August Meeting

Solar Eclipses

Our August meeting will be on SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

Please note the change of date from our usual meeting day

6:30 PM Bring a dessert to share

7:00 PM Presentations on Solar Eclipses

Our first featured speaker will be long time Skyscraper member Steve Hubbard. Steve and his wife and fellow Skyscraper member Sue undertook an exciting and truly memorable journey to the other side of the Earth this past March to view a total eclipse of the Sun.

This journey required travel thru San Francisco to Hong Kong to Singapore to meet a cruise ship traveling to Indonesia. Additional days of travel on board the Holland America Line MS Volendam brought them to a remote site on the ocean between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi where they successfully viewed the eclipse in a mostly clear sky.

Steve’s talk will highlight some of the beautiful and fascinating sights of Singapore and Indonesia, touch on general thoughts and suggestions for preparing for a trip such as this and oh yes…provide a number of photographs and descriptions of the eclipse itself. 

Following Steve’s presentation, Skyscraper member Ian Dell’Antonio will outline the prospects for the Total Solar Eclipse next year on August 21 that will cross the entire United States.

Any members considering going to this are encouraged to share their plans. 

9:00 PM Observing at Seagrave Observatory (weather-permitting)