You arrive at the dark site and realize you forgot to charge the power tank. Now what? Luckily you attended this month’s meeting!

SAS Member Nick Monkman imparts a bit of newfound wisdom on the virtues and pitfalls of all-manual astronomy.  He’ll discuss how to get oriented under a dark sky using nothing but your knowledge of the celestial sphere and a planisphere.  This talk is geared towards beginners (after all, the presenter is one!) – but Nick is hoping the more experienced members of the club will jump in and answer questions and share their experiences.

 This month we’re talking all about telescopes. Ever wonder what the difference is between a Schmidt-Cassegrain and a Newtonian reflector? Or why you’d choose one over the other? We’ll talk with newcomers and veterans alike. Bring your questions!

This month’s meeting will feature a discussion of basic photography of the night sky – the tools needed and the methods required.  Do you have a DSLR and a tripod? Then you can probably take photos like this one (taken last year at Fishtrap) and that’s just the beginning.

The weather is just a bit too crazy and SFCC has closed the campus as of 2pm Friday. See you next month! Watch our Facebook page and / or mailing list for updates.

It is the holiday season again and the Spokane Astronomical Society will be having their Annual Potluck Dinner on Friday Dec. 2nd. See the event page for more details.

October’s general meeting will take place at the SFCC Planetarium. Check out the event page for more info, including directions.

August’s meeting will be at Riverview Retirement Community in the community center building.  (same place as last year). We’ll be discussing telescope collimation as well as other astronomy related topics! Bring your questions!