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Saturday Evening 3 March 2012:

Mars Opposition

Friday and Saturday Evening 23 & 24 March 2012:

Messier Marathon #1, Saturday Evening Alternate Evening

Private Party Monday and Tuesday Evenings 2 & 3 of April 2012:

Pizza and Rootbeer at Doug’s Condo 256 772-6788 before and at Dusk

Venus in the Pleiades Cluster

Bring Scopes and Cameras, wider field of view the better

Friday Evening 13 April 2012:

Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Saturn begins at 7:00 P.M. for kids,
Observing afterward for kids and adults, both bring scopes.

Friday and Saturday Evenings 20 & 21 April 2012:

Messier Marathon, Saturday evening alternate evening

Friday Evening 11 May 2012:

Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Venus Transit begins at 7:00 P.M. for kids,
Observing afterward for kids and adults, both bring scopes.

Tuesday afternoon early evening 5 June 2012:

Set up at 3:00 or 4:00 in evening to be arranged, Transit of Venus

Possible locations:

Airfield in Decatuar with HAL5
Huntsville Botanical Garden
Burritt Museum

Friday evening 24 August 2012:
First Quarter Moon Walk with Land Trust and Sierra Club, Doug

Friday 28 September 2012 Evening:

Your and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Soap Opera in the Sky for kids, Observing afterward for kids and adults bring scopes.

Morning 12 September 2012:

At 4:00 or 5:00 in morning the Beehive, M44, Venus and the Moon are less than a degree apart each in a line with the waning crescent Moon and Venus pointing to the Beehive Cluster, M44.

Best weekend for star party: 14-16 September 2012:

If you want French Camp on this date start thinking about now!

Friday Evening 5 October 2012:

Youth and Adult Observing Night Planetarium Show on Meteor showers for the Season begins at 7:00 P.M. Observing for Adults and Kids afterward.

Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 12-14 October 2012:

Possible star party, close to New Moon, Astronomy Day Concerns

Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 19-21 October 2012:

Possible Star Party, member meeting night and Astronomy Day Concerns

Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 9-11 November 2012:

Still Close to Last Quarter Moon, Possible Star Party

Possible Star Party Weekend Friday thru Sunday 16-18 November 2012:

Members Meeting Conflict, Close to First Quarter Moon, Weekend before Thanksgiving, Possible Star Party