Anyone on either list want to respond to Denise as far
as volunteering to coming down to BYU and talk about
astrophotography?
Denise, I think we should have some local interest in
a joint star party on July 25 (I'll probably be
there).
Please reply to all if you can help with either event.
Thanks,
Rich
--- Denise Stephens <denise_stephens(a)byu.edu> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:20:00 -0600
> From: Denise Stephens <denise_stephens(a)byu.edu>
> To: retenney(a)yahoo.com
> Subject: astrophotography activity
>
> Rich,
>
> I'm the faculty advisor for the Astronomy club over
> at BYU, and we were
> wondering if there was anyone in the Utah Valley
> Astronomy Association
> that knows something about astrophotography and
> would be willing to come
> and talk to our group during an activity sometime in
> August. We'd like
> to learn about the kind of equipment you need, basic
> techniques, see it
> in action if weather permits, and just general
> information. We don't
> have any definite dates yet, and are quite flexible.
> We can work around
> the guest's schedule. We'd like to try out some of
> the techniques, so
> we'll probably plan on having them speak to us in
> the evening and then
> we would head for a dark sky site for a star party.
> If there is
> interest within your group, we could combine
> together to make this a
> joint event. If you don't have anyone within your
> group or know of
> anyone locally, then I'll trying writing to the Salt
> Lake Astronomical
> Society next.
>
> We are also planning to hold a public star party in
> the valley on July
> 25th. We just set the date yesterday, so it's still
> in the relative
> planning stages, but this would also be a great
> event for our two groups
> to team up together to host a star party for the
> public if any of your
> members are interested.
>
> Sincerely,
> - Denise Stephens
