[AANC Contacts] This Weekend & Beyond

[Kenneth Frank]

Hello AANCer's,

Happy Summer; and with it fog, unless you escape to somewhere warm...and a New Moon weekend.

Only 3 days until GSSP 2010 Saturday July 10 - Wednesday July 14 Four nights under 
California's darkest skies:
http://www.goldenstatestarparty.org/

The 25th Annual Fremont Peak Star-B-Que is a happening event, Saturday, July 17, 2010.
DISTINGUISHED KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Mark Van Stone, author of "It's Not the End of the 
World - What the Ancient Maya Tell us about 2012", will give a presentation about the 
Mayan calendar and separate fact from fiction regarding the 2012 calendar end.
ASTRONOMICAL-GASTRONOMICAL CONTEST: Bring a dish having an astronomical theme and maybe 
you'll win a fabulous prize!.
RAFFLE! Sam Sweiss, of , will be conducting the raffle again. There will be two grand 
prizes this year - Vixen R130Sf 5.1 inch f/5.0 with Porta II package and an Orion 
StarSeeker 130mm 5.1 inch f/5.0 with GoTo. Many other fine prizes will be awarded by Scope 
City, Orion Telescopes, Vixen Optics, and other local vendors, plus a personalized, 
autographed copy of Dr. Van Stone's book.
TRIVIA CONTEST: The traditional Astronomical Trivia Contest will be held after we eat. And 
there will be fabulous prizes for the winners:
http://www.fpoa.net/events/starbq2010/index.html

Mt Tam Enthusiasts- Our next astronomy program on Mt Tam will be Saturday, July 17th at 
8:30pm in the Mountain Theatre .
We welcome back Dr. Alex Filippenko of UC Berkeley to update us on "Dark Energy and the 
Runaway Universe":
http://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/event-view.cfm?Event_ID=17594

See you in the dark (and not the fog),

Ken