This is a special event for Boy Scouts to be held at the CAAS River Ridge Observing site north of Lake Maumelle, near Little Italy AR, about 35 minutes west-northwest of Little Rock. The target date is the 17th but if necessary due to weather it may be bumped to the 18th, or even later.  The event is free and open to Boy Scouts in middle school or older with an interest in astronomy or the night sky. The program will begin promptly at 7 p.m.  Attendees should plan on arriving not later than 6:45.  There will be an introduction to observing the night sky, a constellation tour and viewing through scopes and binoculars.  The program will conclude by 9:30 p.m. Attendance is limited to 36 scouts – parents and leaders welcome but there may not be room for everyone in the indoor program.  You must register to attend.  You register below by subscribing to the event newsletter. This make it possible for us to communicate with each attendee. The event is subject to being rescheduled due to weather conditions and we also send advice and preparation information.  For all these reasons we ask that each Boy register separately and unsubscribe if there is a change in plans.

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Everyone, members and non-members, please join us at 6 PM for our regular monthly meeting, 5 PM if you are going to join us for the Supper Bowl.

Andrew Hradesky will give a program on the telescope that he restored and Steve Block will present the Dead Astronomer of the Month – Henrietta Leavitt.

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

Supper Bowl price will be $6 each.

POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY JANUARY 27th

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This is a special event for Girl Scouts to be held at the CAAS River Ridge Observing site north of Lake Maumelle, near Little Italy AR, about 35 minutes west-northwest of Little Rock. The event is free and open to Girl Scouts in middle school or older with an interest in astronomy or the night sky. The program will begin promptly at 7 p.m.  Attendees should plan on arriving not later than 6:45.  There will be an introduction to observing the night sky, a constellation tour and viewing through scopes and binoculars.  The program will conclude by 9:30 p.m. Attendance is limited to 36 young ladies – parents and leaders welcome but there may not be room for everyone in the indoor program.  You must register to attend.  You register below by subscribing to the event newsletter. This make is possible for us to communicate with each attendee. The event is subject to being rescheduled due to weather conditions and we also send advice and preparation information.  For all these reasons we ask that each Girl register separately and unsubscribe if there is a change in her plans.  (Older girls might consider reading the recent book, The Glass Universe.  It is the story of how women came to play such a crucial role in astronomy around the turn into the twentieth century when women were otherwise all but excluded from other science.)

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