Amateur Astronomy in North East Pennsylvania.

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Lackawanna Astronomical Society
1112 Fairview Road
South Abington, PA. 18411
e-mail SabiaJohn@aol.com

TGCO July Lecture series begins July 7 2008 8:30 PM

CLUB CALENDAR - 2008   To list  Sky Events for the Month, click on the Month

January 2008      Jan 8     Jan 15   Jan 22   Jan 30

February 2008     Feb 6     Feb 13   Feb 20   Feb 28

March 2008           Mar 7     Mar 14   Mar 21   Mar 29

April 2008          Apr 5     Apr 12   Apr 20   Apr 28

May 2008               May 5     May 11   May 19  May 27

June 2008         June 3     June 10   June 18   June 26

July 2008               July 2     July 10   July 18   July 25

August 2008               Aug 1     Aug 8    Aug 16   Aug 23   Aug 30

September 2008           Sep 7  Sep 15   Sep 22 Sep 29

October 2008            Oct 7  Oct 14   Oct 21 Oct 28

November 2008            Nov 6  Nov 13   Nov 19 Nov 27

December 2008            Dec 5  Dec 12   Dec 19 Dec 27

ACTIVITIES OF THE LACKAWANNA ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The Lackawanna Astronomical Society holds regular meetings on the first Tuesday of each month. The meetings are usually held at Keystone  College Thomas G. Cupillari Observatory located in Fleetville, Pa. During these meeting members of the Society can make use of the telescopes owned by the Society and the instruments owned by Keystone College. A 6-inch reflector telescope owned by the club is an instrument member may borrow on a monthly basis and a library of books and magazines purchased by the Society for use by members is available for borrowing. Members of the Society have the option to subscribe to astronomical publications at a lower price than newsstand prices when they subscribe through the Society. Discounts on other items and publications are also available as a benefit of membership.

Club Night at Keystone Observatory is held the Saturday night after the regular meeting. This is an activity where members may use the telescopes at the observatory or their own instruments at the observatory's dark sky location. Nights of special activities occurring in the night sky are also sponsored by the Society. These can include public viewing of meteor showers, comets, lunar eclipses, or other events. In the case of a public sponsored event, information is made available to the local newspapers and broadcast media.

During the summer months, the Society sponsors a slide program and viewing of the skies using telescopes owned by members at Promised Land State Park and Lackawanna State Park. Another event the Society organizes each year is known as ASTRONOMY DAY. Displays, programs, and information on astronomy and current astronomical events are conveyed at the public event. Viewing of the night sky with binoculars and telescopes of different types is also done if weather conditions permit. There are no fees or charges for any of the events described.

Many club members also act as volunteers and assistants at the Public Nights, Open House evenings, and Lecture Series given by Keystone College which owns and operates the observatory.

Thomas G. Cupillari Astronomical Observatory

July 2008 Lecture Series   

The Observatory Lecture Series will be on

Monday and Wednesday evenings, 8:30 pm

July 7, 2008 and continues to July 30, 2008.

                                                                 The topic for the first week is Mars Update by Tom Cupillari

                                                                 The second week is a talk on Meteorite Impacts by Jo Ann Kamichitis.

                                                                 The third week's topic is Observing Planets with a Telescope by John Sabia.

                                                                 The final week's program will be Galaxies: Types and Interactions by Jo Ann Kamichitis

Phone 570-945-3665 for a recorded message (if the answering  machine is working) of schedule and directions to the Observatory. Keystone Observatory is located off  Route 107 in Fleetville, Pa.

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