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Star Party tonight in South Fork (Provo) Canyon for BYU astronomy club
by Richard Tenney 20 Oct '08

20 Oct '08

There's supposed to be 200 people showing up, so come and help or just hang out if you are otherwise home and bored tonight! The turnoff into the park where we will set up is about 3.25 miles up from the turnoff in Provo Canyon at Vivian Park (where we have been before) -- large paved parking area. Not great horizons, but OK for a 15-minute drive up the canyon! See you there, /Rich

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BYU star party could use some extra help tomorrow (FRI) night
by Richard Tenney 25 Sep '08

25 Sep '08

The BYU Astronomical Society is having a public star party this Friday night. We've done some advertising on campus and it is looking like we're going to be having a LOT more people coming than we're able to handle. We need a few more people to run telescopes - we have extra telescopes, but nobody to run them. Will you please e-mail your group and see if anyone would like to participate? They're welcome to bring their equipment, or use some of ours. We have a couple of 12" Dobs, two 8" schmidt cassegrains, 2 4.5" Newtonian celestrons, and me and another club member have our own scopes. I've attached a flyer with the necessary details as well. We'd appreciate any help you can give. If you or anyone in your group will come, please have them e-mail me (nick.herrick(a)gmail.com) to let us know that they're coming so we won't be so worried. Thanks, Nick Herrick President - BYU Astronomical Society Star Party Details: When: Friday, Sept 26 8-11 (for public) we got permission from the city to stay until 2am Where: Big Springs Park - see Google Map link below http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1036639416671661454… We'll have food too!

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Help needed for school star party in Lindon, Oct. 3rd, 8 pm.
by Richard Tenney 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Timpanogos Academy in Lindon has a star party scheduled for Friday, October 3rd, 2008. We are planning to start at 8:00 pm and finish no later than 10:00 pm. I would like to ask if there is anyone who would be willing to help with providing telescopes and such for the evening. I personally have two scopes but we expect close to 200 people that evening. I would also like to know if there is someone who would be interested in doing a 20 to 30 minute presentation at the beginning of the event. I would really like to have someone talk about the LHC however, I am completely open to suggestions of other topics. Please contact me at jmremy(a)timpacademy.org if you are able to help. Thanks in advance! Jennifer M. Rémy Middle School Science Timpanogos Academy jmremy(a)timpacademy.org 801.785.4979

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