Star Party - Saturday 2nd April

[The Phoenix Astronomical Society]

Star Party Saturday April 2nd from 6pm (Rain or Shine):
This year the lunar cycle allows us to once again place the monthly
star party the Saturday directly after Wairarapa meeting. This means
we get two shots at a clear, dark sky each month without interruption
from the moon. Reminders and any cancellations go out on the Phoenix
Announcements emailing list, if you‘re not receiving these then please
join up here: http://groups.google.com/group/phoenix-astro-announcement?lnk=srg.

We‘ll kick off at 6pm with the traditional BBQ. While we wait for the
sky to get dark we‘ll go for a tour through the constellations of
Monoceros and Gemini – which will also be the target of the
telescopes, as we try to track down all the objects to the right of
Orion, as faint as we can find them. In case the weather is inclement
(no stars) then we‘ll fall back a presentation from Stardate just
been: Binocular Summer Deep Sky.

We‘ll be playing a late night movie from 10pm to keep entertained
those people too tired or cold to observe. If the weather‘s rubbish
we‘ll start it a bit earlier.

6:00 pm BBQ and Get-together
8:00 pm Summer Night Sky AV
8:00 pm Tour through Monoceros and Gemini (live planetarium)
8:30 pm Observing: Monoceros and Gemini OR Binocular Summer
Deep Sky
9:00 pm Movie