Monthly Business Meeting (May 1)

The meeting will be held in the Motorola Science Theater at the South Florida Science Museum, located on Dreher Trail just north of the Dreher Park Zoo. The business portion of the meeting commences at 7:30 PM and lasts for approximately 45 minutes. We then hold a short intermission, followed by a 45 minute presentation. The meetings are adjourned and we are out of the building by 9:30 PM. All are welcome to attend. View the schedule of upcoming presentations here.

Saturday Night Viewing at Jonathan Dickinson State Park (May 4)

All are invited to attend. Those interested will meet at the Wendy's restaurant in Tequesta. After dinner, everyone present will depart for the park.

Departure time:
• is 7:00 PM when Standard Time periods are in effect
• is 8:00 PM when Daylight Savings Time periods are in effect

Saturday Night Viewing at West Delray Regional Park (May 11 - Members Only)

This session is not open to the public. West Delray Regional Park is located at 10875 Atlantic Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33436. Directions: Head West on Atlantic Avenue until it ends at the Park entrance, approximately 0.8 miles West of the intersection with US-441. Note: Atlantic Avenue can be reached from any of the major North-South roads, including I-95, the Turnpike, Jog Road and US-441

Parking:
• Please park your vehicles along the North side of the road in the designated parking area.
• If you have a trailer, please pull onto the paved circular turn-around area and park along the paved edge.
• No parking on the grass is permitted.
• Please do NOT drive onto the gravel Cul-de-Sac as this will raise gravel dust, which is VERY bad for telescope optics.

Telescope Set-up:

• Option 1: Telescopes can be set-up in the grass near your vehicle
• Option 2: Telescopes can be set-up on the North side of the entrance road directly behind your vehicle. Please leave enough room for cars to exit using the South side of the entrance road.
• Option 3: Telescopes can be set-up in the center of the paved circular turn-around. Please allow room for trailers being towed to pull in.

Area 51 (Check Yahoo Group for Details) (Big Cypress National Preserve in Central South Florida - 26° 8' 30" North :: 80° 52' 40" West)

Area 51 is a primitive viewing site located in one of the darkest places remaining in South Florida. We set up our telescopes at the end of the line on a shell rock road along side a drainage canal. There is no electricity, and there are no facilities of any kind. In fact, the only thing the site has to offer is an unobstructed view of extraordinarily dark skies.