The BGAAC has warm weather observing sessions one Saturday evening a month (usually the one nearest the new moon) at Raven Run Park on Jack's Creek Road in rural Fayette County. They begin around sunset and last two to three hours. There is no rain date. The main gate is open for parking and park personnel there will direct you to the observing field.. Persons with telescopes can drive up a dirt road by the barn (turn off just before the main gate) and park at the edge of the observing field. Sessions for 2006 are: March 25, April 22, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 5 (observing the moon), September 23, and October 21. If the weather is partly cloudy, phone the park around 6:30 p.m. (272-6105) to see whether it's a go.

Winter meetings begin at 7:30 p.m. on one Friday evening a month, usually December through March. Which Friday depends upon a speaker's availability. They are normally in Room 179 of the Chemistry-Physics Bldg. on the UK campus, although December is usually a holiday party and may be held elsewhere. 2006 meetings are on Friday, Jan 20, Friday, Feb. 10 and Friday, March 3.

The BGAAC website is www.bgaac.org. A club Newsletter is mailed to members bimonthly.

Dues are $10 annually. Make a check payable to BGAAC and send it to club treasurer Brad Canon, 1016 Della Dr., Lexington, KY, 40504. Please include your phone number and email address. Members can subscribe to the national amateur astronomy magazine Sky and Telescope, for $32.95. This is $10 below the regular subscription price. In other words, you can be a BGAAC member and get Sky and Telescope magazine for the same price that a non-member would pay for the subscription to Sky and Telescope alone. If you want to become a member and subscribe to Sky and Telescope, please send Brad a check for $42.95.

Other questions: Brad Canon, 859-278-6155 (H) or 859-257-4895 (W), or Rick Schrantz, President, 859-224-3468 (H).