M-O-N-D-A-Y April 16, 2018
Our General Meeting is usually held on the third Monday of each month,
with no General Meetings in July and August.
The next General Meeting will be held on Monday April 16, 2018 at 6:00pm
at the auditorium of the
Tucson Osteopathic Medical Foundation (TOMF)
3182 N. Swan Road
Tucson, AZ 85712
Maps and detailed directions for our meeting location are available at
http://aztcs.org/about/tcshq.shtml

Presentation Topic at 6:00pm:
Astrophotography
Robert Sparks will tell us about wide-field astrophotography which consists of taking pictures of the night sky using digital camera equipment. Rob has worked with many programs including hands-on optics, astronomy from the ground up, promoting an inquiry in science education, and teaching telescope dark-sky awareness. His presentation will will include examples of his photos and a description of how the images were obtained.
About the presenter:
Robert Sparks is a Science Education Specialist with the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson.
His biography page is located at
https://www.noao.edu/outreach/epostaff/sparks
His LinkedIn page is located at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-sparks-9a786614.
Breakout Session at 7:00pm
The breakout session will consist of a series of Questions & Answers
pertaining to both the presentation topic AND computer and networking issues in general.
Bring us your questions or please help us out by answering some of the questions.
Raffle Prizes:
Raffle participation is open to all paid members who will get one raffle ticket for attending this meeting.
There will be two raffle drawings. The first raffle drawing will use only the free tickets each paid member will get. The second raffle drawing will include purchased tickets as well as the unused free tickets from the first raffle. Additional raffle tickets may be purchased in order to increase your chances of winning in the second raffle drawing.
Both raffle drawings will be conducted at the end of the Main Session.

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