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February



Here is what is happening...

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Club News

The Board Meeting will meet on February 2nd in Classroom #2 at the Discovery Center at 7:00pm.


The Membership meeting will be Friday February 12th at 7:00 pm in Classroom #2 of the Discovery Center.

Star Parties

Watch the BAS1 group for last minute star party information.

The next club star party is February 6th at Dedication Point Dark Sky Site. "Go/No-Go" calls will be posted on BAS1.

There will also be a star party on February 13th at Dedication Point. Watch BAS1 for "Go/No-Go" calls.





SOHO EIT 304 Latest Image (click image for larger view)


Courtesy of SOHO/EIT consortium. SOHO is a project of international cooperation between ESA and NASA.

The SOHO project home page can be found here.

NASA News

Dec. 31, 2009 -- NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 2009 REVIEW AND LOOK AHEAD
Dec. 23, 2009 -- EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

President's Letter

The February BAS Board meeting will take place on Tuesday, 02 February at 7 p.m. in Classroom #2 at DCI. All BAS members are welcome to attend. We will also begin to hold monthly meetings for the ISP planning committee preceding this meeting at 6:30 p.m. If you are interested in participating in the organization of this year's big event, you are again most welcome to join us. You can even get a free ISP planning committee t-shirt for helping out!

Our monthly membership meeting will be on Friday, 12 February at 7 p.m. in Classroom #2 at DCI. Our very own Steve Bell will enlighten us on how to gauge sky conditions like seeing and transparency with his presentation entitled "Judging the Sky."

The BAS board is continuing to work on an exciting year of activities and events, including the Messier Marathon in April, two separate public star parties in June (Farewell Bend & Bogus Basin), and a public star party at Ponderosa State Park in July.

Don't forget to mark your 2010 calendars for the Idaho Star Party#. This year it will take place at Bruneau Dunes State Park over the weekend of 10-12 September. We have reserved all of the campsites in loop A of Eagle Cove campground and will be taking reservations for them starting this month. We have invited the creator of the Clear Sky Charts, Attila Danko, to be our featured speaker. As more information is acquired regarding the program and fees, we will be providing it to you.

We are still taking membership dues for 2010. It is only $25/family residing at a single address and includes membership in the Astronomical League and their quarterly publication "The Reflector" as well as access to the BAS lending library of DVDs, videotapes and books and the opportunity to borrow club owned telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Starting next month, we will be dropping from our club rolls anyone who hasn't renewed their membership, so please make sure you take care of it this month.