Welcome from Everyone at R.A.S.

 

Celebrating 10 Years of Redlands Astronomical Society Inc.

 

SOCIETY MEETINGS:

The Society meets at 7:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Ormiston College in the Music Room.

Visitors are most welcome to attend. A $2 supper charge applies.

Society Meetings for 2007:  The Society has no further public meetings in 2007.  The next Society Meeting will be 12^th February 2008.

FINDING US

Enter the College via the lower gate at the roundabout in Sturgeon Street.

Walk up the ramp/steps beside the Lingo Lin Hall. Our meeting room is ~25m from the Hall entrance.

SOCIETY SKY VIEWING NIGHTS

Night Sky viewing evenings are held at 7:30pm on the 1^st Tuesday of the month at Doug Tiller Reserve,

Montgomery Drive, Wellington Point. Look for our sign near the Amenities block.

If viewing conditions fail us we attempt an alternative viewing night on the following Thursday.

SOCIETY CALENDAR:

January

29^th     - Committee Meeting - Rosalind

February

5^th      - Society Viewing

12^th     - Society Meeting

26^th     - Committee Meeting - Rod

March

4^th      - Society Viewing

11^th     - Society Meeting

25^th     - Committee Meeting - George

April

1^st      - Society Viewing

8^th      - Society Meeting

29^th     - Committee Meeting - Richard

May

6^th      - Society Viewing

13^th     - Society Meeting

27^th     - Committee Meeting - Chris

June

3^rd      - Society Viewing

10^th     - Society Meeting

24^th     - Committee Meeting

July

1st      - Society Viewing

8^th      - Society Meeting

29^th     - Committee Meeting

August

5^th      - Society Viewing

12^th     - Society Meeting

26^th     - Committee Meeting

September

2^nd      - Society Viewing

9^th      - Society Meeting

30^th     - Committee Meeting

October

7^th      - Society Viewing

14^th     - Society Meeting

28^th     - Committee Meeting

November

3^rd      - Society Viewing

11^th     - Society Meeting

25^th     - Committee Meeting

December

2^nd      - Society Viewing

9^th      - Society Meeting - XMAS Function – Members Only (venue TBA)

SOCIETY CONTACTS:

President:                         Chris Tacke:                     (07) 3207 2818,          0410 444 702

Vice President:                  George Nicholls:                0438 411 655

Secretary:                         Rosalind Wyatt:                 (07) 3207 1827

Treasurer:                         Rod Allison:                       (07) 3822 2991

Committee Member:          Richard Drennan

Cosmos Editor:                 Ann Smyth:                       (07) 3206 0591

MEMBERSHIP

Membership enquiries should be directed to the Treasurer.

Family Rate: $40

Single Adult:  $25

Student:        $15

MEMBER’S Image

Image by Stuart Scanlan

LINKS

INFO/FORUMS/SHOPS

Collimating Newtonians                                                                                 http://www.propermotion.com/jwreed/ATM/Collimate/Collimate.htm                        

Printable Sky Maps                                                                                       http://skymaps.com/

Online Sky Maps                                                                                          http://sky-map.org

Sky Charts / Cartes du Ciel                                                                           http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

www.solarviews.com                                                                                     http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

Space Imaging                                                                                             http://www.geoeye.com

Messier Catalog and Images                                                                         http://www.seds.org/messier/

www.deepskies.com                                                                                     http://www.deepskies.com

Hocus Focus                                                                                                http://velatron.com/dca/Hocus/

Astronomy Boy: Amateur Astronomy                                                             http://www.astronomyboy.com/

Cloudy Nights                                                                                               http://www.cloudynights.com/

Qld Astrofest                                                                                                http://www.qldastrofest.org.au/

Ice In Space                                                                                                 http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?home

Astromart