May 2021 President’s message
by Steve Siok
Hello everyone,
Happy May! Just think. We can observe and image without parkas and gloves. It doesn’t matter that we need to wait a little longer for twilight to end. This is the season to go after all those galaxies in the Virgo/Coma/Ursa Major region.
I have news to share that I think will excite all of you. This Saturday, the trustees called the first work session of the year. Jim Crawford has been busy cutting saplings around the perimeter of the grounds to improve our horizons and all that debris needed to be gathered up and hauled out back. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day and thirteen Skyscrapers came to help out. It was great to see everyone again. Thank you to the Trustees and to the volunteers.
Next, we should all be excited that our Governor has announced a tentative lifting of Covid restrictions for Memorial Day weekend. Certainly it is very possible that astronomical gatherings can resume. We have been told that Stellafane will take place in August at reduced capacity. So far, we are planning on an in person AstroAssembly in October.
Well that’s it for now. I hope to see you all at the May 1st Skyscraper meeting on Zoom. We have a terrific speaker lined up.
Stay healthy,
Steve
