[sac-board] Re: FW: 100 Hours of Astronomy Event(s)
- From: "SkyWatcher" <skywatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:59:47 -0700
David, et al.
Just an FYI....
There are a number of 100 Hours of Astronomy events in Arizona already
listed;
April 3rd Stargazing at Spur Cross Recreation Area in Cave Creek
April 4th two planetarium programs at the Challenger Space Center in Peoria
April 4th Stargazing at the Challenger Space Center in Peoria
The two stargazing events include a multi-media presentation on the night
sky and upcoming astronomical events, plus all attendees with digital
cameras will be able to photograph the moon and Saturn through the
telescopes.
Tony La Conte
Tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(623) 979 - 1393
Stargazing for Everyone, LLC
http://www.StargazingForEveryone.com
Visit our Planetarium Website:
http://www.NightSkyShow.com
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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:54 PM
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Subject: [sac-board] FW: 100 Hours of Astronomy Event(s)
Momentum is building!
Richard Harshaw
Cave Creek, AZ
From: David M. Douglass [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:02 PM
To: 'EVAC BOARD'
Cc: 'Richard Harshaw'; 'Dan Heim'; geneluca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: FW: 100 Hours of Astronomy Event(s)
Info for EVAC Board:
Richard Harshaw is President of SAP
Dan Heim is President of Desert Foothills Astronomy Club
Gene Lucas is the custodian of the EVAC 12" Dob
Greetings:
Below is an email I just sent to Scott Anderson of the Gilbert Riparian
Institute (host to our sidewalk star party site, and the GRCO observatory).
I have taken the liberty to schedule this event, due to the IYA "100 Hours
of Astronomy" event, which will have world wide publicity. As you will note,
I am going to register 3 events that EVAC will be participating in during
this April 2-5 time frame. Currently, there are NO other Arizona events
registered. So... I am going to put Arizona on the map!
Randy, please add this event to our calendar . Gene, please reserve this
date on your calendar if you can, and I think this will be an excellent
place for the Dob to be used. All, Scott has advised that there will also be
a public appreciation and award ceremony (I think he said for some
fire-fighters) that evening, so we will have a built-in starter crowd.
Randy can announce this at the Feb, Mar, and Apr Meetings, and we can post
an article in the March and April Observer. As I state in the email below, I
will write an article for the Riparian newsletter.
Other club Presidents - Here is a chance for us to get together, and sponsor
a "city-wide" participation in IYA. If you could schedule a "sidewalk star
party" event somewhere during this time frame, we could approach the valley
media (TV- Newspapers) with a joint press release, and maybe get some good
exposure. What do you think?
Second Note to Other club Presidents - The EVAC board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx email
address is not generally available to the public. It is a list server
router, of which you must be a registered member to originate email. So, if
you do a "reply to all", that one will bounce. However, I would still get
it, and will be happy to forward on any comments you wish. Our events
coordinator is Randy Peterson events@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and the Arizona
Science Center coordinator is Howard Israel howmad1@xxxxxxx .
David M. Douglass
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Home (480) 839-2629
Cell (602) 908-9092
From: David M. Douglass [mailto:david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:40 PM
To: 'sanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: 100 Hours of Astronomy Event(s)
Thank you for calling me back today, and especially thank you for
authorizing the East Valley Astronomy Club (EVAC) to use the Riparian
Institute parking lot area to host a sidewalk astronomy star party on
Saturday, April 4th.
This event will be advertised as part of our continuing celebration of the
2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) program. This specific event
(program) is known as the "100 Hours of Astronomy". Events are being
planned, worldwide, in conjunction with this program. For background
reference, here is a link to their website:
http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/
EVAC will be registering 3 events (so far), being the open GRCO on Friday
Night and Saturday Night (April 3rd and 4th); the sidewalk astronomy star
party on Saturday, April 4th, and a separate school star party at Greenfield
Elementary School, about 1 mile S of GRCO at Elliott and Greenfield on
Friday, April 3rd.
I think when I register these events on the 100 Hours web page, I will show
GRCO and the "Sidewalk Star Party" as being hosted by EVAC "in cooperation
with The Riparian Institute of Gilbert Arizona".
Would such a comment be ok with you and the Riparian Institute? Please
confirm if ok. Thanks.
EVAC will prepare an article for the Riparian newsletter, and seek
publication of these events through the Gilbert Republic, and other news
outlets.
David M. Douglass, President
East Valley Astronomy Club (EVAC)
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx president@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Home (480) 839-2629
Cell (602) 908-9092
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