Berks County Amateur Astronomical Society

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You can visit our site using
www.berksastronomy.org

Welcome to the BCAAS Homepage! BCAAS is based in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping fellow amateur astronomers both young and old.

Please use the site map to the left to view our site.

Pages updated: Pegasus - 11/11/08, Events - 10/07/08, Maps - 12/21/06, Meeting Minutes - 10/30/08, Links - 7/28/07, Members List - 1/27/07, Member Area - 11/02/04, Planets - 1/1/08

Club Hotline Number: (610) 921-0173

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Click Here to download the
black & white version Autumn 2008 B&W Pegasus

(If you wish to have a Pegasus email to you contact Melody Gardner @ dblhlx@earthlink.net ) If you wish to read the HTML version Click Here or in the Site Map to the left. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the pdf format of Pegasus. If you can not see the .pdf by clicking the Pegasus issue here, you can right click the Pegasus issue and choose "save target as". This should copy it to your computer and you can view it there.

this download is a 20Mbyte file. If you have a slow connection and would like a cdrom with Adobe reader on it, please email me, starbash@verizon.net

If you wish to join our Club in helping SETI decode the sounds of the universe in search of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Check our SETI@Home Page for more information.

This Month's Events

Thursday November 13 - 7:30pm, Monthly Club meeting at the Reading Museum auditorium. Tonight's program will be presented by Lester Baker on telescope making. He will be bringing along his 'scope and give you an idea how it is possible to build a telescope that will perform well, be real inexpensive to make, and be proud of as well. The Club will also be gathering nominations for the BCAAS Board Elected Officers for 2009. Everyone is invited.

For additional future events, see our Club Calendar

If you would like to receive the latest space news from NASA emailed directly to you, you can subscribe to their mailing list by going to http://science.nasa.gov/news/subscribe.htm

UP and COMING EVENTS

Thursday December 11 - 7:30pm, Monthly Club meeting at the Reading Museum auditorium. Tonight we will celebrate the BCAAS 35th Anniversary. The festivities will include our annual Holiday Party and feast provided by BCAAS this year. The Club will also be electing Officers for the 2009 BCAAS Board. Everyone is invited. If anyone has old photos of Club events, please bring them along.

Additional Contact information can be found on our Members Page.
And, as always, BCAAS encourages any member wishing and willing to present a topic of his/her choice at a regularly scheduled program!
Comments, Questions? starbash@verizon.net

Webpage Updated By Mike Bashore

Pegasus Written by the Members of BCAAS and edited by Melody Gardner