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Star party in American Fork canyon this coming Friday, 1 July
by Richard Tenney 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

The Rangers of Timpanogos Cave National Monument and the Utah Valley Astronomy Club are hosting a star party Friday night. For those of you who can come up and bring a scope, or a pair of mounted binoculars, or a green laser and a knowledge of the night sky, please come and help support this effort. For everyone else, come and enjoy the night sky! Details: Date: Friday, July 1, 2016Time: Set up begins at 8:30 PM, event runs from 9:00 PM-11:00 PMLocation: Pine Hollow Trailhead (approximately 7 minutes & 4.5 miles up-canyon from the Timpanogos Cave National Monument Visitor Center on SR-92 in American Fork Canyon) Things to note:There will not be directional signage posted for the event along the route. There will, however, be signs in the Visitor Center windows and alongside the pullout for the Pine Hollow parking area. Visitors seemed to find us just fine last year without signage, so we’ve opted to keep things simple. Please encourage anyone you invite to plan their routes ahead of time.We are looking forward to this event being a fun, awe-inspiring star party. Additionally, we hope to deliver educational messages about the effects of artificial light at night and importance of darkness in our lives. We also aim to engage young people in light pollution awareness and star education through demonstrations and Junior Ranger activities. In essence, there will be a lot going on at this night skies event, and we appreciate everyone’s cooperation and patience in advance. Timpanogos Cave National Monument is so extremely fortunate to partner with Utah Valley Astronomy Club on these important and popular events. I attended a National Park Service night skies interpretation training at Arches National Park this spring, and as far as I can tell other parks do not have similar partnerships with local experts. We are truly grateful for the work you do to inspire wonder and encourage stewardship for the night skies at these events and throughout the year.

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Launch of the Utah Valley Astronomy Club Tonight!
by Richard Tenney 28 Jun '16

28 Jun '16

There is a new -- and soon to be fully functioning -- astronomy club in Utah County; the Utah Valley Astronomy Club (UVAC)! Check out the website: Utah Valley Astronomy Club | | Utah Valley Astronomy Club | | Tonight at 7pm in the basement auditorium of the Pleasant Grove Library (30 E. Center, Pleasant Grove), we will have our first public meeting. Clarence Spencer, an award-winning professional photographer, will present "Nightscapes: photographing the Milky Way with a DSLR camera". Free and open to the public. Come join us, become a member, and join our Facebook group: Security Check Required | | | Security Check Required | | | Hope to see you there!/Rich Tenney

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Re: [UVAA] Regular Utah County Star Parties? and a possible school party
by JOHN K LUNDWALL 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Hey John,I will send you a preliminary schedule of our upcoming events. We met last weekend, formed a board, and planned out some activities for the year as well as a regular schedule every year. An official email is forthcoming announcing the events and newly formed Club! Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device<div> </div><div> </div><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "John M. Craig" <jmcraig(a)xmission.com> </div><div>Date: 5/3/2016 8:22 AM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: Utah Valley Astronomy Association <uvaa(a)mailman.xmission.com> </div><div>Subject: [UVAA] Regular Utah County Star Parties? and a possible school party </div><div> </div> Hi Folks, Would anyone else be interested in trying to get something going for maybe a first-quarter weekend star party on a regular basis over the warmer months? I think if we had 3 or 4 people willing to participate, we'd have enough people to deal with the inevitable vacation absences and such. Let me know if it might be of interest and if you have suggestions for where we could do it. Also, there's a tentative plan for a school star party at Lakeridge Junior High in Orem on the 13th. I'll let you know as plans develop (or fizzle). Lakeridge is on the SE corner of 900 S & 400 W. I haven't scouted out to figure out where the best place to be is, so if it's going to happen, I'll go check lighting and try to pick a good spot. John Craig _______________________________________________ UVAA mailing list UVAA(a)mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uvaa

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