TAS was invited to Montford Middle School on February 5th to help the students get a better understanding of their Universe. Juanita Raymond spent the day storytelling and showing off her children's book, "Orion: The Skateboard Kid." Later that night TAS members, including Bruce French and Ken Kopczynski, came out
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January 18th (Monday) TAS will hold elections for its officers beginning at 6:30 pm at the Challenger Learning Center. At 7:00 we will hold a “Telescope Workshop” for folks who need a little help getting to know their scope. Bring your scope down
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On November 17th TAS and the Leon County Library premiered combined images of the Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes at the downtown library. Along with the unveiling ceremony there were activities for children and adults. A wonderful time was had by all.
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On Monday, July 20th, TAS in conjunction with the Challenger Learning Center, put on a 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. It was standing room only in the Downtown Digital Dome Theatre. We started off with a demonstration on the distance between the Earth and the Moon. TAS
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In the early morning of April 22nd the Moon and Venus were in conjunction. They formed a beautiful pair here in Tallahassee (see photo from TAS President Ken Kopczynski).
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Griffin Middle Schooler Nick Torgesen won First Place in TAS' Joe Haley "Young Achiever Award" for the Leon County Science Fair. Nick was awarded by TAS a 6 inch Dobsonian telescope and a field guide to the night sky. Great job Nick!
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Bing Bing Liu, a Leon County middle schooler, earned second place for astronomy in the Leon County Science Fair. Bing Bing won a 4.5" StarBlast telescope, the "Joe Haley Young Achiever's Award," and a one-year TAS membership. Great work Bing Bing.
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TAS participated in the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy" April 3rd through the 4th. We started off at the Alford Greenway Friday night with public viewing of the night sky, including Saturn, the Moon, the Orion Nebula and other deep sky objects. Bill Skelley wowed the crowd
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It was standing room only at Kleman Plaza Saturday during the Origins/Science Festival, March 21st. TAS was in force with two free planetarium shows in the Downtown Digital Dome and we had a Hydrogen-Alpha scope set up for viewing the Sun on the Plaza. A great time was had by
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TAS came out to teach a little about Solar observing, the solar system and to field questions in Ms. Carol Murrell's science classes, March 20th. TAS members Joe Haley, Tom Rowland and Ken Kopczynski helped out.
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