February 2017 BSIG

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February 2017 BSIG

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Hi all,

Just a reminder that the first BSIG meeting of the year is coming up on Saturday Feb. 11th from 2:30-4:30 at the Hopkins Public Library.

Hopkins Public Library: 22 11th Ave N, Hopkins, MN 55343

This month's topic will be: “2017 Observing Highlights!”

We will review some of the great observing opportunities and spectacles that will occur during the next 11 months, including:

– Following Venus as it gets bigger and brighter in the coming weeks
– An excellent apparition of Jupiter this Spring
– Seeing Saturn’s rings at their glorious best this summer
– Great prospects for some of the major meteor showers
– Where to go and what to see during the Great American Eclipse on August 21st!! The first total solar eclipse to pass over the continental US since 1979!!

BSIG events are always kid friendly events. This is a great primer to get people and kids interested in science, in general, and astronomy in particular!

Feel free to bring along any telescopes or related equipment that you need help with learning how to set up and use. We'd be happy to help!

If you're planning to come, please respond here, or drop me an e-mail at: sureshks1@msn.com.

We hope to see you there!

Suresh Sreenivasan
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B-SIG/FB/Metcalf Comm

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