April 4, 2009 will be a great Saturday.
At 9:00 AM on this day, the first Virginia Solar Lunar Convention and Imaging Conference will begin. The event will be held at Camp Brady Saunders Scout Camp in Goochland, VA and, as I write this, the weather forecast is looking good.
This star party will be a lot of fun. John Raymond has arranged for interesting speakers (myself excluded), displays and demos and it will be held at a great location. The Scout Camp in Goochland is an easy to find, very convenient site with lots of space to set up telescopes and camp.
There are great facilities at the site including a large dining hall / meeting space and an always popular item at star parties - real toilets with running water. The site is located in a rural area west of the city lights from Richmond. Tim Streagle, one of the camp rangers, has been kind enough to host the gathering. All of the efforts on the part of John and Tim are very much appreciated and we are looking forward to a great event.
More information about the event can be found at: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze10oyym/index.html. It will start at 9:00 AM on Saturday and continue through the day and into the night for a full range of day and nighttime observing.
Directions to the Scout Camp are here: http://bradysaunders.net/camp/direct.html.
The Richmond Astronomical Society is supplying refreshments along with some imaging displays and demonstrations. Be sure to stop by for snack and learn more about our group.
We are also going to try an experiment at the event – a live video broadcast over the internet (as long as the technology works). During the daylight and evening observing sessions, please check the following address for live video from the site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vasolcon.
I hope to see everyone there! This will be a great star party and very much worthy of our support. I encourage all in the area that are interested in astronomy at any level to attend.
Regards,
Jim Browder
Richmond Astronomical Society
