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Open Space Visitor Center Public Star Party

Saturday March 4 600ndash900 pm

Star parties at the Open Space Visitor Center are highly anticipatedmdashthe venue is wonderful inside and out it has a good command of the skies and the staff and vol-unteers of the OSVC collaborate seamlessly with TAAS to make this an outstanding expe-rience

This early spring event will feature astro-nomical activities and displays in the lobby a talk on ldquoGetting Started in Astronomyrdquo by Dr Barry Spletzer at 700 pm videos in the Media Room and telescopes of all types and sizes on the east patio for the observing pleasure of the public from sunset on Mem-bers with their scopes are always eager to share their knowledge of the night sky and views of the targets of the evening

We will do our best to have sparkling clear skies and always have a lot to do and learn on the inside too Come with a jacket for the cool evening and a red headlamp or flash-light to spare the night vision outside

I N S I D E2International Astronomy Day 20173Under the Dome4Griegos Elementary School Star Party

5Astrophoto M42 6Double Star Marathon Telescope Loan Update 7TAAS at STEM Day 2017 8Astrophoto Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree

9Astrophoto Sharpless Sh2-04410TAAS Reports amp Notices11TAAS Directors amp Staff

The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical SocietyPO Box 50581 Albuquerque New Mexico 87181-0581 wwwTAASorg

The Sidereal TimesMarch 2017

since 1959taas mdash 2011 winner of astronomy magazinersquos out-of-this-world award for outstanding public programming

ObservemdashEducatemdashHave Fun

sincesince

I N S I D E

continued on page 2

Saturday March 11 700 pmScience and Math Learning Center

UNM CampusFeatured Speaker

author Ted Spitzmiller

TAAS General Meeting

Voyage toInterstellar Space

TAAS Astronomy 101

Your Guide to the TAAS Observatory GNTO

Saturday March 11 600 pm Science and Math Learning Center

UNM CampusPresentation by

Jim Fordice GNTO Observatory Director

Open SpaceVisitor Center Public Star PartySat March 4

G e n e r a l M e e t i n g N e w s Lynne Olson

Jim Fordice Director of the General Na-than Twining Observatory will take the audience through the basics and many details of the TAAS facility south of Albu-querque He will describe the directions to the site what resources are available there and what a visitor might want to accomplishmdashobserving through onersquos own telescope viewing through the large one in the dome imaging or sharing in-formation with other observers

Come for the hour before our General Meeting to hear all about this outstanding dark-sky site

Following the short monthly society meet-ing Ted Spitzmiller author who has spoken to TAAS several times in the past will bring all up to date on Voyagers 1 and 2 which have now reached beyond the edges of the solar system and continue to send back in-formation to NASA

The year 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the two Voyager spacecraft that explored the outer ldquogas giantrdquo planets

Bachechi Open Space PublicStar PartySat March 18

New Moon Observing and Messier Double Star MarathonGNTOFrindashSun March 24ndash26

nasa

The Sidereal Times March 2017

The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical SocietyPage 2

G e n e r a l M e e t i n g c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1

Weapons Training Group at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque His career continued with IBM Intel and Los Alamos National Laboratory until his retirement in 2001 He also has an MS in Computing Information Systems Spitzmiller is an aerospace historian and his latest book The His-tory of Human Space Flight is being published this month

and then departed our solar system This presentation briefly reviews planetary exploration before the space age and the dramatic changes that robotic spacecraft have made to this exciting science Includ-ed will be an overview of methods used to reach out into deep space and some of the fantastic discoveries that were made

These probes have achieved almost leg-endary status as they have been on their journey since 1977 and are still perform-ing successfully Join us as Ted Spitzmiller gives the details and graphics associated with the dynamics of this missionmdashand find out where they are now

Ted Spitzmiller began his profes-sional career at the Armyrsquos Ordnance Guided Missile School in Huntsville Alabama and he taught at the Atomic

by Dee FriesenPhoto Wikipedia

Astronomy allows us to see the history of the universe with our own eyes The stars that twinkle as you look out on a dark clear night may not exist right now They existed at whatever point in history they emitted that light which may have taken thousands of years to reach Earth

Celebrate this marvelous feat on Interna-tional Astronomy Day by participating in a little stargazing TAAS will participate by establishing observing sites around the community for both solar and night-time observing Sunset is at 1951 MDT (751 pm) and the moon will be 3 days old TAAS members can choose their own observing sites Activities are being coor-dinated by Dee Friesen For more informa-tion questions or suggestions contact Dee taasdeecomcastnet

