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(May 17, 2020) Unless there’s a sudden change of events, there will be no meeting on May 23. Also, with May as the designated month for officer elections, they have been postponed until the first actual in-person meeting. Please return here often for future official updates.

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(April 2020) Due to the continuing shutdown of virtually all schools, businesses and government offices and with almost everybody self-quarantining, it is still unclear as of this writing in late April if there will be a May 23 in-person meeting of the Charlie Elliott Astronomy Club. We advise all to return here often for the latest official announcement.

Obviously we look forward to a turnaround in the Corovid-19 situation so that we can safely once again begin meeting at the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center in Mansfield, Georgia. Whether that occurs in May or even later, we will abide by the conditions at that time. Note that the Jon Wood Astronomy Field remains available for those who wish to use it (weather-permitting, of course), but we urge all to follow the 6-foot social-distancing guidelines stated almost everywhere.

Finally, we hope that you don’t forget your astronomy interest during this time, but instead use it to observe on your own or even learn some new astro-oriented skills that you can talk about at our next official meeting. Whether you venture out to the Jon Wood Astronomy Field or a location closer to home, we suggest that you consider begin working on the Astronomical League’s Lunar Observing Program (also called “Lunar I), the Urban Observing Program and the Constellation Hunter Observing Program. These are all relatively easy and can be done from various locations in the metro Atlanta area.

Go to:

• https://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/lunar/lunar1.html for information about the Lunar Observing Club.
• https://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/urban/urban.html for information on the Urban Observing Program.
• https://www.astroleague.org/al/obsclubs/consthunt/const.html for information about the Constellation Hunter Observing Program; send e-mail requests for the Constellation Hunter Observing Program constellation maps and observing sketch form to poshedly@bellsouth.net

As always, we thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Please check out our Facebook Page! There you’ll find a welcoming group of people sharing ideas and tips as well as organizing ad-hoc observing and imaging sessions on the Jon Wood Astronomy Field.

For those not familiar with the Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center, go to https://georgiawildlife.com/CharlieElliott.  The CEWC phone is 770-784-3059, Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Perspective Presentation
Charlie Elliott Target List

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Meetings for the remainder of the year will be announced as new information is available. Please return here often.

Meetings start approximately 2 hours before sunset. Meeting rooms and start times vary and occasionally meeting dates change under unusual circumstances, so please check back here for details. Public stargazing on Jon Wood Astronomy Field follows the meeting, weather permitting.

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