The drawing occurred August 13th. I assume we did not win because I didn't
hear anything.
So plan B--we have collected most of the funds for your telescope but have
not yet placed the order. As for observing, that is a great idea. The
club hosts star parties at our dark sky location west of
Cheney--Fishtrap--every month on the Saturday(s) closest to the new moon.
We also have events in town from time to time, astronomy day in the spring
and fall. The fall one has been held in conjunction with Vallefest.
I know we would be delighted to do a workshop or two in the spring, to
demonstrate how to use the telescope. Shadle Park has one now, and we have
had some training sessions for it. But giving a workshop on things to look
for and how to use equipment in the "library of things," I'll volunteer.
If you know of a location absent obnoxious street lights with a decent
view of the sky (in a park or on top a building), we can probably get four
or five club members to set up telescopes for a public star party.
For in town the first quarter moon is a decent target. March 3rd, 2017 is
a Friday. Mars & Venus will be low in the west and the moon will be a
crescent between them and Orion, passing over Orion on March 5th.
April 1st is a Saturday. Mars and Mercury will be in the west, and Jupiter
rising in the east. The moon will have again rolled around above Orion.
May 5th or May 6th should be good first quarter moon days, though the sky
will be lighter by 8:00 pm. The moon will be closing in on Virgo, and
Jupiter near its heart. Mars will be near Aldebaran in the west. Saturn
won't rise until after 11:30.
June 2nd Castor and Pollux will be stamping Mars beneath the western
horizon at sunset. Saturn will just be poking up about 9:30, while Jupiter
will be caught between Spica and the moon, still in Virgo.
Debbie Cotten is our public outreach coordinator. Her email address is:
cave8@xxxxxxxxxxx
January through April. January is usually kind of cold and undependable in
terms of weather. You want to do one of these each month?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gwendolyn Haley [SMTP:ghaley@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 4:35 PM
To: pyost@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Telescope and Astronomy Programs for Spokane County Library
District
Hello Paul,
Danielle Marcy (of our Moran Prairie Library) passed your contact
information on to me. We are so very excited that the astronomy society
wants to gift us with a telsecope. I would like to talk about having some
Astronomy programs in the Spring--we are currently setting dates for all of
our January-April programs at all 10 libraries.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Gwendolyn
Gwendolyn Haley
Library Services Manager for Education and Enrichment
Spokane County Library District
http://www.scld.org<http://www.scld.org/>?
ghaley@xxxxxxxx
509-893-8362
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