On Monday, January 30th, TAS held a star party for Killearn Lakes Elementary School. About 100 people showed up to view the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, the Orion Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy and more. Folks were treated to a special treat -- the Hubble Space Telescope flew over also!!!
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Over 30 people showed up for a great flyover by the International Space Station. Folks also got to see the Moon and Jupiter. WCTV came out and recorded the event.
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It was a day full of viewing beginning with TAS' hydrogen-alpha scope to view the Sun. After a PowerPoint presentation on the solstice in the Mission's theatre, TAS members wowed the crowd with views of Venus, Jupiter and other stellar images. Folks were also treated to a flyover by the
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Over 100 participated in the Friends of Florida Caverns star party Saturday night. A group of 20 from FSU's International Studies came out and had lots of questions. A great time was had by all. Thanks to TAS members Bill S, Bill T, Gene, Bob, Ed, Joe, Tristan, and Ken.
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Over 200 visitors attended the Maclay Gardens star party as part of "Astronomy Day." TAS entertained the crowd with a planetary walk and PowerPoint presentation while waiting for the sky to darken. Then folks could see a number of deep sky objects through one of TAS' six telecopes including one
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Once again, the FSU Flying Circus of Physics attracted large crowds. Hundreds of visitors came and viewed the Sun through one of TAS' three, count them, three solar scopes. This was one of many events TAS participated in for "Astronomy Day." A big "THANK YOU" to TAS volunteers, Barry, Ken,
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Late in the evening on June 20, 2011 the Sun emitted a long lasting C7.7 class flare (a relatively small flare) that peaked around 11:25p.m. EDT. The flare was associated with a coronal mass ejection that bloomed off the sun at 11:09p.m. EDT (0412 UT).
Spaceweather.com reports that according to
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A German amatuer astronomer discovered a supernova in the Whirlpool galaxy on May 31. The astronomers at the Keck Observatory determined is is a type II.
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Bill Skelley, Jim Holland, Clyde Henderson, and Ed Valla spent Saturday morning, May 28, laying down crushed, screened oyster shell out at the Cypress Landing dark site. The pad is 24 by 32 feet. It still needs some compacting but any members wanting to do observing are welcome to come
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Bill Skelley, Jim Holland, and Ken Kopczynski spent the morning leveling the Cypress Landing dark site in preparation for laying down some crushed oyster shell for our observing platform. A great big thanks to Jim for bringing out his tractor!!!
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