Saturday March 11 700 pmUNM Science and Math Learning Center

Voyage to Interstellar Spaceauthor Ted Spitzmiller

featured speaker


600 pm Astronomy 101 your Guide to Gnto

nasa



son Dean Together they took in several nebulae and a few galaxies If you havenrsquot looked through the Isengard yet you really should when you get a chance Itrsquos a wonderful scope

Thanks to everybody who came down and partook in a great evening of stargazing

January 30 Special Observing SessionI opened the site on January 30 I had an enjoyable evening working on the Herschel 400 list Only 117 to go The transparency last night was very good and the seeing

Under the DomeNotes from and about GNTO Jim Fordice

von martin and edgar

continued on page 4

January 28 New Moon Observing Ses-sion Marshall Gatten was the opener on January 28 About fifteen observers came to see how many photons they could grab Mar-shall left at midnight leaving me in charge since I was planning to spend the night When Marshall left there were still a half dozen people on-site

Dee Friesen used the 16rdquo loaner scope and shared some breathtaking views of various deep-sky objects like M42 and a binary he dubs ldquoThe Winter Albireordquo Melissa Kirk then got some time in on the same scope after Dee left In the meantime Jeff Boggs and Viola Sanchez used the 10rdquo and 6rdquo loaners respectively Itrsquos rare that I see all three ldquobigrdquo loaners in use so that made us happy

Marshall spent most of the evening in the dome using the Isengard He was joined for much of it by Eric Edwards and his

February 18 3rd Quarter Moon Observ-ingMike Molitor was the opener on Febru-ary 18 Unfortunately the weather gods did not cooperate delivering cloudy skies Mike was joined by one other observer They closed shortly before 700 pm and called it a night

February 21 Special Observing SessionI opened the site on February 21 We had a very nice turnout with six observers David Down Fernando Torres Melissa Kirk Ah-mad Jrad and Jim Kaminski joined me

Ahmad reported that he looked at several objects and viewed the Orion Nebula with an O-III filter It was incredible It looked so huge That view right there was worth the price of the filter

was average I had no problem finding the lint in Ursa Major Hydra and Sextans

Joining me was Tom Liles and Kevin McKeown Tom departed about 1100 pm Kevin was still working when I crawled into my sleeping bag a little after midnight I was up at 600 am and departed the site at 640 am

Martin Hilario and Marshall Gatten

Ahmad Jrad Martin Hilario Jim Fordice and Fernando Torres

Observing Field

Melissa Kirk



Planetarium Comes Back Home for Griegos Elementary School Star Party

by Trish Logan

One thing is certain nothing stops the fab-ulous TAAS volunteers from putting on an amazing star party The students families and staff members of Griegos Elementary School appreciated their very success-ful star party on Tuesday February 7 Jim Greenhouse and Joseph Jaffa-Martinez edu-cated and entertained 92 people inside the Starlab planetarium and sent kids out to the telescopes to see the night sky objects they learned about inside the dome The old planetarium had been on loan in So-corro and Judy Stanley very graciously ar-ranged to get it delivered to the Museum of Natural History and Science on Sunday February 5 even though she was ill

Here is Martin Hilariorsquos report of the vol-unteers at the telescope field

Tom Graham ndash 90-mm MakJohn Laning - 8rdquo RCMelissa Kirk - 5rdquo SCTFernando Torres - 8rdquo SCTMartin Hilario - 3rdquo RefractorBruce Meyer - 6rdquo RefractorEd Juddo - 5rdquo Refractor with stairsChris Watts - Big 12rdquo DobChris is a new member and this was his first star party to attend with a scope

Telescopes viewed M42 Double Cluster Moon Mars and Venus Various filters were used to cut down the light on the bright gibbous Moon including an O-III filter Ed left on from viewing M42 through the clouds Kids said it made the Moon look like green cheese although we explained that Luna is made of igneous rocks from cooling lava and regolith lunar soil made mostly of oxygen silicon magnesium and iron not unlike the Earth We also used a diffraction grating to split the sunlight re-flected off the Moon and saw the spectrum of streetlights The scopes were set up in the field next to Barry Spletzerrsquos beauti-ful sundial

Molly Crosby assisted me in the classrooms constructing star charts and the ever-pop-ular Tom Grzybowski taught all about com-ets I was told that 175 people attended this great event Thanks to the amazingly faithful TAAS volunteers who came out to Observe~Educate~ and Have FUN

