This months meeting we discussed the past months observing. The Venus and Jupiter conjunction was the main topic of conversation. Several club member got excellent photos of the conjunction. We also welcomed some new members to the club as well as to the Astronomical League we look forward to observing with them.
After discussions and showing off some new gear and eyepieces we did a telescope trouble shoot and maintenance clinic for members of the Pocatello Astronomical society. We troubleshot their EQ mount and verified collimation of the telescope with a sight collimator, it was unfortunately very cloudy so hopefully we have a change to see how the scope operates as the storm this week passes by.
The March stary party was discussed as well and we determined that the week of the 20th this month during new moon would be the best day to shoot for (weather permitting) we planed on going to East fork of Mink Creek past the Nordic Center again due to it having excellent skies to the East and South, we should get good views of Winter Milky Way as well as the last good look at the Great Orion Nebula and a little preview of Leo the Lion roaring in with galaxy season!
Clear skies and keep looking up!
