Members of the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers will be sharing an evening of Astronomy, telescope equipment demonstrations, and viewing of Jupiter, the Moon, and other celestial objects.

The Burlington Burloak Park has an excellent dark southern horizon, and not too much interference from the city lights, so it’s sure to be an enjoyable evening with interesting things to see.

We will be setting up in Burlington on October 3rd, with a rain/cloud date of October 4th, at 8 PM, and will remain until about 11 PM. Check back here on September 25th to see which date has been chosen. Note that daytime clouds often dissipate as evening approaches, so we will be checking the weather predictions carefully.

Here’s a map of the location:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.367916,-79.727719&spn=0.002683,0.006003&t=h&z=18

Come early to see what it takes to assemble and set up a telescope, or come on time and get a good look through those same telescopes.

If you have a telescope, bring it along: we can help set it up and point it at Saturn for you.
If you have binoculars, by all means bring them too. Binoculars are an excellent and easy to use way to get more from the sky.

As part of the International Year of Astronomy, we will also have some handouts to interest
children and adults.