Jim Greenhouse and Joseph Jaffa-Martinez ready with Starlab planetarium

U n d e r t h e D o m e c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 3

But the strangest thing Ahmad saw was not through a telescope Just about 900 pm he saw for the first time ever twin me-teors that appeared in tandem and seemed identical to one another They both ap-peared and disappeared almost simultane-ously and were traveling at the same speed and in the same direction right next to one another He could not believe his eyes

At the time he was looking at the stars right below Lepus and trying to remember their names and the constellation name (Columba Phact and Wazn) The two me-teors formed right next to Adhara in Canis Major and traveled towards Lepus and passed right below the star Arneb before their flight was over Actually one of them passed above Arneb and the other right below it

We enjoyed balmy temperatures very little wind and clear skies until about 1000 pm when clouds started forming At that point we all started packing up I closed the site at 1115 pm Another great night at GNTO

GNTO 25th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Picnic The GNTO Committee will host a celebra-tion of GNTOrsquos 25th anniversary on May 27 in conjunction with the annual picnic GNTO was dedicated on August 8 1992 Please mark your calendar and plan to attend this memorable milestone event for our dark-sky site

Upcoming Events March 18 3rd Quarter Moon Ob-

serving March 24 Messier Marathon March 25 Messier Marathon and

New Moon Observing March 26 Messier Marathon April 15 3rd Quarter Moon Observ-

ing April 22 New Moon Observing

Donrsquot forget that the GNTO Observing Field is available for use by TAAS members anytime Check the TAAS website for the procedure to follow Contact me if you have any questions

As always check TAAS_Talk and the TAAS website for last-minute changes and updates GNTO events are open to all TAAS members and their guests

GNTO Director GNTOTAASorg or 505-803-3640

Dee and George

David Downs



M42 the famous Orion Nebula captured on January 29 2017 at GNTO

The Orion Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located approximately 1300 light-years away toward the constellation Orion Under dark skies it is visible to the naked eye and is clearly seen in binoculars under even our light-polluted Albuquerque sky

An SBIG 4000XCM camera mounted on an AT65 refractor with a focal length of 420 mm was used The mount was a Losmandy G11 Guiding was provided by an on-camera guide chip controlling the mount through CCDsoft Subs were taken at 15 x 10 seconds 15 x 60 seconds and 12 x 10 minutes Each set of images was processed using PixInsight and combined into a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image in PixInsight Final processing was done using Photoshop CS2 Using HDR is necessary with M42 because of its enormous brightness range

mdashVance Ley



Telescope Loan Program Updateby Jim Fordice

I loaned out the Orion SpaceProbe 130ST EQ Reflector that was donated last month for the first time on February 22 to Daniel Taylor I expect that this telescope will offer many years of fine observing

I am working to make the Explore Scientific 12rdquo Truss Tube Dobsonian ready for issue Barry Spletzer built a very nice cover for the mirror All that is left is preparing a guide on how to assemble the telescope and to use it for some observing to see how well it per-forms and it will be available for loan I already have one person waiting to borrow it

I completed writing the setup guide for the Astrophotography package and tested the connections and software Vance Ley has the package and is giving it a thorough test ride This package should be available around mid-March

Observe ndash Educate ndash Have Fun

As of 22317

Thievery If you compare this monthrsquos statistics to last monthrsquos you will notice a reduction of three telescopes When thieves stole our planetarium they also stole a lot of items from the other storage unit where we keep loan program and other club items The main losses were the Handiscope the accessories (eyepieces finder-scopes handset etc) for the Orion Skyquest XT12 IntelliScope Dobsonian and one of the Orion XT6 Skyquest Intelliscope 6rdquo Dobsonians and the Celestron Ultima 9x63 binoculars The value of the stolen loan program items is about $1000 The loss is not covered by our insurance policy Your donations to the loan program for replacement of the stolen items will be very much appreciated

As of 22317

Loan Program Statistics of Scopes on Loan Available on Loan 34 32 2 94 Type Reflectors Refractors Catadioptrics

20 5 12

Size Large (gt8rdquo) Medium (5rdquo-8rdquo) Small (lt5rdquo) 11 15 11

Tracking Manual Push-To Go-To Tracking 23 4 6 10

double star marathon

by Dee Friesenphoto Wikipedia

Are you tired of chasing dim faint fuzzies during the traditional Messier Marathon If so join me and other TAAS members who will attempt to observe 110 double stars during the eleven hours of darkness at GNTO during March 24ndash26 2017 The mar-athon is scheduled for three days to pro-vide more opportunities for all observers to participate Join us on any of the three days to observe your 110 double stars

