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SPECIAL EVENTS 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
May 23rd - 26th, 2008 - RTMC Astronomy Expo at Camp Oakes, 5 miles southeast of Big Bear City, Ca. The primary reason for attending is to rub shoulders with a large number of people who know telescopes and like to talk about them. You can see and look through a large variety of telescopes (with relatively dark skies and high altitude), attend talks by professional and amateur astronomers on different aspects of telescope construction and use, see some astronomical equipment and software in use, and buy astronomical equipment and software (often at reduced prices). The vendors contribute door prizes for Saturday and Sunday evenings. We don't know exactly what prizes there will be in advance, but in the past there have been telescopes of 8 to 12 inches in aperture.
PAST EVENTS February 20, 2008 - Watch the Total Lunar Eclipse with us at the Coachella Valley Preserve in Thousand Palms. For more information CLICK HERE.
September 28th & 29th, 2007 - Starry Nights Festival - Yucca Valley, Ca. Join us for a weekend of speakers, star parties, and other events. Keynote speaker is David Levy on Saturday at 5:30 pm. Other speakers on Saturday include: Wayne Johnson, Gary Peterson, Wally Pacholka, and Dennis Mammana. Of course, don't forget the raffle on Saturday at 5:00 pm.
October 11th - 14th, 2007 -
Nightfall,
sponsored
by the RTMC, is a fall observing session held at the
Palm Canyon Resort in
April 21st, 2007 - Earth Day at the Living Desert, on Portola Ave. in Palm Desert from 10 AM to 4 PM. We will have telescopes set up for solar observing of sunspots, and viewing solar flares and prominences with a hydrogen alpha filter. Also, astronomical models, charts, posters, and local astrophotography will be exhibited. Questions on Astronomy will be answered by amateur astronomers. This is free to the public. Members can come and help out (you don't need a telescope) or just come and visit.
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