[sac-forum] Re: [EVAC ONLINE] All Arizona Star Party -- More details

Re-posted from the EVAC ONLINE list... (for additional details...)
Not just for EVACers... everybody can attend!
BTW.... EVAC meeting is tonite in Gilbert at the Regional Library, SE corner of Guadalupe and Greenfield Roads, about 3 miles south of the 60 freeway on Greenfield. If you come and join, there is a raffle tonite... You could get lucky! 
Cheers,
GL
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Claude Haynes wrote:
>>Speaker [for tonite's EVAC meeting] is Rob Pinkerton who is the Technical Program Manager for General Dynamics – Spectrum Astro Space Systems. They are located in Gilbert and manufactured the GLAST – Fermi Gamma Ray Satellite. It should be an interesting lecture on NASA and the creation of a space observatory in our backyard.
EVAC will be selling raffle tickets for the All Arizona Star Party, and dinner coupons for Saturday night. 
Enjoy a great meal with your friends and a great weekend of observing.
Also, we have a drawing for several meteorite pieces donated by Astronomy Magazine. We have randomized the EVAC member list, and if the randomly selected number matches your random sort – you win! We will be taking renewal payments at the start of the meeting, and we will add you in. You don’t have to be present to win – but we would love to see you on Friday! (Especially on a night with a nearly full moon that rises 24 minutes after the start of the meeting) 
Claude Haynes, EVAC Pres.

ANDDDD...
Randy Peterson wrote:
Don't forget to mark your calendars for October 24th and 25th, for the All 
Arizona Star Party! This year promises to be one of the best ever! This
event is open to any amateur astronomer! So far, the guest planning to
attend who is traveling the farthest is coming from Georgia (USA, not the
one by Russia!).

In addition to great observing from a fairly dark-sky site, a hospitality
tent is available for camaraderie, for finger-food snacks, and a heater for hot water for coffee or hot chocolate (there will be a donations-box to help 
defray costs). A couple representatives from Meade will be in attendance,
and they are bringing a 12" LX200 ACF, a 16" LightBridge and a 90mm
Solarmax, plus a complete set of Series 5000 eyepieces. There will also be 
sun-related posters, CD's, 3D cards, 3D lithos and glasses of the Sun).
Porta-potties will be on site.

Have no telescope? This is a great venue for MITAPTYS (may I take a peek
through your scope?). There are usually over 100 telescopes at this event, and I'd estimate that 75% of them would be happy to provide you with views 
through their scope. I know the Meade guys will be happy to show views
through their scopes - I'm looking forward to looking through the Solarmax 
scope (a $6,000 hydrogen alpha scope! I'd like to see how much difference
there is from the $600 Coronado H-alpha scope). There will be some scopes
there that will be used for imaging - you should likely keep your distance from them, as even a red flashlight aimed in the wrong direction could ruin a time exposure. The imagers usually set up away from other people for this 
reason, so if you stick to the main field you should be fine.

Don't forget to pack everything you will need - water, food,
red-flashlights, any astronomical gear, camping equipment and a knowledge of dark-sky 
etiquette ( http://www.eastvalleyastronomy.org/etiquette.html ). Most
information needed about this event is at our website at
http://www.eastvalleyastronomy.org/aasp.htm , including a printable map.
There will be a few signs placed alongside the road on the way there to help guide you, but if you haven't been there before, I recommend having the map as your primary guide. The drive-time there is about 1.75 hours from where 
I live (south Scottsdale/north Tempe area).

Any other questions, please ask!

Randy Peterson
Events Coordinator
East Valley Astronomy Club
events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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