Glen Chaple a regular contributor to As-tronomy magazine has created a list of 110 double stars for the marathon He recently sent me the list and encouraged us to at-tempt to complete the list during the regu-lar Messier Marathon I will take Glennrsquos list and combine it with another list of the same stars that includes the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) numbers and post it on the TAAS websiteQuestions or suggestions contact Dee at taasdeecomcastnet



TAAS Supports STEM 2017 at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and Historyby Dee Friesen

On February 11 members of TAAS brought solar telescopes to the Nuclear Museum in support of the Discover STEM Day 2017 Astronomers set up the solar scopes on the west side of the building in front of the vintage aircraft that are parked in the Heritage Park

TAAS was led by President Dale Murray and assisted by Jeff Boggs Martin Hilar-io Jim Kaminski Melissa Kirk Fernando Torres Bob Shipley and Dee Friesen Making a surprise guest appearance was Will Ferrell

Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley

Dale Murray Bob Shipley Fernando Torres

Dee Friesen Jeff Boggs Martin Hilario Fernando Torres

Will Ferrell Martin Hilario

B-29 SuperfortressPhotos Dee Friesen

Sol



The Cone Nebula and Christmas Tree Cluster is a hydrogen region in the constellation Monoceros and is about 2700 light-years from Earth William Her-schel discovered it in 1785 Young stars in this star-forming region form the Cone shape The Christmas Tree Cluster gets its shape from a star cluster near the cone The bright star furthest from the cone is the base of the tree and the brightest star near the top of the cone is the top of the tree

Image was taken February 1 2017 using a TEC 140 telescope and a QSI 660 camera A total of 5 hours of data was collected using an Hα filter

Images were stacked in PixInsight and processed in Photoshop CC mdashDwight Talley

The Sidereal Times January 2017


Sharpless Sh2-044 is a large nebula about 60rsquo in size over 11000 light-years distant It is located near M17 and M18 in Sagittarius It may be ionized by HD 167633 an Oe star near an OB1 association in Serpens Another catalog calls the nebula IC4701 Equipment ES ED127CF f75 SBIG ST8300M and CFW5 iOptron CEM60 mount guided with a SBIG SG-4 on a AT72ED f6 Software CCDSoft v5210 ImagesPlus v525a Photoshop Elements v9Astronomy Tools (false color)

Exposure 20 x 5 minutes with a Baader Hy-drogen Alpha filter 656 nm with a 7-nm band-width

Location 3 miles north of Oak Flat on my backyard patio October14 2016 between dark and 1000 pm MDTmdashJohn Laning

Sharpless Sh2-044


The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society0

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Contact Bob Anderson at membershipTAASorg

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New memberships are registered immediately if you pay online If you pay by check your membership is reg-istered when your check is received by the treasurer

Renewal notices will be sent out via e-mail beginning 60 days before your membership expires If your member-ship is renewed before it expires or with in 90 days after it expires your new ex-piration date will be advanced one year from the previous expiration date and your membership will be continuous

If dues payment is received more than 90 days after the expiration date you will be reinstated as a member with an expiration date set as one year from the receipt of payment

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The Albuquerque Astronomical Society is a 501(c)(3) organization Donations are deductible as charitable contributions on the donorrsquos federal income tax return

Bronwen Aker bull Wendy AmaiHilary Bakerbull Paula Boggs

Kevin Cobblebull William FlemingDee W Friesen bull Michael Fuge

Neil M Goldberg bull Mark L GorhamGwinn Hall bull Ernest L HardinRobert Hufnagel bull Jill Jacobs

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T A A S R e p o r t s amp N o t i c e s

E d i t o r rsquo s N o t e The deadline for the next issue of The Sidereal Times is Friday March 24 The newsletter editorrsquos e-mail address is

editorTAASorg

W e l c o m e t o N e wo r R e t u r n i n g

T A A S M e m b e r s

Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring

L o c a t i o n L o c a t i o n L o c a t i o nbull Chaco Canyonbull

6185rsquo elevation Latitude Longitude 36˚ 01rsquo 50rdquoN 107˚ 54rsquo 36rdquoW

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bull Oak Flatbull 7680rsquo elevation Latitude Longitude 34˚ 59rsquo 48rdquoN 106˚ 19rsquo 17rdquoW

3499˚ -10632˚ 34˚ 5980rsquo -106˚ 1928rsquo

bull UNM Campus Observatorybull 5180rsquo elevation Latitude Longitude 35˚ 5rsquo 29rdquoN 106˚ 37rsquo 17rdquoW

