{"id":425,"date":"2019-09-20T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/?p=425"},"modified":"2019-09-20T15:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T21:21:32","slug":"improve-locating-skills-at-september-26th-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjuanstargazers.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/20\/improve-locating-skills-at-september-26th-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Locating Skills at September 26th Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

                                    San Juan<\/strong> Stargazers Will Improve \u201cLocating Skills\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \nTheSanJuan Stargazerswill\nhold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at the Chamber\nVisitors\u2019 Center Conference Room located at 105 Hot Springs Blvd.  The meeting is from 7- 8:30 PM. (SHARP)   Hot\ndrinks and a treat will be served at 6:30 with time to socialize.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \n        Our program for this month will be presented\nby Jerry Granok.  It will be an\ninter-active practicum on locating constellations, stars and deep-sky objects.  Somehow Jerry will have the night sky (minus\nrain clouds) appear in the conference room at the Chamber.  We will locate various sky objects that at\nfirst view are labeled in the \u201csky.\u201d  Then\nwe will try to locate these same objects with unlabeled stars like we usually\nsee. We will do most of this as a group activity, but individuals can \u201cshow off\u201d\n& test themselves while others of us just \u201cwatch & learn.\u201d  It sounds pretty unbelievable, but because\nJerry is doing it, it will happen.  Come\n& see how he pulls this off (I\u2019m referring to a sky without rain clouds).  It should be a great learning experience\n& lots of fun because someone, I\u2019m not saying who, but I bet you can guess,\nwill have water balloons with warm water, of course.  Remember that guests are always welcome at\nour meetings and this will be one you don\u2019t want to miss.  If you\u2019ve wondered about something you\u2019ve\nseen in the night sky, this is the perfect time to come & see if we can\nhelp you figure it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          This will be the last training lesson for this\nyear\u2019s 9th<\/sup> and last Star Party at Chimney Rock which will be held on\nFriday, September 27.  The gate opens\nat  6PM and the program begins at 6:45.  Chris Horley will be doing his wonderful\npower point presentation on Stars & Galaxies.  There will be Cub Scouts galore, so this\nwould be a great time for other children to come.  Grandparents can bring their grandchildren for\none last treat of the summer.  Many of\nyou have said all summer that you want to come to a Star Party.  This is your LAST  CHANCE for 2019.  We will save a spot for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

           We have a few more special activities\nfor this Fall.  We will be having a\nprivate Star Party for Middle School 8th<\/sup> Graders with the date still\nto be determined.  On Saturday, October\n5, there will be a HUGE Star Party at Mesa Verde National Park.  This is one of the last events that John Buting\nstarted the summer before he died and it has continued every year in his memory.  It is still going strong & we want to\ninvite people from Pagosa to join others in the 4-Corners Area.   If you can bring a telescope or help out in\nother ways, you can have a free campsite in the Park.  Call our club number for more\ninformation.  This is a BIG  STAR \nPARTY with hundreds of people and something I would recommend for\neveryone to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

            There is one last event to\nmention.  Our End-of-Year Celebration for\nhaving 9 Star Parties at <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chimney Rock serving hundreds of people,\nand our 7th<\/sup> Anniversary Dinner for the San Juan Stargazers Astronomy\nClub will be held on Friday, October 25, at a private home.  It is for Club members & invited guests\nonly.  We always invite all the C.R.I. A.\nmembers who help us during the summer. This year we will have special\ndoor-prizes instead of games with more time to socialize.  You must make a reservation this year to\ndetermine food quantities.  Hope to see all\nyou Stargazers and C.R.I.A Night Sky support members!       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \n        The San Juan Stargazers are part of the\nAstronomical League, which includes clubs from all over the US.  We have a wonderful new web-site<\/strong>—www.sanjuanstargazers.org, as well as an email address,\nsjstargazers@gmail.com<\/a> and a club\nphone number 970-335-8286. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \n  We welcome everyone who has an interest in\nlearning more about our  AMAZING UNIVERSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                    San Juan Stargazers Will Improve \u201cLocating Skills\u201d        TheSanJuan Stargazerswill hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2019, at the Chamber Visitors\u2019 Center Conference Room located at 105 Hot Springs Blvd.  The meeting is from 7- 8:30 PM. (SHARP)   Hot drinks and a treat will be served at 6:30 with time to…
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