March 2008

March 7: Monthly Meeting

Collecting Astronomical Ephemera on a Budget

Ken Launie
The speaker for our March meeting will be Ken Launie, member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and long time friend of Skyscrapers. Ken is a well known collector and expert on antique telescopes and also a collector of rare astronomy books and ephemera. Ken will be presenting a talk about collecting astronomical ephemera on a budget, such as how to find astronomically themed post cards for just a few dollars. Members are invited to bring along any collections of astronomically themed items they may have. We’ll have some tables set up to display these collections.
A Night With the Messiers

A Night With the Messiers

: By Jim Hendrickson
A close pairing of M35 and Mars highlights a Messier Marathon effort on March 10, 2008.

Magnificent Saturn

: By Dave Huestis
While one can find many images of Saturn and his moons on the internet, there’s nothing like experiencing this magnificent planet firsthand by observing through your own backyard telescope or those at Seagrave Observatory in North Scituate or Ladd Observatory in Providence.
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March Meeting with Ken Launie

The speaker at our March 2008 meeting was Ken Launie, member of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and long time friend of Skyscrapers. Ken is a well known collector and expert on antique telescopes and also a collector of rare astronomy books and ephemera. Ken gave a presentation about collecting astronomical ephemera, including a large sampling of his observatory postcard collection. Members also displayed some of their collections of astronomically themed items.

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