Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society Winter Starfest
Feb 5-6, 2000
Recently myself and fellow CVAS members Dan Fish, John Treadwell, Michael J Kauper and Jim Russell.
attended Winter StarFest @ Hobb's.
We heard a talk by the CVAS president on the life cycle of stars, and efforts
to find a meteorite that landed nearby many decades ago
Ben Huset and John Treadwell gave an impromptu presentation on Onan construction status,
and upcoming space events, STS-99 and Near/Eros encounter.
After dinner Dan Fish showed off some of his CCD astronomy efforts.
Here is some of what we saw.
--Ben
The Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society (C.V.A.S.) is an amateur
astronomy club in Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley. The society, which
currently has more than 50 members, meets at Hobbs Observatory in the
Beaver Creek Reserve near Fall Creek Wisconsin. C.V.A.S. members
cover a broad spectrum of astronomical interests, from casual observing of
the constellations to serious visual observing, astrophotography,
astrometry, CCD imaging, computer control of telescopes, photometry,
telescope building, and radio astronomy.
Hobbs Observatory
Hobbs Observatory , with it's twin domes, is located in the Beaver Creek
Reserve near Fall Creek, Wisconsin.
In the west dome is a computer-controlled 24" Newtonian/Nasmyth
reflector with a Photometrics Star-1 CCD camera.
In the east dome is a 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope.
The building also contains The Robert Elliott Classroom, an office, and a
small library. The observatory is used by C.V.A.S. members, the Beaver
Creek Reserve, and the Physics and Astronomy Department of the
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
The club is in the process of buidling a radio-telescope observatory.
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Photos by Ben Huset
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