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A nice crowd showed up for a public observing session on the soccer field at North Cary Park on Saturday April 4 from 8:30 to 11:00. The main objects shown were the Moon and Saturn because high clouds plagued us almost the whole observing session. Fittingly, the skies cleared after the observing session was over. Many guests asked about the large ice crystal halo around the Moon. Over the two and a half hour event, I would estimate that there were around 300…

The February meeting for the Raleigh Astronomy Club was held on Friday, February 13th at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.  We had great presentation from Johnny Horne, Photo Editor for the Fayetteville News and Observer, entitled Earth and Sky.  Johnny talked about some of his terrific astrophotos and how he planned and used natural features to improve the images. You can read more about Johnny and his activities at his blog at http://blogs.fayobserver.com/backyarduniverse.

On January 24 and 25th The Raleigh Astronomy Club and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences hosted the 18th Astronomy Days event in downtown Raleigh.  Over 14,500 people participated in this free weekend event.  It features exhibits and presentations from local astronomy clubs, NASA, the Museum, and mayn other organizations.  This year’s them was the international year of astronomy.  The Raleigh Astronomy Club would like to sincerely thank every individual and every organization who attended or volunteered for the Astronomy…

The January 9th meeting had a great turnout and featured presentations from the RAC Imaging Subgroup.  This is a special interest group with the Raleigh Astronomy Club that focuses on astrophotography and imaging.  It is open to any member of RAC and has been holding meetings for almost a year.  They have discussions on everything from getting starting in astrophotography to advanced techniques and even conduct field sessions. Steve Izzo leads the group and introduced the session.  Ian Hewitt, Mark Lang, Joe…

Secretary’s Blog, August 22, 2008 by Mark Lang On Monday Aug. 18, the Club got an email in the [email protected] mailbox from Lisa Corbett who along with her husband are members of the Wayne Co. Astronomy Club. Lisa, who works for the N.C. Dept. of Justice, has a co-worker friend Susannah Cox. It just so happened that Susannah’s father, Dr. Colin Cox, was to be in town visiting for the weekend. The Wayne Co. group had already met earlier in…