[ATMoB-discuss] Reminder - Club Picnic Saturday

[starleen at charter.net]

The Annual Club Picnic is This Saturday

This Saturday, August 5th, is the Annual Club Picnic at the Tom Britton Clubhouse in Westford.

Starting at 3:00 PM, sit down with other ATMoB members and enjoy the day sharing your astronomy stories and experiences. Please bring a tasty dish to share with others - salad, main dish, dessert, soup, appetizer, fancy bread, anything goes! A serving utensil would be helpful. We will provide the hamburgers, kielbasa, potato chips, ketchup, mustard, coffee, paper goods and plastic cutlery. The grill will be available if you want to cook something yourself.

There will be solar viewing during the day and night sky observing after sunset (all weather permitting). The picnic is on rain or shine. Bring lawn chairs or blankets to sit on.  Bring suntan lotion and mosquito repellant. Observing will continue until Midnight if the sky is clear, so bring your telescope and your observing clothing and gear. The club's scopes will be open too.
 
Club members, their families and friends are invited. Do bring the kids and grandchildren. There will be a tour of the clubhouse facilities and a demonstration of mirror grinding. There will be opportunities for kids to take part in astronomy activities. We also plan to walk and/or drive “up the hill”, stopping along the way to talk about the MIT Haystack Observatory.

If you went on the recent eclipse trip do bring your laptop with your photos. It would be fun to have them running as a slide show for others to enjoy.

Directions to the clubhouse can be found on the last page of Star Fields and at the club website www.atmob.org.
 
Questions - Email hosts Eileen Myers at starleen at charter.net or contact Chief Chef John Reed at 781-861-8031.

Don't miss the fun!
Clear skies,
Eileen and John