I'm seeing a wide variety of weather reports. Clearsky chart has turned to acceptable conditions. https://www.cleardarksky.com/c/LkRckTNkey.html?1 Other weather sources, not so much, and some threaten

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Greetings all, We have a Saturday star party scheduled for this weekend, but conditions seem pretty poor. Things can change though so we'll make a call closer to date. Best regards, James

We have received a request for a daytime Outreach event for Girl Scout Day Camp. During the week of June 20th Blount County will host girl scouts in Alcoa for a day camp. Between 10a-12p one hour sess

This was shared via ORION. Bill Burgess of Burgess Optical passed away last Thursday, May 26th. I don't know if any of you knew him. I met him once many years ago, but recall he was quite passionate.

Tim, we saw Harlan. He said you had left. I believe Lee arrived next. I arrived just after sunset followed by Michael later. I was not optimistic, but we pulled out our chairs and chatted; I assumed w

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So we had a bit of a roller coaster night. Looked good before heading out the door, very poor en route. After some overcast parking lot chit chat a few stars appeared then disappeared. By 10:45ish the

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Hearing nothing, I'm going to save my energy for next weekend which so far (finger's crossed) appears clear and cooler.

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I have not seen any discussion on this yet. Astronomical twilight at ~10:20pm. Conditions: mediocre but acceptable. https://www.cleardarksky.com/c/LkRckTNkey.html?1 Thoughts? James

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Greetings all, A couple of individuals noticed that the invite showed Zoom in the Location field. The in-person aspects were updated in the body text but not there. It's been corrected since. As we el

For whatever reason until last night, my brain thought the meeting was tonight as well. See everyone next week.

Lee I hereby appoint you to host a discussion on mnemonics for astronomical facts. I assume this will be a very short discussion. Here is my suggestions/request for other presentations. brief recap of

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The weather forecast did not predict a good outcome for this weekend and it looks to be coming true. Conditions are predicted to be poor for the next several days. Overcast tonight; 30-40% cloud cover

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See the Daily Times article which featured our activities Saturday. Many thanks to Lee Erickson for promoting and organizing. We had a great showing from SMAS members, and plenty of visitors. Extra th

Greetings all, Saturday is poor enough by current forecast to cancel. It's looking like 10% cloud at 9; at 10p 40%, dipping to 20% at 1 or 2am. I also cannot commit to a Friday night (this time). Not

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Time to crowd-source a best plan. Friday is looking better, but not overwhelmingly so. This clear sky chart is for Look Rock but probably close enough. https://www.cleardarksky.com/c/LkRckTNkey.html?1

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Excellent! We'll see you there.

Two things: 1) Lee has made arrangements to host solar viewing at the Blount County Library Saturday, April 23rd from 11a-1p. This was a rather serendipitous arrangement as he dropped into the library

I've updated it in the event. Pellissippi Main campus Pellissippi State Community College 10915 Hardin Valley Road P.O. Box 22990 Knoxville, TN 37933-0990

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Greetings all, We are still awaiting some details from Pellissippi, but we may find out if we can meet in person soon. That said. Who thinks they can make it? Also who thinks they might have something

Just to be clear this is the Saturday calendar item not tonight, Friday impromptu event.

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