November 10th is our 11th Anniversary Dinner & Celebration
On Friday, November 10, from 5 to 9 PM will be the 11th Anniversary Celebration & Dinner for the San Juan Stargazers. It will be at our regular meeting location, the Community United Methodist Church. Dinner will be served at 6PM, it is Not a Potluck, it is free for members, but an RSVP is necessary. To begin, for hors d’oeuvres we will be having Rex Kemp’s literally World Famous Humus dish which he perfected while living in Saudia Arabia. We will be having several different kinds of Stouffer Lasagna & a fresh green salad. For dessert, we hope to be having everyone’s favorite pie with whipped cream or ice cream.
To R.S.V.P. by Thursday November 9, please leave a message or send a text to 303-995-2888 with your name, number of people coming & your 3 most favorite kinds of pies.
Dessert is being provided by CRIA in appreciation for the work we do on the Night Sky Programs at Chimney Rock National Monument. CRIA volunteers who helped out on the Night Sky Programs, but aren’t Stargazers are welcome to join us for this Celebration of completing the summer serving almost 300 visitors at 9 events. This will mostly be a social gathering, but we will spend time getting excited & mind-boggled looking at & discussing some of the recent fabulous discoveries of the James Webb Space Telescope. 93% of the galaxies discovered by the Webb have never been seen before.
Looking ahead at our December Meeting, it will be on Thursday, December 7, & it will be a working meeting for all members. In 2022, we gave summer Tours of the Night Sky, so we can all become the “Astronomer of Our Dreams.” I’m sure you have always dreamed of standing outside on a dark night & pointing out the constellations, note the special stars, planets & anything else of importance. In 2022, new & renewing Stargazer members received a special blue plastic notebook with the needed information to educate & maybe impress your friends, relatives, neighbors & yourself about the night sky. At the December meeting we will be adding missing months with maps & narratives with additional information for every month of the year. Judith Jubb has been working very hard gathering material from several sources & most importantly leaving out the extraneous sources of confusion. She did this work for the presentations she gave during the summer months at Chimney Rock Night Sky Programs. Now she has completed material for the Stargazers for all months of the year. I don’t think there is anything quite like this booklet, being concise, easy to read, direct & uncomplicated. Of course, you have to do some preparation, but we’ve tried to make it as simple as possible. Since there is material for each month, you can study a few pages & then forget it until next year when you can look it up again.
You must find the notebook you were given & bring it with you to work on. After completing the notebook, we will go over how to use this fabulous tool. You will go home one step closer to achieving being “the Astronomer of Your Dreams” with the only step left—get out & DO IT. You may want to practice before you put on a show & get a red-light flashlight (we have some for sale) & a green laser-pointer. Please look for the notebook you were given because it is too expensive to give people a second notebook. This is a priceless tool to use for the rest of your life & pass down to your grandchildren! We need everyone working together to complete this great project!
If you would like to join the San Juan Stargazers you will also receive Reflector Magazine which is the publication of the National Astronomical League of which you automatically become a member. To join both groups & get an excellent astronomy magazine, annual membership is only$25/ family. You can join the club at any of our events or now you can join using Paypal at our web=site: sanjuanstargazers.org. Check out our recently improved web-site with much more information & fabulous pictures. If you join at our December meeting it will be the last chance to get a copy of this very special notebook to become the “Astronomer of Your Dreams.”
WE INVITE YOU TO LEARN ABOUT & APPRECIATE OUR UNBELIEVABLE UNIVERSE.