http://icastronomy.org Meetings and Events of Amateur Astronomers of Iowa City Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:05:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The January and February observing sessions will be held at F.W. Kent Park, located about 10 miles west of Iowa City, off of Highway 6. We will meet inthe parking low of the Bob White shelter. Observing sessions are held weather permittnig. If it is cloudy, the session will not be ... http://icastronomy.org/2012/01/25/february-25-2012-observing-session-at-fw-kent-park-700-pm/ Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month, at the Iowa City Public Library, starting at 7PM. Check the meetings list near the library entrance to see which room the meeting is in (It varies from month to month). The program for the February meetingis to be announced. If you ... http://icastronomy.org/2012/01/13/february-13-2012-meeting-at-the-iowa-city-public-library-7pm/ Thanks to a generous donation, our club has a new telescope for use by club members: a Meade LX10 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain on a fork equatorial mounting (non-computerized. Seems hard to believe that they actually used to make them that way!) If anyone would like to see this telescope, come to ... http://icastronomy.org/2012/01/09/new-club-scope/