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For security reasons GNTO location is available by request only so please contact Jim Fordice GNTO Director for GNTO information e-mail GNTOTAASorg

M o n t h l y M e m b e r s h i p R e p o r tF e b r u a r y 2 0 17

Membership Current Past ChangeMonth Month

Regular 301 300 1Family 176 172 4Educator 12 12 0Student 22 20 2Military 3 3 0Honorary 5 5 0Total Members 519 512 7



Dale Murray PresidentpresidentTAASorg

John Miller Vice Presidentvptaasorg

jmiller72comcastnet505-821-0234

BoB Shipley Secretary secretaryTAASorg

bobship10gmailcom505-872-8366

Doug legranD TreasurertreasurerTAASorg

505-559-0252

roBert anDerSon DirectorMembership CoordinatormembershipTAASorg505-275-1916

JiM ForDice DirectorObservatory Director gntoTAASorgTelescope Loan Coordinatortelescope_loansTAASorg 505-803-3640

toM grzyBowSki DirectorEducation Outreach Directoreducation_coordTAASorg 505-363-9427

BoB havlen Director505-856-3306

Martin hilario Directormhilario2gmailcom213-999-2582

gorDon pegue Directorgpegue at comcast dot net505-332-2523

BoriS venet Directorvenetbsprintmailcom505-507-7838

ATM Coordinator Ray Collins 505-344-9686 (H) atmTAASorg Dark Sky Coordinator David Penasa 505-269-8717(W) darkskyTAASorg Education Outreach Trish Logan education_coordTAASorg Events Coordinator Lynne Olson 505-856-2537 events_coordTAASorg Grants Coordinator Barry Spletzer 505-228-4384 (C) grantsTAASorg Membership Chair Bob Anderson 505-275-1916 membershipTAASorg Newsletter Editor Gary Cooper 505-227-3974 (C) editorTAASorg Observatory Director Jim Fordice 505-803-3640 gntoTAASorg Public Relations Lynne Olson 505-856-2537 prTAASorg Scout Coordinator Chaz Jetty 505-350-7949 scout_coordinatorTAASorgSolar Outreach Coordinator Roger Kennedy 505-314-6273 rwkennedy45gmailcom Telescope Loan Coordinator Jim Fordice 505-803-3640 telescope_loansTAASorg UNM Observatory Coordinator Fernando Torres unm_coordTAASorg Volunteer Coordinator Webmaster Barry Spletzer 505-228-4384 (C) webmasterTAASorg

2 0 1 7 T A A S B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s S t a f f

TAAS is honored to receive an ldquoEditorrsquos Pick 2013 Best of the Cityrdquo award from Albuquerque Magazine

BEST PLACE TO STARGAZECELESTIAL EDITION

TAAS is honored to receive an ldquoOUT-OF-ThIS-wORLdrdquo AwARd 2011

from Astronomy Magazine for Outstanding Public Programming

MEMBERSHIP

You can join TAAS or renew your membership online Just go to wwwtaasorg and select ldquoJoin Usrdquo or ldquoRenew Your Membershiprdquo from the main menu on the left side Annual dues are $30 for a regular membership $15 for educators and active military and $5 for students Only regular members are eligible to vote in society matters Our new member information packet can be viewed or downloaded from the same location on the website You can pay your dues on line through PayPal by Visa MasterCard or American Express To pay by check mail your check to TAAS PO Box 50581 Albuquerque NM 87181-0581 or give it to the treasurer at one of our meetings

MAGAZINES

TAAS no longer offers magazine subscriptions

ARTICLESADVERTISEMENTS

Articles personal astronomical classified advertisements and advertisements for businesses related to astronomy must be submitted by the deadline shown on the Society calendar (generally the Friday near the new Moon) Rates for commer-cial ads (per issue) are $120 per page $60 per half page $30 per quarter page $7 for business card size The newsletter editor reserves the right to include andor edit any article or advertisement E-mail at-tachments in Microsoft Word or compat-ible word processor format ASCII and RTF are acceptable One space between paragraphs is preferred One column is approximately 350 words Contact the Newsletter Editor at editorTAASorg for more information

Note that the Sidereal Times is no longer mailed It is posted on the TAAS website wwwTAASorg

Send submissions or correspondence to editorTAASorg

TAAS ONLINE

TAAS website httpwwwTAASorg

The TAAS website includes

bull Programs bull TAAS 200 bull TAAS Fabulous Fiftybull Educational Outreach School Star

