Hi Mike, Yeah, there are a few red faces at SLAS after discovering we scheduled Astronomy Day on the wrong day. So SLAS is having 2 Astronomy Days this year (hey, some folks in Utah have two spouses so SLAS can have two ADs <g>). So, we (SLAS) will have the first one on 18 April, per the handouts, at SPOC where we'll be giving away an 8" Dobsonian, 6" Dobsonian and a pair of binoculars. The 2nd one will be on 2 May also at SPOC. IIRC Siegfried is working with Harmons to do yet another AD telescope giveaway at one of the Harmons stores on 1 May but I don't know if that's official yet. Clear skies, patrick On 25 Mar 2009, at 07:35, M Wilson wrote:
We all know that the little SLAS Star Party handouts has the incorrect date for Astronomy Day. If I remember correctly, it is supposed to be on May 2, which this site seems to confirm; http://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astrofacts.html
But then I get on the Clark Planetarium site and find a different date, which is found on the last page of this pdf layout: http://www.clarkplanetarium.org/DATA/NEWSLETTERS_IMAGES/March%202008.pdf
Interesting to see that astronomers aren't sure when Astronomy Day really is.