It Must Be Astronomical

Board Elections

At the March General meeting the board selected officers. The result is that all officers are keeping their current postions.

Auction Rescheduled

The annual SJAA auction has been rescheduled to May 6, 2012. The auction starts at noon and goes into the late afternoon. The auction takes place at Houge Park.

I'll leave you with this question: when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, it's a solar eclipse, and when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, it's a lunar eclipse. So what do we call it when, for us on the surface, the Earth gets in between us and the Sun?

Answer: night. Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer

The loaner program offers members a means to try scopes of various sizes and technologies before you buy. For more information please see the loaner program web page: http://www.sjaa.net/loaners.shtml

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Completed Events

Total Sched.

Good Sky

Partial Success

Cloudy Fail

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Jul

0

Aug

1

1

Sep

1

1

Oct

6

3

3

Nov

13

9

1

3

Dec

4

4

Jan

4

0

1

3

Feb

10

6

1

3

Total

39

24

1

2

12

Scheduled

Mar

9

Apr

4

May

1

Jun

1

Total

15

School Star Party Link

For information on school star parties including how to schedule one see http://www.sjaa.net/school.shtml.