April 2019 President’s message
by Steve Hubbard
Time to get those telescopes, binoculars and eyeballs out of storage and get them out under the wide-open skies again!
That’s right, the long cold winter is at an end and it’s getting easier to enjoy what the night sky has to offer us.
This is the season of galaxies with many of the spring constellations like Virgo, Ursa Major, Coma Berenices, Canes Venatici and more offering an abundance of galaxies to hunt. There are many opportunities to see some truly amazing sights during this season.
As part of our return the outdoors, I am proposing a monthly series of star parties at our observatory for members, guests and any of the public who show up.
I hope to combine these with some of the special award programs that the Astronomical League has to make them more fun.
If you have a telescope that you’d like to learn more about, want to know the sky better or just want to look thru a bunch of other instruments, these events are for you!
As soon as you see the announcements, please put the dates into your calendar and try to come out to join us. We were able to get a few of these in last year and they were a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!
