PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

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There will be numerous papers persented at this year's convention on topics including Youth in Astronomy and a special presentation by the International Dark Sky Association.

Attendees are also invited to the BBQ Dinner which will be held on Friday evening at the newly built Heavenview Observatory, which is located only 5 miles from the convention site, on the property of New Life Ranch in Eastern Oklahoma. In addition to the good food, fun and fellowship,there will be plenty of time for observing at the Observatory and it's dark site. Since this year's convention coincides with the new moon, be sure and bring your scopes!

There will be plenty of door prizes available for those in attendance supplied by astronomical vendors from all over the nation. We will have vendors in attendance from our local region. They will have their wares out for sale. These vendors include: Lymax Earth and Sky and others.

A banquet will be held on Saturday evening, June 8th where awards and door prizes will be presented. The guest speaker, Dr. Derek Sears of the Arkansas-Oklahoma Center for Space and Planetary Sciences will give a talk entitled "Hera and Andromeda: New insights into the evolution and formation of the solar system."

Be sure to bring your astrophotography! We are looking forward to the astrophoto contest. This is a great opportunity to show your talents to the region. Prizes will be awarded in four categories: Deep Space, Star Fields, Planets and Lunar, and Other Astronomical Phenomena (comets, etc.).

 

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