Pasley Telescope Refresh

The Laura D. Pasley Memorial Telescope, the club’s venerable 20″ Star Splitter, has been long overdue for major maintenance and a few enhancements.  Our President, Dr. Richard Sabo, and Vice-president, Charlie Rose, have been quietly working away on these tasks for some time now.

Beyond the much needed maintenance and cleaning, the scope will now be equiped with digital setting circles.  This is a truly awesome instrument and it is wonderful to see it getting the tender loving care that it deserves.  I for one am really looking forward to completion of this work.  We’ll keep you posted as things progress. Cheers…

New Website Online…

Well, we’ve taken our new website online. SMAS members are welcome to have an account and act as contributors and/or editors on this site. Please contact me if you’d like to be involved in this new and exciting endeavor.

I will be making a presentation about the site at the next board meeting on the 13th as well as doing tutorials at the next few regular club meetings.  I’d like to encourage everyone to subscribe to the events feed on the right to keep abreast of upcoming events and news about the club. Cheers…

SMAS Winter Lectures Rock…

Dr. Stacy Palin presented the first of our 2009 winter lectures, News From The Very Latest In Very Large Arrays, last night at the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies to large and enthusiastic audience.

She has the amazing ability to present this complex subject matter in a clear and comprehensible way.  I was amazed with the breadth of the information she was able to cover in the hour.

“The speed of light… it’s more than just a good idea, it’s like a law.”

We all need to extend a Very Large Thank You to Dr. Palin for taking the time to share this wonderful presentation with all of us.  Cheers…

The SMAS site, a new paradigm

We’re in the midst of a major overhaul of the SMAS website. The new site provides a more blog-like atmosphere and I hope that it can become the portal to all SMAS activities and events for all club members as well as the general public.  Please contact me if you would like to play a role in the evolution of our site.

And feel free to comment on anything that you find on the site…