Keep Looking Up! Get Started Right in Astronomy

Ever look up in the evening and wonder about the night sky?  What is all that cool stuff that you see on a dark night here in Eastern Nebraska?  People of all ages are invited to attend Northeast Nebraska Astronomy Club (NENAC) at 7pm this Friday at the Lyons Library and 7pm this Saturday at the Decatur Sears Center.  There you will get a smart start into the universes’ greatest hobby, astronomy!  The evening’s discussion will be led by Tom Fitzgerald, an avid amateur astronomer for over 50 years from Arlington NE.  Bring a pencil, a flashlight and a curious mind and Tom will present your smart start in astronomy in three easy steps.  In six months time, you will be the neighborhood astronomy expert!

Following Tom’s discussion, Astronomical League observing programs will be explained and offered, star charts will freely be distributed to all and a computer tour of the February night sky will whisk you away into the cosmos!  Then weather permitting, Friday we will look through a large astronomical telescope at Bill Hedges’ “Lost in Space Observatory” in Lyons, and Saturday the viewing will be offered at Decatur’s “Fugman Observatory”.  You are encouraged to bring your binoculars and or telescopes to NENAC as well.  Please dress warmly as February temperatures can fall quickly after sunset.

For more information on this and future NENAC presentations, google “nenacstars” or call pastor Gary Fugman at 349-1953, and as always,