6e70$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> Black hole teleconference coming this week! Thursday, May 26th at 6 pm Pacific Remember Username: SJAA_Club password: sjaansky May's teleconference features renown infrared astronomer and cosmologist Dr. Ned Wright. Last week he shared the stage with Stephen Squyres and Dan Goldin, next week you can share a phone line with him and ask him your questions about black holes. Dr. Wright is the principal investigator for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission scheduled for launch in 2008. His online tutorials on Cosmology and Relativity are consistently listed by astronomy professors around the country as "go to" reference resources. The teleconference is scheduled for Thursday, May 26th at 6 pm Pacific, 9 pm Eastern. To participate, just dial in anytime to the number below after 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 26th. Please dial in a bit early so we can start on time! Toll-free conference call line at : 1-877-917-1549 - Wait on the line for an operator to answer - You will be asked for the passcode*: NIGHT SKY NETWORK * Do NOT press phone keys to enter this, the operator will ask for this code verbally - You will be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE - You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to. If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo@astrosociety.org See you at the teleconference! The presentation isn't available yet, but will be posted at the URLs below (hopefully before the weekend - but keep checking). Download large (23 MB) PowerPoint version at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/bh.zip Download smaaller PowerPoint (3 MB - no animation) at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/blackholesnoanimation.ppt Download smaller PDF file at: http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/blackholes.pdf Online HTML presentation at (TO BE POSTED THE WEEK OF THE TELECONFERENCE): http://www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/may26.htm From robhawley at earthlink.net Wed May 25 16:49:59 2005 From: robhawley at earthlink.net (Rob Hawley) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] May 27 SJAA Houge Park Star Party Message-ID: <20050525235001.5574179E1@mail.whiteoaks.com> On Friday May 27th the SJAA will host its public observing session on the grounds at Houge Park. Families are welcome to attend. Feel free to bring your scope and share views with others. The evening star party will start about 9:30 PM and last until midnight. Weather for Houge Park: http://www.sjaa.net/weather/sites.html#Houge-Park You can follow this link for a map of tonight's sky http://skymaps.com/skymaps/esmn0505.pdf. Object visibility for 22:00:00 on Fri 27 May 2005 Phase of the Moon on 27 May: waning gibbous with 79% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Sunset: 20:19 Twilight: 22:08 Darkness: 22:08 - 00:02 Twilight: 04:01 Sunrise: 05:50 Object Type Con Alt Az Dir ------ ---- --- --- -- --- 24 Comae Berenices Star Com +69? 208? SW iota Cancri Star Cnc +34? 282? W M 3 Globular Cluster CVn +79? 146? SE M 5 Globular Cluster Ser +45? 134? SE M 13 Globular Cluster Her +49? 75? E M 51 Galaxy CVn +80? 14? N M 53 Globular Cluster Com +71? 182? S M 81 Galaxy UMa +49? 336? NW M 82 Galaxy UMa +48? 336? NW M 92 Globular Cluster Her +45? 63? NE M 97 Planetary Nebula UMa +63? 321? NW M 104 Galaxy Vir +40? 191? S Mel 111 Open Cluster Com +74? 227? SW NGC 6210 Planetary Nebula Her +44? 92? E NGC 6543 Planetary Nebula Dra +41? 30? NE Cat's Eye Nebula SS Virginis Star Vir +52? 201? S xi Bootis Star Boo +62? 125? SE Y Canum Venaticorum Star CVn +80? 327? NW zeta Ursae Majoris Star UMa +72? 4? N Detailed information on any of any of these objects may be obtained at http://www.ngcic.org/pubdb.htm And http://www.seds.org/messier/ In addition we should be able to see the comet 9P Tempel Magnitude: 9.7 Right Ascension: 12h 54m 31.8s Declination: +4? 27' 32" (close to delta Virgo) Jupiter will visible tonight. The Great (almost)Red Spot should be visible at twilight. For satellite predictions for the party see http://www.heavens-above.com/allsats.asp?lat=37.339&lng=-121.894&alt=0&loc=S an+Jose&TZ=PST&Date=38486.0625&Mag=3.5 Rob Hawley From pkohlmil at best.com Wed May 25 23:49:26 2005 From: pkohlmil at best.com (Paul Kohlmiller) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] June Ephemeris Online Message-ID: <003701c561bf$10b4a850$0300a8c0@eclipsys.lan> The June issue of the SJAA Ephemeris is available online at http://ephemeris.sjaa.net . There are some extras only available in the online version. First, the Eclipse article by David Findley was slightly abridged for the print version. The full version is only in the online version. Another article about the April eclipse was submitted by Ernie Piini and is available in the HTML version. Lastly, the SJAA board has recently voted to increase the membership dues effective August 1. You can read about this online or go direct to this announcement at http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0506/g.html . 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Clear skies, Mike From bhavner at sbcglobal.net Tue May 31 17:57:10 2005 From: bhavner at sbcglobal.net (Bob & Brenda Havner) Date: Fri Jul 29 03:57:08 2005 Subject: [SJAA-announce] Fw: [AANC Contacts] [Fwd: Mt Tam Astronomy Program 6/11] Message-ID: <002301c56644$d7b43d10$60d9fea9@Turtlerock> Mt Tam Enthusiasts - Our June program will be *Saturday, June 11 at 8:30pm in the Mountain Theater on Mt Tam*. Dr. Roy R. Gal from U.C. Davis will explain the distribution of galaxies throughout the universe and what surveys of clusters of galaxies can tech us about cosmology in his talk "/Galaxies Like to Live Together/." The Madrone Picnic Area is reserved from 7:00pm and telescope viewing will take place in the Rock Spring Parking Area following the lecture (weather permitting of course) until about 11:00pm. If the weather is questionable (dare I even suggest it?) call the program hotline 415-455-5370 or the SFAA hotline 415-289-6636 for an update after 4:00pm. (Note that there is only an update if there is a cancellation.) Normally the lectures are held even if the observing is clouded out. Dress warmly, bring a flashlight and car pool if possible. _______________________________________________ Contacts mailing list Contacts@aanc-astronomy.org http://mail.aanc-astronomy.org/mailman/listinfo/contacts