Free Public Star Party at Pinnacle Mountain State Park May 19
Join CAAS on May 29th at the Pinnacle Mountain State Park Visitor Center for a free party under the stars. CAAS will be there from 9PM to 11Pm showing. Highlights will be the planets Mars, Saturn, and Venus. Bring your kids, if you don’t have any, bring your parents, but be there.
Next Regular Meeting on May 12th at 7 PM
The program for the May 12 Meeting will be “Volcanoes Here and There: A Tourists Guide to Volcanism In the Solar System”. It will be presented by Darrell Heath. We will start out with a look at volcanoes here on Earth and then branch out into to the rest of the solar system to see other examples. Some of the info and images represent data gathered by various NASA/JPL projects over the years.
The meeting will be help at the River Ridge Observatory. If you need directions, please contact info@caasastro.org.
There will also be a Board Meeting at 6PM to discuss tax matters. All members are welcome to attend both meetings but only officers and board members are expected to attend the board meeting. It is tax talk after all.
National Astronomy Day Saturday April 28
Astronomy Day is coming us this weekend! Join CAAS and the State Parks of Arkansas at beautiful Pinnacle Mountain State Park for an afternoon and evening of fantastic astronomy events. The fun starts at 2:00 PM at the visitors center with telescopes set up for your solar viewing pleasure, if you don’t want to see the Sun then maybe you would care to roast a marshmallow using direct heat from our closest star (you will want to be careful though, you can have roasted rather than toasted marshmallows in seconds!). At 2:30 PM join us for a hike from the Sun to Pluto when we shrink the solar system down to a mere 1,000 yards long! At 3:00 PM you can take a “Cosmic Voyage” in the form of a film narrated by Morgan Freeman. We will also have Dr. Tony Hall from the UALR Physics and Astronomy Department on hand showcasing some of the university’s prize meteorites and Dr. Hall will let you make your very own meteor crater impact (space kids of all ages will love this activity!). Water rockets at 5:30 PM and a presentation by Dr. Hall at 7:00 PM will lead up to a star party at 8:00 to 10:00 PM. Come on out and see the universe in all its splendor! For Free!