[ATMoB-discuss] Starparty announcement: Plaistow NH ANNUAL Elementary School starparty 9/29/06

[Peter Bealo]

I will be holding my annual Pollard Elementary School Starparty again on
Friday Sept 29, with a raindate of Monday October 2.

 

Event begins at 7PM. Setup begins at 6PM

 

Location: As always: Goudreault’s Farm at 82 Newton Rd. (Rt. 108) in
Plaistow NH

 

A speaker is being lined up, talk will be held in a greenhouse. Wind
permitting: bonfire will be lit This site has reasonably dark skies and VERY
friendly/cooperative owners.

 

This event historically gets 300 people on a clear night and as “few” as 150
on partly cloudy nights. News coverage generally occurs.

 

Volunteers will be fed. If event goes off on Friday we can have
après-starparty observing at Sweet Hill Observatory (Peter Bealo’s house) ½
mile away. 

 

Directions:  From Rt495: Take exit 52 in Haverhill. Turn SOUTH towards
Haverhill from exit

Go about ¾ mile, turn right onto Rt 108 (hairpin, uphill, right turn)

Stay on Rt 108, cross under Rt 495 and enter NH. Goudreault’s Farm is about
2 miles on LEFT. Note the “Plaistow Cabinet” sign ¼ mile before Farm on left

Pull into back of farm between barn and farmhouse

 

Map at:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=82%20Newton%20Rd&city=Plaistow&
state=NH&zipcode=03865%2d2435&country=US&title=%3cb%3e82%20Newton%20Rd%3c%2f
b%3e%3cbr%20%2f%3e%20Plaistow%2c%20NH%2003865%2d2435%2c%20%20US&cid=lfmaplin
k2&name=

 

 

I’d like 8 additional telescopes and binoculars set up. Also could use ONE
person with green laser to show constellations.

Contact Peter Bealo at pbealo at comcast.net or call at 978-204-9848 to
volunteer