The Fargo-Moorhead Astronomy Club is an amateur oriented astronomy club serving members in North Dakota and Minnesota. Our Club Information section has information on the club and how to join. A listing of upcoming events including meetings, observing nights, and public astronomy programs is available on our Event Calendar.
The amateur astronomy community in the North Dakota and western Minnesota region is becoming a really stellar location with two great events: the annual North Dakota Star Party and the 2007 North Central Region Astronomical League Convention.
The North Dakota Star Party, held annually since 2003 at Cross Ranch State Park, has developed into the North Dakota amateur astronomy event of the year. The ND Star Party draws attendants from across North Dakota, Minnesota, and Hawai'i. Check out our page on the ND Star Party for the story on past years events and links to information on next year's Star Party.
The FM Astronomy Club is honored to be the host for the 2007 North Central Region Astronomical League Convention, or NCRAL, provides another exciting regional opportunity for people interested in astronomy. Visit the NCRAL Convention '07 page for information and news as the convention draws close.
The September meeting will be on September 9, 7:30pm, at the MSUM Planetarium.
We are finally back in the Planetarium after a summer of exile while they completely remodeled it. It looks great! Hope you can come and see it while it still smells new!
The August club meeting will be Tuesday, August 12th at the Regional Science Center. Meeting will be at 7:30 PM and will include a small potluck, so if you can please bring some sort of munchies to share.
If the sky is clear we may do some observing as it gets dark!
Time: 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM (or later if people want to stay)
Where: Regional Science Center, Buffalo State Park MN
The Star Party on the Prairie is one of our annual public programs at Buffalo State Park, Regional Science Center. Club members are encouraged to bring their telescopes if they wish. Should plan on arriving to the science center around 8:00 PM to setup.
The October 9th Meeting will be held at the Regional Science Center (Buffalo State Park) instead of the usual location at the MSUM planetarium. Meeting time will still be the same: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM.
The reason for the change of location is because we were asked to send one person to help out with a small observing night. Our fearless president made a decision to relocate the meeting so we can (hopefully) all enjoy a bit of telescope time.
Everyone is encouraged to bring scopes along!
Wednesday, October 3 from 7:30 - 9:00 PM is the Lake Agassiz Rock Club monthly meeting. The rock club meets in Stevens Hall, Room 130, at North Dakota State University.
The featured speaker will be North Dakota palenotoligist Dr. John W. Hoganson. For more information on North Dakota Geologic Survey and Dr. Hoganson see the following link:
Thursday, October 4, 2007 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM is the annual Fall Fantasy event. Club members should try to arrive around 6:30 PM to help set up scopes if it’s clear.
Local animals will be the topics at campfires on the trails of the Buffalo River Site. Guests will walk through the woods stopping to enjoy interpretive dramatizations about local wildlife. If the skies are clear, telescopes will be set up to view the autumn sky. The event is free, children must be accompanies by an adult.
For the latest information check out the Regional Science Center web site: http://www.mnstate.edu/regsci/
We now have a discsussion board at this address:
http://s3.excoboard.com/exco/index.php?boardid=5578
Link to be added to the navigation menu this week.
We’ll be posting the pictures from the convention soon. Stay tuned!
Lyndon Anderson sent this link to his presentation from his keynote talk:
http://www.prairiejournal.com/ncral.ppt
He told me he had a lot of fun giving it. Thanks to everyone who was there that made it fun.
The registration forms are now available for download and printing. They can be found at
http://www.fmastronomy.com/registration-ncral.html
An online registration system using PayPal should be online and ready by Sunday March 25.