Club Meetings
The Club meets in the Pewaukee Library conference room on the second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Public Events
The Second Saturday of every month the Club has a "Rain or Shine" presentation on an astronomy topic. The presentations are given in the Community Room at the Library unless otherwise noted.
Next Event: Scott Berg will give a presentation entitled “How Far to That Star?” on Saturday, February 11 at 7:00 pm, at the Pewaukee Public Library, 210 Main Street, Pewaukee. Included will be explanations of astronomical terms like ‘light year’ and ‘astronomical unit’, and how astronomers determine the distance from the Earth to the planets and stars. The event is free and intended for a general audience.
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
An Unusual Variable Star in Auriga
Auriga is the “Charioteer” in the sky, and is quite prominent in the sky now. Its brightest star is Capella. A fairly bright star (3rd magnitude) not far away from Capella called epsilon Aurigae is undergoing one of its unusual … Continue reading
Another Nova in Scutum
Another nova was tentitively discovered by H. Nishimura in Japan and I went to the observatory Tues night to see if I could confirm it. Yup – its there! I took an AAVSO finder chart wit me, but it was … Continue reading
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Adventures in Guiding. . .
I spent some time last Saturday evening taking images of some galaxies. I wanted to get a good wide field image of M33 in Triangulum which was nearly overhead. M33 (along with the Andromeda Galaxy) is part of our local … Continue reading
Public Viewing Tonight (Sat 11/7)
The observatory will be open tonight from 6:30 to 9:00 for public viewing in the large onference room. Club members will project live images from the telescope onto the view screen. See you there!
