Club Meetings
The Club meets in the Pewaukee Library conference room on the second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 8, 2013.
Public Events
The Club has a "Rain or Shine" presentation on the second Saturday of every month on an astronomy topic. The presentations are given in the Community Room at the Pewaukee Library unless otherwise noted.
The next presentation is entitled "Astronomy from Space: Probes of the Solar System and Beyond", about space probes to the other planets in the solar system and space-based observatories that study the universe beyond the solar system.
The presentation is on Saturday May 11, and will begin at our summer starting time of 8 PM.
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Jeff Annis demonstrated the Dobsonian telescope he built, at his May presentation for the Astronomy Club.
Fun with Astrometrics! and a Near Earth Object
As some of you may know, I have recently been experimenting with the capability of our observatory equipment to accurately measure the position of objects in the telescope camera images. Things outside of our solar system don’t change position much, … Continue reading
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Balancing the telescope
Balancing the telescope tube is essential to good slewing and tracking. Putting the guide scope on top of the tube messes with the balance in two axes. Both axes must be brought back into balance by moving the counterweight under the … Continue reading
