Link to YouTube Video Below
AUGUST MEETING
Meeting & Speaker
Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM
at Seagrave Memorial Observatory
In-person and via ZOOM (ID & Password Required)
6 PM: Socializing
7 PM: Short Business Meeting followed by Presentation
We will discuss and vote on two motions made at the July meeting.
Details can be found in the attachments to this post.
AUGUST MEETING
Meeting & Speaker
Saturday, August 6, 2022 at 7:00 PM
at Seagrave Memorial Observatory
In-person and via ZOOM (ID & Password Required)
6 PM: Socializing
7 PM: Short Business Meeting followed by Presentation
We will discuss and vote on two motions made at the July meeting.
Details can be found in the attachments to this post.
Presentation
Topic: "An Astronomical Odyssey to West Virginia"
Speakers: Steve Hubbard, member and past president of Skyscrapers

Speakers: Steve Hubbard, member and past president of Skyscrapers

A couple of years ago while perusing the event calendar in Amateur Astronomy magazine, I happened upon a listing for the Green Bank West Virginia Star Quest.
I'd never been to this part of the country and I looked at their web site. I saw what looked like a great event with dark skies and a very interesting location. I decided to go, but ultimately had to wait a couple of years before getting there because of COVID.
Finally, this year I and my traveling companion, fellow Skyscraper Bob Horton, made the trek to Green Bank, home of the Green Bank Observatory and the largest steerable radio dish in the world.
We had a great time, met some wonderful people, viewed through some very dark skies and learned alot more about radio astronomy than I knew before.
This talk will be a remembrance of this trip and will hopefully encourage more Skyscraper members to consider going with us to the Green Bank Star Quest next year (June 21-24, 2023).
I'd never been to this part of the country and I looked at their web site. I saw what looked like a great event with dark skies and a very interesting location. I decided to go, but ultimately had to wait a couple of years before getting there because of COVID.
Finally, this year I and my traveling companion, fellow Skyscraper Bob Horton, made the trek to Green Bank, home of the Green Bank Observatory and the largest steerable radio dish in the world.
We had a great time, met some wonderful people, viewed through some very dark skies and learned alot more about radio astronomy than I knew before.
This talk will be a remembrance of this trip and will hopefully encourage more Skyscraper members to consider going with us to the Green Bank Star Quest next year (June 21-24, 2023).
Steve Hubbard
Steve Hubbard has been a member of Skyscrapers since 1972 or 73 (the exact date is lost to the mists of time), ever since he discovered it's existence as a teenager. Steve has built telescopes, traveled to far-off places to see observatories or Solar eclipses, and currently has a 14-inch SCT in his back yard for imaging and a 6-inch refractor for travel.
Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022
Time: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Eastern
Location:
Seagrave Memorial Observatory
47 Peeptoad Road
North Scituate, RI 02857