Saturday May 5 – Public Night and Regular Monthly Meeting at 7 PM

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Everyone, members and non-members, please join us at 7 PM for our regular monthly meeting, 6 PM if you are going to join us for the Supper Bowl. Burgers are on tap for the meal.

Jai Groce will be doing the Constellation of the Month – Canis Minor – and Perry Norwood will present “Monsters and Other Black Holes”.

As always, meetings of the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society are open to the public.

Supper Bowl price will be $6 each.

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National Astronomy Day, April 21, 2018

 
April 21st is National Astronomy Day and the Central Arkansas Astronomical Society invites you to come out to Pinnacle Mountain State Park at the Visitor’s Center for an afternoon and evening of celebration! Starting at 2PM we will have activities for everyone to enjoy. If the weather is cloudy we will use a shorter schedule, 2PM – 8PM. It’s all free and all family fun. Come out and explore your cosmos!

2:00 – 6:00 (solar observing, making giant bubbles, Water Rockets)
3:00 – Reliving the Space Race.
4:00 – Introduction to Observing for Sky Watchers and Amateur Astronomers
5:00 – Light Pollution
6:00 – Brown Bag dinner, chat with CAAS members about astronomy and CAAS
7:00 – Observing the Moon
7:30 – Star Party Intro
8:00 – 10:00 Star Party and Sky Tours