Every year the\nStargazers take part in the FREE TO THE PUBLIC Chimney Rock activity called Life at Chimney\nRock <\/strong>which is Sat. July 20 &\nSun. July 21, f<\/strong>rom 10 AM to 4 PM.\nThe Stargazers have a booth about\nAstronomy among the many other\nactivities such as yucca pounding, atlatl throwing, pottery making, etc. that\nthe ancient people did. We will talk\nabout the coming Lunar Standstill in 2022 and we have more than a dozen astronomy\nactivities for all ages from coloring for the youngest to an adult word search\nand lots of educational & fun things in between. Some of the pottery that is for sale,\nmade by Native Americans with ancestors\nat C.R., is astronomy related. It is\nvery cleverly created & the prices are reasonable. The Indian Tacos & fry bread are \u201dout of\nthis world.\u201d It is an enjoyable experience that you & your children or\ngrandchildren will not want to miss. There also are extra tours to the ruins (regular\nprice).<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Thursday.\nJuly 25, we will not have the usual program at our meeting. A<\/strong>t 6:00 PM, we will have a Telescope Clinic<\/strong> to\nhelp people figure out their telescopes. \nCall 970-335-8286 to reserve a telescope expert to help you. At 7PM, instead of a program, there will\nbe hands-on lessons on\nconstellations & Messier Objects. We\nwill use our new photo flash cards and go over the recent protocol for using a\ntelescope. The goal is that you will\nknow & be able to identify more constellations & Messier Objects\nincluding galaxies, star clusters, open & globular & nebula of various\ntypes. It will be a valuable learning <\/strong> session developed by Joan Mieritz, who is a\nmaster teacher of easy & fun learning. \nYou will feel really smart after this session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not expecting\nthat many people will come to the regular meeting on Thursday night. If you have to make a choice between coming\non Thursday or Friday, please come on Friday. \nWe will be having some big Star Parties & can use all the help we\ncan get.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have Star\nParties<\/strong> on Friday, July 26, Stars & Galaxies & Friday, August 9,\nOur Solar System. WE NEED MORE \nTELESCOPES AT CHIMNEY ROCK. If you own a telescope & bring it to\nshare, you and a guest do not need to pay to get into the Star Party and we will provide training and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nThursday, August 8th<\/sup>, we will have a SPECIAL JOINT MEETING WITH THE\nCHIMNEY ROCK INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION .<\/strong> We will meet at the Springs Hotel at\n6PM for delicious hors d\u2019oeuvres. <\/strong>Then at 7PM, a very special guest, Dr. Erica Ellingson,\nProfessor of Astrophysical and Planetary Science at the University of Colorado,\nBoulder will speak. Her research interests include galaxies, dark matter and\nobservational cosmology and she is fascinated with all aspects of how humans\nconnect with the sky and understand the cosmos. Her recent projects include developing public\nprograms on the astronomy of the Ancestral Puebloans in collaboration with\nChaco Cultural National Park and Chimney Rock National Monument. She has been at C.R. numerous times doing\nresearch & will share some of her findings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her talk\nshould interest the general Pagosa community, C.R. volunteers and Astronomy\npeople. I want to encourage EVERY\nONE TO ATTEND<\/strong>. CRIA members make\ntreats to share at a 6pm snack potluck, but the San Juan Stargazers CLUB will buy special food\nso our members do not need to prepare something, JUST SHOW UP<\/strong>. It should be very valuable and it is special\nfun when we have joint meetings with CRIA and see how many people are involved\nwith Chimney Rock National Monument. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We invite\npeople who want to learn more about our amazing Universe to all our events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Every year the Stargazers take part in the FREE TO THE PUBLIC Chimney Rock activity called Life at Chimney Rock which is Sat. July 20 & Sun. July 21, from 10 AM to 4 PM. The Stargazers have a booth about Astronomy among the many other activities such as yucca pounding, atlatl throwing, pottery…
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