Annual Meeting

Gather at 7pm for social time, meeting to start at 7:30pm.

LOCATION:  Barus and Holley Building on the campus of Brown University, Room 190, at the corner of 184 Hope and George Streets. 

Here is a web link from Brown with directions: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Physics/Ladd/directions/bh.html

Elections Update 

In accordance with Article V, §3 of the Constitution, “The officers [of the Society] shall be elected by secret ballot at the Annual Meeting”. The slate presented by the Nominating Committee, including officers, members-at-large and junior trustee, was approved at the March meeting of the Society and ballots have been mailed by the Election Committee.

Members classified as Regular, Senior, Lifetime, and Contributing, in good standing as of October 2017, are eligible to vote and will receive an official ballot in the mail (USPS). The official ballot must be returned in a sealed envelope with the member’s name on the outside. It may be mailed (USPS) to the mailing address on the ballot prior to the Annual Meeting or handed to a member of the Election Committee (Linda Bergemann or Francine Jackson) at the Annual Meeting. “Family” members will receive two ballots, one for each adult (over 18) member. Ballots of Family members must be returned in separate envelopes; if multiple ballots are received in a single envelope, neither will be valid.

Featured Presentation: NASA’s Micro Observatory – imaging for the masses

Have you thought about astro photography, wished you could take astro images but don’t know if you want to try it  and don’t want to put out all the money for a camera and EQ mount and imaging telescope?  Do you wish you had a dark sky site in Arizona to image from.  Well NASA’s Micro Observatory is made for you.  Jeff Padell will be giving a talk about what Micro Observatory is and how to use it to capture your own images as well as how to process them.  This is an overview of the system and process and will be followed in the spring with an actual workshop on using and processing images from Micro Observatory.

Dues Reminder

Reminder: Dues are payable on April 1 for the next fiscal year. You can pay online on our website. (www.theskyscrapers.org) or download the membership renewal application to pay by check or cash. Please don't let your membership lapse.

Skyscrapers depends 100% on the generosity of it's members and occasional donations for our survival. Prompt payment of dues really helps.