Event

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.

Presentation
 
Topic: "An Astronomical Odyssey to West Virginia"
 
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)

 
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. 
 

YouTube Video of Presentation

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

Information for Visitors

Proposals to be Voted 455 KB

Radio JOVE Project Details 3.23 MB

Location Details

Seagrave Memorial Observatory
Home to an 8.25" Alvin Clark refractor, a 12" Patton reflector,and a 16" and 12" Meade SCT LX200 with a meeting hall on same property.

Notes:
2nd oldest astronomical society in the United States