Atlanta Astronomy Club, Inc.
PO Box 76155
Atlanta GA 30358-1155
Timely information on the night sky and astronomy in the Atlanta area.

The March edition of the Focal Point, our club newsletter, is now available!
Download your copy here.

In This edition:

• Remembering Ralph L. Buice
• Tom and Kat’s Trip to see the Shuttle Launch
• Speaker for this month’s general meeting
• Upcoming events
• Recaps of the last general and board meerings
• CE Meeting Update

Next general meeting will be on February 26th at 8PM @ Emory White Hall. Topic to be determined.

Other upcoming events:
March 23rd - Sidewalk Astronomy @ Atria Senior Living Center in Buckhead
March 20th - GASP Event @ Unicoi State Park
March 26th - General Meeting @ Emory
March 26th - Sidewalk Astronomy @ Louise Radloff Middle School

The open house at Villa Rica on Feb 6th was a huge success despite the weather.  We had about 15 people come out to get info about the club, scopes and to ask astronomy questions.  We also had about 6 club members on site to assist.   We started the night with a presentation about the club and light pollution and then gave a tour of the site.  The weather was cloudy so we were not able to observe but we did setup scopes and showed people how they worked and gave advice on picking a scope and the pros and cons to each type.

Everyone seems to enjoy the event and i think we even got a few new Club Members too!  Thanks to Kieth, Rich, Dave, Misty, and Scott for coming out to assit!

Daniel