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: March 2010
Eclipses! Saturday Presentation
This Saturday, March 13 at 7 PM Greg Buchwald will give a talk entitled “A Dozen Years of Chasing the Shadow: Observing Solar Eclipses” As always, the event is free and open to the public — please join us! Greg … Continue reading
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Things Passing In Front Of Other Things. . . Part I
We often speak of the stars as being fixed in the heavens or refer to their motion only in vast time scales compared to our lifetimes. But the things that truly pique our interest in astronomy involve movement. The planets, for … Continue reading
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