Northern Colorado Astronomical Society (NCAS)
Note: Original
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Sat Jan 28, 7p: Public Skygazing - Fossil Creek Reservoir
"Objective
View" Newsletter: Jan-2012
(.pdf)
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Sat Jan 28, 7p: Public Skygazing - Fossil Creek Reservoir
Thu Feb 2, 7:15p: Club Meeting - Harmony (&Shields) Library
"Objective
View" Newsletter: Jan-2012
(.pdf) Email* items to: ObjView
The purpose of our organization is to encourage the understanding & interest in the science & hobby of astronomy. We meet the first Thursday of each month & discuss our interests & share our experience in the universal world of astronomy.
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Dec10 Lunar Eclipse (© 2011 Charlie Davis) |
Jan02 9-Day Moon (© 2012 Dan Laszlo) |
Jan14 Orion Nebula Test Shot (© 2012 Robert Grover) |
NCAS Regular Meetings (Ft Collins Museum opens Fall 2012; interim sites will vary)
| Thu Feb
2, Talk 7:30p (Dinner 6p, Mtg 7:15p) |
Dr. Suzanne Metlay, Front Range CC:"What Time Is It? Timekeeping in Ancient and Modern Astronomy" | Harmony Library Ft Collins, CO |
| Thu Mar
1, Talk 7:30p (Dinner 6p, Mtg 7:15p) |
Dr. Paul Lightsey, Ball Aerospace:"Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescopes" | McKee Conf Center, Coors Rm, Loveland |
| Thu
Apr 5, Talk 7:30p (Dinner 6p, Mtg 7:15p) |
Speaker to be announced. Suggestions/volunteers for speakers/topics should be directed to the NCAS VP . | Location TBD |
Public Skygazing (see full schedule via volunteer pages)
Sat Jan 28, 7p Fri Feb 10, 7p Fri Mar 30, 8p |
Fossil
Creek Reservoir Open Space parking area.
Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Orion, Winter sky Jupiter, Venus, Orion, Winter sky Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Spring sky |
0.5mi WNW of Larimer CR32 & Eagle Ranch Rd. |
Outreach (Reserved) Events (see NCAS Outreach page to request an event for your group)
| (Backups are next night) Wed Feb 29, 7p Mon, Mar 19, 8p | Greeley School Dist. 6 Astro Nights - Poudre
Learning Ctr 1st Quarter Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Venus Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Spring sky | 8313 West F St, Greeley, CO |
| Fri Mar 23, 8:30p (Backup Mar 24) |
CSU Student Enrichment - Dark Sky Observing Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Spring sky |
CSU Shortgrass Steppe Res. Ctr. |
| TBD | NCAS strives to share the wonders of astronomy with educational, community, and other non-profit groups. | TBD |
"New Moon" Dark Sky Observing (time listed is sunset)
Feb 17-18 Mar 23 |
Dark sky sites getting scarce - suggestions welcome! Lights for oil drilling in Pawnee Grasslands have made the area unreliable for star parties. | Check
on FRAC
for plans |
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