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Total Lunar Eclipse on February 20th

 A few members braved the snow and cold temperatures to catch the February 20th lunar eclipse at Breezy Point. We were joined by a few other interested observers as well as television news crews from channel 8 (WCHS) and channel 13 (WOWK). You can watch the channel 13 news clip here.

Annual Meeting and election of officers

Our annual meeting and election was held on Friday, January 18, 2008. We welcome long time members Brent Ogle and Robert Dean back to the board and thank retiring board members Ron Buckalew and Melissa Thorner. Rodney Waugh will serve another year as President,  Brent Ogle as Vice President, Patricia Shaffer as Secretary and Rick Archer as Treasurer. Read Rodney's notes from the meeting here.

An old friend heads south!
Curt Spivey, a long time member and past President is headed for Hickory, North Carolina
where he will be Planetarium Coordinator & Science Educator at the Catawba Science Center.
We offer our thanks to Curt for his work on our behalf and our best wishes to he and his wife Vicki.

The 2007 Green Bank Star Quest was a big success!
Read Rodney's write-up here and check out the official web site here.

New images by Paul Daniell
Our leading astrophotographer has been busy this summer. See his latest work here.

Breezy Point Electrical Upgrade is complete.

The electric power at Breezy Point was reconnected on June 27. Power was turned off on June 7 while we replaced the meter and circuit breaker box on the pole at the edge of the pad. The work has now been completed and all of the lights and circuits in the observatory building are working. Thanks for your patience.

Star Party at Breezy Point

Several members held an impromptu star party at Breezy Point on Saturday night, April 22. Observing was good despite the bright quarter moon. Some pictures of the event are here.