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Here is what is happening...

The club calendar can be found here.


Club News

The Board Meeting will meet on May 5th in Classroom #2 at the Discovery Center at 7:00pm.
There will be a Idaho Star Party meeting at 6:30pm just before the Board Meating.

The Membership meeting will be Friday May 8th at 7:00pm at the Discovery Center Classroom #2.

Star Parties

Watch the BAS1 group for last minute star party information.

The next club star party is May 16th at Dedication Point Dark Sky Site. "Go/No-Go" calls will be posted on BAS1.



For more information on the International Year of Astronomy please visit their home page at www.astronomy2009.org



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

May 1, 2009 -- NASA ANNOUNCES SHUTTLE PRELAUNCH EVENTS AND COUNTDOWN DETAILS
May 1, 2009 -- EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT

President's Letter

The next meeting of the BAS Board will be on Tuesday, 05 May at 7 p.m. in classroom #2 at DCI. Immediately prior to that meeting at 6:30 we will be holding an ISP planning meeting for 2009. It's only a few months away, so we are starting to kick it into high gear and we can use some help. All BAS members are invited to attend either or both of these meetings.

The next monthly membership meeting will be on Friday, 08 May at 7 p.m. in classroom #2 at DCI. Our very own John McVey will present "Digital Setting Circles" and demonstrate how they operate on his 16" Dobsonian. It's worth coming out for this just to see this scope!

Weather permitting, there is an education star party scheduled for Hillside Junior High School in Boise for Friday, 15 May. For more details, come to the meeting this month.

Zoo Daze will take place at the Boise Zoo on Sunday, 17 May from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. If you'd like to come out and show the general public views of the Sun (and maybe even Venus!), please let Randy know at the monthly membership meeting or via e-mail.

This month's club star parties are on Saturday, 16 May and Saturday, 23 May. Unless otherwise noted on BAS1, they will take place at our viewing location near Dedication Point south of Kuna and begin around sunset each evening.

Upcoming BAS events for 2009 include the Bogus Basin star party on June 27th; the Idaho Star Party over the weekend of 21-23 August at Bruneau Dunes State Park and an as-yet unscheduled public star party in the Treasure Valley in late September or early October (perhaps in cooperation with Boise State University's Department of Physics). Be sure to mark your calendars for these events!