Member Only Picnic at Hanna Park hosted by the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS]

Get ready for the picnic at Shelter Three in Parking Lot#8 members of NEFAS! The family and guests of NEFAS members are also invited and most welcome! Park entry fee is $5 per car.  Veterans enter for half price. Some members may be exempt from the fee (those who are participating in the public stargaze and are on the exemptions list). Those who are there to set up for the picnic should show up about an hour before 4 PM. Cooking will start at 3 PM. We will have shelter 3 the whole day, so use it if you wish to use the beach before the picnic.

We hope to see you there!

Location:  Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, 500 Wonderwood Dr, Jacksonville, FL 3223

General Meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS].  All are welcome!

Friday, July 21  –  7:30 PM to 9 PM.

Location:

• Florida State College at Jacksonville – Kent Campus
• 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32205
• Building E Room E-104
• There might be a virtual meeting using Webex. Please monitor the Facebook page discussions from our contact, Sam Fischer, member of NEFAS for the location and the for details on how to participate virtually online.

Campus map: http://fscj.s3.amazonaws.com/21516/kent.pdf

This is our member orientation meeting. We will discuss various aspects of NEFAS.

Friday, June 2  –  7:30 PM to 9 PM.

Location:

• Florida State College at Jacksonville – Kent Campus
• 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32205
• Building E Room E-104

Campus map: http://fscj.s3.amazonaws.com/21516/kent.pdf

This is our swap meet meeting. The following items will be featured there for swap/sale:

* Chris is looking to sell:
Binocular Parallelogram Mount
Price wanted $300.00
Comes with tripod and red dot finder. Retail price is $438.00.

    Farpoint Universal Binocular Mount (UBM)

* Inci is looking to sell:
an iOptron’s CEM40EC for sale, it comes with a hard case, 2 counter weights, 1 1/5 inch tripod, mini pier to avoid the scope hitting the tripod. Bought it
last year and never left outdoors overnight. Priced at $2,900. The price is firm.

* James is looking to sell:
CPC 800 and/or some accessories:

• Celestron CPC 800 w/ Bob’s Knobs
• Celestron Thermistor for Smart DewHeater Controllers – 94037
• Celestron Smart DewHeater Controller 2x – 94035
• Celestron 8 Dew Heater Ring – 94051
• Flexible Dew Shield
• Solar filter – Baader ASTF 200 AstroSolar Telescope Solar Filter – 200 mm
• Starsense Align camera and hand controller
• Celestron Power Tank Lithium Pro
• Denkmeier Filter Switch Diagonal
• Baader 2″ BBHS Sitall Mirror Diagonal
• Takahashi 50mm LE 2″ Eyepiece (SKU: TK-TEA0500)
• Mallincam SkyRaider DSC
• Mallincam SkyRaider GMT monochrome

* John B. is looking to sell:

• Celestron CG5AT Mount with extension tube for refractor for $500 which includes
•    hand controller and cables
•    ADX upgraded clamp for rail
• Astro Telescopes 102mm Achromatic Doublet Refractor F/11 f=1100mm for $300
• Meade 12mm Illuminated Reticle Astrometric Eyepiece for $50
• Baader Hyperion 680 5mm for 1.25 or 2” tube for $100
• Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope for $45
• Orion 5 Position Filter Wheel – manually operated for $45
• Meade ETX125 scope with mounting system and tripod for $250 – Mechanically sound, electronics have failed

* John V. has for sale or trade:

• 1 ¼ inch Televue Paracorr Coma corrector – $200 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch Orion 3x Tri-Mag barlow – $80 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch Celestron 25 mm SMA Wide Angle eyepiece – $30 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch Meade 2x Telenegative milticoated barlow, chipped – $20 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch old Celestron K 25mm eyepice – $5 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch off-brand Russian eyepiece 40 mm? (could be 20 mm or 30 mm, no markings) – $5 or best offer
• 1 ¼ inch Meade 9 mm eyepiece – $5 or best offer
• Two 5.45 inch tube rings – will trade for two 5 inch tube rings

*Veronica’s wanted items and items to sell:
Want to buy:
Celestron right angle illuminated finderscope with rings and foot

Here are my items to sell:
1) Lumicon 1.25″ H Beta filter   $95
2) Celestron NexYZ  3-Axis Universal Smartphone Adaptor for Telescope  $45
3) Celestron SkyPortal Wi-Fi Module   $90
4) Zhumell 1.25″ Laser Collimator   $30
5) Celestron Sky Maps w/glow-in-the-dark star finder   (spiral bound)   $10
6) NEFAS  polo shirt  size Medium   (brand new, never worn)   $25

General Meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS].  All are welcome!

Friday, May 12  –  7:30 PM to 9 PM.

Location:

• Florida State College at Jacksonville – Kent Campus
• 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32205
• Building E Room E-104
• There might be a virtual meeting using Webex. Please monitor the Facebook page discussions from our contact, Sam Fischer, member of NEFAS for the location and the for details on how to participate virtually online.

Campus map: http://fscj.s3.amazonaws.com/21516/kent.pdf

A NASA speaker will be doing an online presentation of the next Venus mission.

General Meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS].  All are welcome!

Friday, February 3  –  7:30 PM to 9 PM.

Location:

• Florida State College at Jacksonville – Kent Campus
• 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32205
• Building E Room E-112 Auditorium
• There might be a virtual meeting using Webex. Please monitor the Facebook page discussions from our contact, Sam Fischer, member of NEFAS for the location and the for details on how to participate virtually online.

Campus map: http://fscj.s3.amazonaws.com/21516/kent.pdf

We will have a lecture by member and physics professor Richard Lombardi on an interesting topic. Topic is TBD. Stay tuned for updates.

Stargazing at Hanna Park hosted by the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS]

Get ready to see stars, planets, the Moon, and interesting sky objects. The general public is invited and most welcome!

Location: Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park, 500 Wonderwood Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32233

Park entry fee is $5 per car. You must have paid and entered NO LATER THAN 5:30 PM when the gate entrance is closed for the evening. There will not be re-entry once you leave.

Find NEFAS in Parking Lot #8. Limit your use of vehicle headlights whenever possible during stargazing hours. Bring red lights if you have them.

There are restrooms, water fountain, but few lights. You may wish to bring a flashlight for the restrooms. Consider bug spray in case it is needed, but be mindful of any insecticide overspray that may reach telescope equipment and apply in another location.

All NEFAS volunteers bring their personal stargazing equipment and will instruct guests how to look at the sky objects safely without damage. Adults may need to assist children. If you are considering purchasing a telescope this is an opportunity to examine several different types and sizes of telescope – ask lots of questions! If you are having trouble with your own telescope, bring it along and one of our Telescope Doctors will take a look at it. Sometimes cloudy conditions make it unfeasible to stargaze. NEFAS members WILL BE AVAILABLE regardless of inclement weather (Unless it snows!) We hope to see you there!

General Meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS].  All are welcome!

Friday, January 13  –  7:30 PM to 9 PM.

Location:

• Florida State College at Jacksonville – Kent Campus
• 3939 Roosevelt Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32205
• Building E Room E-104
• There might be a virtual meeting using Webex. Please monitor the Facebook page discussions from our contact, Sam Fischer, member of NEFAS for the location and the for details on how to participate virtually online.

Campus map: http://fscj.s3.amazonaws.com/21516/kent.pdf

No General Meeting of the Northeast Florida Astronomical Society [NEFAS] in December. We will be having a Holiday party, which is only for our NEFAS membership.