Parties Solar Astronomy Outreachbull Equipment Trader bull Telescope Loaner Programbull Telescope Making and Maintenance And more

bull Online Sidereal Timesbull Calendar of TAAS Eventsbull Membersrsquo Guidebull Links to Astronomy Resources and

Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg

Membersrsquo Google GroupTAAS_talkgooglegroupscom

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

PO Box 50581Albuquerque NM 87181-0581


The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

G e n e r a l M e e t i n g c o n t i n u e d f r o m p a g e 1

Weapons Training Group at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque His career continued with IBM Intel and Los Alamos National Laboratory until his retirement in 2001 He also has an MS in Computing Information Systems Spitzmiller is an aerospace historian and his latest book The His-tory of Human Space Flight is being published this month

and then departed our solar system This presentation briefly reviews planetary exploration before the space age and the dramatic changes that robotic spacecraft have made to this exciting science Includ-ed will be an overview of methods used to reach out into deep space and some of the fantastic discoveries that were made

These probes have achieved almost leg-endary status as they have been on their journey since 1977 and are still perform-ing successfully Join us as Ted Spitzmiller gives the details and graphics associated with the dynamics of this missionmdashand find out where they are now

Ted Spitzmiller began his profes-sional career at the Armyrsquos Ordnance Guided Missile School in Huntsville Alabama and he taught at the Atomic

by Dee FriesenPhoto Wikipedia

Astronomy allows us to see the history of the universe with our own eyes The stars that twinkle as you look out on a dark clear night may not exist right now They existed at whatever point in history they emitted that light which may have taken thousands of years to reach Earth

Celebrate this marvelous feat on Interna-tional Astronomy Day by participating in a little stargazing TAAS will participate by establishing observing sites around the community for both solar and night-time observing Sunset is at 1951 MDT (751 pm) and the moon will be 3 days old TAAS members can choose their own observing sites Activities are being coor-dinated by Dee Friesen For more informa-tion questions or suggestions contact Dee taasdeecomcastnet

Saturday March 11 700 pmUNM Science and Math Learning Center

Voyage to Interstellar Spaceauthor Ted Spitzmiller

featured speaker


600 pm Astronomy 101 your Guide to Gnto

nasa








continued on page 4











Observing Field

Melissa Kirk




by Trish Logan



















Dee and George

David Downs






mdashVance Ley








As of 22317


As of 22317


20 5 12












Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring



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505-559-0252














MEMBERSHIP


MAGAZINES






TAAS ONLINE






Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg











continued on page 4











Observing Field

Melissa Kirk




by Trish Logan



















Dee and George

David Downs






mdashVance Ley








As of 22317


As of 22317


20 5 12












Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring



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505-559-0252














MEMBERSHIP


MAGAZINES






TAAS ONLINE






Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg







by Trish Logan



















Dee and George

David Downs






mdashVance Ley








As of 22317


As of 22317


20 5 12












Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring



3603˚ -10791˚ 36˚ 183rsquo -107˚ 5460rsquo


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3509˚ -10662˚ 35˚ 548rsquo -106˚ 3729rsquo













505-559-0252














MEMBERSHIP


MAGAZINES






TAAS ONLINE






Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg









mdashVance Ley








As of 22317


As of 22317


20 5 12












Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring



3603˚ -10791˚ 36˚ 183rsquo -107˚ 5460rsquo


3499˚ -10632˚ 34˚ 5980rsquo -106˚ 1928rsquo


3509˚ -10662˚ 35˚ 548rsquo -106˚ 3729rsquo













505-559-0252














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MAGAZINES






TAAS ONLINE






Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg











As of 22317


As of 22317


20 5 12












Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

Michael Walker

Dawn Woodring



3603˚ -10791˚ 36˚ 183rsquo -107˚ 5460rsquo


3499˚ -10632˚ 34˚ 5980rsquo -106˚ 1928rsquo


3509˚ -10662˚ 35˚ 548rsquo -106˚ 3729rsquo













505-559-0252














MEMBERSHIP


MAGAZINES






TAAS ONLINE






Membersrsquo Blogs

E-mail TAASTAASorg









Jeff Boggs

Jim Kaminski

Bob Shipley





Sol











Sharpless Sh2-044








TAASPO Box 50581















Andrianna Woltman



editorTAASorg



Franklin Albanese

Jim Sands

Linnea Sands

Luke Sands

Matt Sands

Peter Sinclair

Steve Stearns

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