This is the event we talked about last week. There will be 20-30 Cub Scout ages 7-10 with 1 adult per 3-4 boys. It is at First Church of the Nazarene in Beebe. They will be cooking hot dogs and burgers and we are welcome to join them for that. They have a parking lot […]

John Reed called the meeting to order at 7:20, the nice weather and good food enticed us to run late.  There were 25 members and visitors in attendance.
John told us about several upcoming start parties:

The Nebraska Star Party on July 25th (http://www.nebraskastarparty.org/)
The Texas Star Party on June 1 (http://www.texasstarparty.org/index1.html)
The All-America Star Party (date unknown).

Closer to […]

Join us this coming Satuday, April 12th at 7 PM, for the next CAAS meeting. We will be at our normal location, River Ridge Observatory. If you need directions, click the contact button.
The meeting will be preceded by a potluck dinner at about 6 PM.
Presentation: The Space Race and Philately by Rocky […]

The Moon will partially obscure the Pleiades during the early evening of April 8. The event starts between 8:30 CDT and lasts about 2 hours depending on your definition of “Pleiades”. It looks like only one of the Seven Sisters will be occulted but several minor members will be obscured by the Moon. […]

Stefan Seip (Rocky Nook, Inc. 2008) 155 pages. $29.95 (less at Amazon) ISB: 978-1-933952-16-1
What astronomer hasn’t wished to record the splendor of the night sky to review later? It is natural to want to be able to recall those glorious evenings that are so few and far between, like looking at a […]

It’s 10 o’clock, and do you know where your Oriental Honey Buzzard is?
Tracking the whereabouts of birds and other migrating wildlife across thousands of miles of land, air, and sea is no easy feat. Yet to protect the habitats of endangered species, scientists need to know where these roving animals go during their seasonal travels.
Rather […]

It was a cold and clear evening after a news making snowfall in March (yes, March) in Arkansas (yes, Arkansas).
President John Reed called the meeting to order at 7:10
17 members and guests were in attendance.
We welcomed new members John and Carolyn Pittman to their first meeting.  Welcome, John and Carolyn!
Two weeks ago, CAAS hosted a […]

by Patrick Barry
At one time or another, we’ve all stared at beautiful images of spiral galaxies, daydreaming about the billions of stars and countless worlds they contain. What mysteries—and even life forms—must lurk within those vast disks?
Now consider this: many of the galaxies you’ve seen are actually much larger than they appear. NASA’s Galaxy Evolution […]

Saturday evening, February 23rd, CAAS participated in the Pinnacle Mountain State Park Master Naturalist program. About 25 to 30 people attended. John Reed, Carl Freyaldenhoven, Rocky Togni, and Jim Dixon represented CAAS. It was totally cloudy so John used Stellarium to give them a tour of the virtual sky. The group was […]

On the evening of February 20, the Moon will be eclipsed by the Earth’s shadow. It will start at 7:43 and end at 11:09 with the best part, totality, running from 9:00 to 9:52. If you have the opportunity, check it out. Here is a link providing more details.
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/15357796.html