Club Meetings
The Club meets in the Pewaukee Library conference room on the second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, March 14, 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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January’s Public Program
Please join us on Saturday, January 9th at 7pm at the Pewaukee Library. Club member Scott Berg will give a talk entitled “The Life and Times of a Star” – A short discussion of the very long life of a … Continue reading
Children’s Program Saturday, Dec 12
This Saturday from 11 to noon at the Pewaukee Library, Mike Paquette will give a talk called “Seasons and Constellations” Geared for ages 7 to 12, kids can come and see what causes our seasons, why the stars move like they do, and … 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!
October 10th Pewaukee Sky talk – Jupiter: King of the Planets!
Hello all! You have seen the nice image of Jupiter that we obtained with the telescope. On Saturday night, 7PM on October 10th, I am planning to do the talk specifically on Jupiter. It will make use of many of … Continue reading
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Fun Imaging Jupiter
On Thursday night, 9/10/09, Mike Paquette and Randy Buchwald tried some webcam imaging of Jupiter using the Harken 12” scope. A webcam is the same thing that you might have attached to your PC for Skype video contacts. While it … Continue reading
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