Cedar Amateur Astronomers Public Event

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Cedar Amateur Astronomers Public Event

The Cedar Amateur Astronomers hosts Saturday Public Observing events featuring a guest speaker followed, if weather permits, by celestial viewings through telescopes at the facility. During viewing hours, society members will be available to answer questions and provide everyone with an opportunity to look through the Society’s telescopes.

Cedar Amateur Astronomers 2016 Public Event Schedule:
  • May 7, 8:30 p.m. – Prof. Philip Kaaret, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy:  “The Discovery of Gravitational Waves.”
  • June 4, 9:00 p.m. – Prof. Cornelia Lang, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy: “Observing Down Under: Doing Astronomy in Australia”
  • June 11, 9:00 p.m. – Lunar Night, Mr. Doug Slauson, CAA Member: “The Moon”
  • July 2, 9:00 p.m. – Presenter: TBA
  • July 16, 3:00 p.m. – Solar Saturday, Mr. Carl Bracken, CAA Member: “The Sun”
  • August 6, 8:30 p.m. – Presenter: TBA
  • September 3, 7:30 p.m. – Mr. Dominic Ludovici, Doctoral Student, University of Iowa, Department of Physics and Astronomy:  Title TBA
  • October 1, 7:30 p.m. – Mr. Brent Studer, CAA Member: Title TBA
  • October 29, 7:30 p.m. – Presenter: TBA
  • November 19, 7:30 p.m. – Presenter: TBA

The Eastern Iowa Observatory and Learning Center is located at Palisades-Dows Nature Preserve and Observatory on the southeast edge of Palisades-Kepler State Park.  It can be reached by traveling south from Mount Vernon on Highway 1 past the bridge for the Cedar River. Directions to the observatory are indicated by brown State Park signs at the entrances to Ivanhoe Road on Highway 1 and near the observatory’s driveway at 1365 Ivanhoe Road.


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Aug 06 2016
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8:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Location

Palisades-Dows Observatory - Mount Vernon, Iowa
1365 Ivanhoe Road
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Cedar Amateur Astronomers
Phone
319-848-2068
Email
[email protected]
Website
http://www.cedar-astronomers.org/