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Feb 11, 2010 - Monthly Meeting
  Member Show and Tell Night
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The Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. (ATMoB) is an amateur astronomy club devoted to telescope making, observing, and studying the heavens. The ATMoB was founded in 1934 with the cooperation of Dr. Harlow Shapley at Harvard College Observatory.

We meet formally every month (except August) to hear a speaker, to discuss club activities, and to socialize.  Membership is open to all those interested in pursuing astronomy as a hobby.  For additional details...
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Member Show and Tell Night
Various - Thursday, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:00 PM
The February meeting will be a "Member Show and Tell Night". Four members have stepped forward to talk on some of their telescope making and observing projects. Mike Hill will be giving a talk on the completion of his ten-inch reflecting telescope, Mario...

Meetings are held in Phillips Auditorium, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and are open to the public.

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Sky For February 2010
Feb 1 - 15 Good time to view zodiacal light.
Feb 7 Antares is close to the moon.
Feb 14 Look for a very young Moon after sunset.
Feb 15 - 18 Jupiter and Venus are within 2° of each other.
Feb 16 Vesta passes between Gamma and 40 Leonis.
Planets in February
 Mercury rises at dawn until Feb 9.
Venus visible in early evening after Feb 6.
Mars visible until dawn.
Jupiter visible in early evening.
Saturn rises early evening.

Sources: NASA JPL Space Calendar, StarDate Online, Sky & Telescope, and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
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