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The board meeting will be on Wednesday May 1st at Anser Charter School in Garden City at 7:00pm. The Idaho Star Party meeting will be at the same location starting at 6:30pm.
The general meeting will the 10th at Anser Charter School at 7:00pm. There will also be the Astronomy 101 meeting at 6:00pm. 
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Joshua Perkins
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Star PartiesThe first star party will be held on the 4th at the Dedication Point location.
Watch for go/ no go messages on facebook and BAS1 Click here for maps 
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President's Letter
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Bruneau Dunes Observatory is officially open, as always, we need volunteers. You may sign-up to volunteer provided you have completed the background check. You may get the form from the BAS1 yahoo group files section. To volunteer please call the park directly at (208) 366-7919.
On Friday, the 10th, the monthly meeting will be held at Anser Charter School located at 202 E. 42ndSt. inGarden City. Prior to the meeting we will be hosting the Beginning with the Basics class also at Anser Charter School. One of the aspects that makes Astronomy exciting is the field continues to evolve, and it’s not uncommon to get new, exciting developments every month. On 10 April 2019, Astronomers at the Event Horizon Telescope made an announcement of Astronomy’s first ever image of a Black Hole in Messier 87 a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo and one of the most massive galaxies in the observable universe.. A few days before at NASA InSight Mission team members announced they had recorded the first ever Marsquake. If those stories aren’t enough also in April the Hubble STSCi team released the observation data on Buckyballs floating in space. Even those, however, have now been overshadowed by the studies that are examining the claim that the current rate of the universe’s expansion may be nine percent faster than it was at the beginning of the universe. Hopefully we’ll catch up the tide of all that news, now that May’s upon us and the weather’s starting to show signs of improvement it time to stargaze more. Clear skies until next month David Olsen, President BAS |
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