We’ll have our November/December meeting this Wednesday, 12/4, starting at 7:30 PM. Note the change in venue–we’ll be at the Gmeiner Art Center in Wellsboro this time–right behind the Green Free Library on Main Street. General parking is on Main Street. Come around to the side door (left) if the front door is locked. We’ll try to do the usual hybrid, with the meeting also available on Zoom–link to be sent out Monday or Tuesday. Note that being in the new venue, using their WiFi, there is a potential to have issues getting the Zoom session going.
Agenda items:
- Usual brief discussion of club business, including dues for 2025
- Meeting locations for January and February
- Officers for next year
- Events for 2025, including a likely planetarium show on Friday March 21
- Progress with the Tioga County library telescope program and plans to roll them out in January
- If anyone else wants to test drive one for us, I’ll have one with me you can take home
- Opportunity to help out with the Potter County library telescope’s winter maintenance
- Quick update on the dark sky monitoring system (PoSMS)
- Discussion on the advantages and risks of buying used astronomy equipment
- Planetary observing (Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars are currently observable)
- What to expect for the opposition of Mars in January–other than cold and clouds!