Sidewalk Astronomy July 15-16

Hello stargazers, Last weekend we had fabulous dark skies and wonderful weather for the Glacier Point star party in Yosemite National Park with the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers. We were joined by a writer and photographer from the L.A. Times "Outdoor" section, so watch for a feature article appearing there sometime soon. Our website has a little photo album from the weekend here: <http://www.otastro.org/2005-07-sfaa-yosemite/> We plan to bring telescopes out as usual Friday night, and set up as close to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Colorado Blvd as parking spaces permit. At midnight, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" goes on sale. :-) So there will be lots of folks out late, we suspect, and the first quarter Moon will be high overhead. If you'd like to join us and hand out Moon cards, we'd love some company. It's a bit tight for additional telescopes on the Colorado Blvd. sidewalk -- two is plenty. Also if you're interested in meeting John Dobson, he'll be on the roof of the parking lot at the Barnes & Noble in Burbank Friday evening from 7:30 p.m. 'til midnight. <http://sidewalkastronomers.us/schedule/?id=1692> There are three local stargazing events this Saturday, and we'll be out of town on Saturday night anyway. If any of you want to bring your own telescopes to Library Park, Monrovia on Saturday night, we'll leave it on our schedule. Otherwise we'll cancel our local event and encourage people to attend these events instead: Three local events Saturday July 16 Eaton Canyon Nature Center 2005 Twilight Program 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. ($3.00 donation requested) http://www.ecnca.org/Cassini_Flier.htm Colorado Street Bridge Party http://www.pasadenaheritage.org/bridgeparty.html ($15.00 at the gate ) Telescopes in Education will be there in the park for this event. Read down to the "entertainment" section of the announcement for more information. Griffith Park monthly star party 2- 10 p.m.(free) Griffith Observatory Satellite in NE corner of Griffith Park. http://www.griffithobs.org/Special.html Best regards, Mojo -- Morris Jones Monrovia, CA http://www.whiteoaks.com Old Town Astronomers: http://www.otastro.org