Rita Fletcher
You’re invited to the SkyGazers monthly meetings and star parties! All meetings are held in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. On February 11, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. a talk by Charlie Walker an American engineer who flew on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984 and 1985 as a payload specialist for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation. He was the first non-government individual to fly in space.
March 11, 2018 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. “Venus Unveiled” by Richard Spitzer.
A look at the discoveries made about Venus from earliest historic times through the space race and current observations.
Spitzer is a retired science/computer teacher who taught high school astronomy.
STAR PARTIES
Held at the SaddleBrooke Softball Field
February 13, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Beehive star cluster, Orion Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, Double Star Cluster
March 19, 7:15-9:15 p.m. Moon, Mercury and Venus, Moon, Pinwheel Galaxy, double star Castor, Crab Nebula
April 11, 6:50-7:30 p.m., No moon, Venus, Bode’s Galaxy
May 17, 7:16–8:00 p.m., three days old Jupiter, Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
June 12, 7:31–8:00 p.m., No moon Jupiter, Ring Nebula
Membership is $10 per individual; please make check payable to SaddleBrooke SkyGazers and mail to Sam Miller 62930 E. Silkwood Way, Tucson AZ 85739. Members enjoy discounted trips, socials, sale items and a members’ only website.