Ark-La-Tex Star Party
Red River Astronomy Club will host the first ArkLaTex
Star Party beginning Sept. 1st. and will conclude Labor
Day, Sept. 5th, 2005 near Nashville, Ark. Armed with
new technology, amateurs are contributing vast amounts
of data and research to the scientific community. Hear
what you can do in the fields of spectroscopy, Cataclysmic
Variables, NEO and Super Nova searches. There are also
presentations on collimation, imaging and a history
of amateur contributions.
ArkLaTex Star Party will supply dark skies, plenty
of camping space, a vendor (Rex's Astro Stuff), international
known amateur and PhD presentations, meals, T-shirts,
swap meet, showers, electricity, door prizes, movies
on a 72 inch screen and broad band internet access on
the field via wireless connection. There are also many
interesting, beautiful and historic sites surround Nashville,
AR, including a diamond mine, an Indian village and
canoeing.
For more information, please visit http://rrac.org
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