SPRING 2009 - PUBLIC EVENTS @ FIU
FIU STAR PARTIES
Call FIU Dept. of Physics: 305-348-3964.
ALL SCAS/FIU ASTRONOMY EVENTS ON CAMPUS ARE FREE
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The 26th Annual Winter Star Party Tentative Dates: February 8 - 13, 2010 For More information or to register, Please contact : Fred & Lucille Heinrich, WSP Registrars 6165 Wiggins Road, Live Oak, FL 32060-7564 or Email: heinrich1@windstream.net ( Phone / fax: 386-362-5995) |
Please direct all local Miami Area SCAS Requests to: Program/Event Coordinator BarbYager@aol.com or call the SCAS Hotline number above. The SCAS Program/Event Coordinator is solely responsible for the content of Miami Area event information posted below.
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Recent SCAS Member Astrophotography Left: M45 Pleiades & Merope Nebula by Tim Khan (10/2008), taken from Pie Town, New Mexico, with TEC 180 Refractor / Proline 16803 CCD Camera, Astro Physics Mount Center: IC 434 Horsehead Nebula by Tim Khan (10/2008), taken from Pie Town, New Mexico, with TEC 180 Refractor / Proline 16803 CCD Camera, Astro Physics Mount Right: M33Triangulum Galaxy by Steve Van Ryn (10/2008), taken from Pie Town, New Mexico, with TEC 140, SBIG 10 CCD Camera |
SCAS EVENTS FOR SUMMER 2009
SUMMER STAR PARTIES
Weather permitting, SOUTHERN CROSS ASTROS will arrange hi-tech equipment for a series of Summer Star Parties, 8:30-10 pm, at the popular Schnebly's Winery, 30205 SW 217 Avenue, Homestead. Under dark rural skies, enjoy views of silver Saturn with edge-on rings and orbiting satellite moons, Big Dipper, young crescent Moon, Ring Nebula and more! FRIDAY June 12, 26th; July 10, 24th; August 14th, 28th. Call: 305-661-1375.
SUMMER SCAS SCHEDULE
THIS WILL BE THE LAST PUBLIC SCAS PROGRAM AT FIU UNTIL SEPT. 18th, due to the FIU 4-day week summer schedule. For equipment advice, assembly, alignment, with SCAS Astros, bring your questions & telescope to the SCAS telescope deck in Bill Sadowski Park (see map below), SW 176 St./SW 79 Ave., 1/2 mile west of Old Cutler Road, Palmetto Bay, 7:30 pm, Saturday evenings weather permitting. By 8:30 pm, see fabulous summer skies in SCAS hi-tech equipment, and the largest telescope for public use in Miami-Dade, from the darkest site nearest to bright downtown Miami. Call: SCAS Hotline: 305-661-1375, 5-6 pm Saturdays.
SAFE SOLARVIEWING continues Saturdays 10 a.m.-Noon, with SCAS Astros at the waterfall entrance to MetroZoo, 12400 SW 152 Street. You may see powerful solar activity as it occurs LIVE-- 8 1/2 minutes later! Weather permitting. Saturdays 9:30 a.m. call the Solar Update 305-661-1375 x 3.
Our Meeting Location....................................................
Florida International University
Dept. of Physics (Astronomy Program)
CP-145 University Park
SW 109th Ave. / SW 8th St., Miami, FL. 33199Except where otherwise posted, each monthly meeting at FIU starts promptly at 8 P.M. on the dates indicated.
EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS
SCAS SATURDAY ASTRONOMY ALL YEAR!
- Binoculars will help youngsters and novices enjoy a nightly `treasure hunt' across the sky and appreciate Mother Nature's celestial artistry, lunar phases and sudden surprises!
- With gasoline prices rising to ridiculous heights, the family hobby of Backyard Astronomy becomes more intriguing---it's convenient, fun and free!
Solar Observing
- Weather permitting, Southern Cross Astros schedule FREE safe solarviewing Saturdays 10 a.m.-Noon, near the waterfall entrance to Miami-Dade Metrozoo. See the powerful action exploding off the surface of our `nearest star'!
MetroZoo, 12400 SW 152nd Street, Miami, FL
Call the SCAS Hotline at 305-661-1375 or visit the SCAS Solar Web Page for more information!
Saturday Night Sky Observing
SCAS SATURDAY NITE LIVE- public Star Party 8 - 10 pm, Bill Sadowski Park & Nature Center, SW 176 St./SW 79 Ave. Standard Time change will bring brilliant winter stars rising 1 hour earlier in the east. Bright Jupiter & Venus dominate the southwest and set 1 hour earlier! Early LEONID METEORS may be visible Saturday eve.15th Bring family, lawn chairs, snax, bug cream and dress appropriately. NO LITES pets, alcohol or loud noise in the Miami-Dade Nature Preserve. Groups of 20+ please leave mssg. on SCAS Hotline: 305-661-1375.
Meet the Brightest Stars in Town!
Check our programs and events: SCAS STARGAZER in the Sunday Miami Herald, Tropical Life, SCAS Hotline: 305-661-1375 or check this web page for updates.
To learn about "late breaking" news on SCAS events (star parties, public outreach, meetings, etc.), go to the Yahoo Group devoted to SCAS at;
(Click on the Yahoo logo above to go to SCASMAIL)
Click Here for a Windows Vista Clear Sky Clock (CSC) Sidebar "Gadget"
GREEN LASERS ARE PROHIBITED AT ALL SCAS EVENTS!
Due to recent national events, it has become necessary for the Southern Cross Astronomical Society of Miami, Florida, to completely ban the use of green laser pointers at SCAS sponsored events. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY (January 2005) any use of such devices (hand-held or attached) at SCAS Star Parties, the Winter Star Party, or any other SCAS public event SHALL BE PROHIBITED. Violation of this restriction will result in the immediate expulsion of the offending party from the SCAS event.
Tim Khan, SCAS Vice- President / Director of the Winter Star Party
