Second Friday (Falling) Star Party: Tonight (Friday, September 9, 2011) at 9pm in Washington Street Park. Right now the weather doesn’t look good and I will try to call it mid-afternoon. UPDATE, 4:55pm. Looks like it might clear, though the forecast says it will go the other way. Look up at 9pm. If it’s almost entirely clear, we’re on. If it looks like a quilt of clouds and holes of clear sky, we’re not. Amateur astronomers call these “sucker holes”. We don’t want to fall for them.
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Gabrielle Plucknette
/ February 21, 2011This is SO cool! I miss the star parties!!! I have been following that one guy on Facebook, his photos are amazing!!!
Brendan Zugibe
/ June 14, 2011Hi Doug, my family would LOVE to host a Star Party at our winery. We are just far enough outside the city of Geneva that light pollution is minimal! Send me an email at brendan@zugibevineyards.com I noticed that July is “TBA”!!!
DougReilly
/ June 14, 2011Brendan,
Thanks for offering…July is TBA because I won’t be here and I was trying to find someone else to facilitate it. I’ll be in Utah, teaching astronomy at Capitol Reef National Park. But let’s talk when I get back and we can put something together. Cheers!
doug