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The Cache Valley Stargazers have regularly monthly meetings for astronomy talks, observing chit chat, learning the stars, fixing telescopes, and any other astronomical whims that suit our members.  Everyone is welcome to join us!  We meet on the second Friday of every month on the Utah State University campus.  Our meetings generally feature a short talk on an astronomy related topic, followed by friendly discussion, help with telescopes and astronomy equipment, and when the weather is nice, a bit of observing!

  • Second Friday of Every Month
  • 7:30pm – 9:00pm
  • Utah State University, Science Engineering Research (SER) Building, Room 244
  • Parking in lot just west of Performance Hall.
Weather permitting, the meeting will often be followed by observing in the USU Observatory, with the 20" telescope.  If you have an interest in astronomy, please join us, whether you're an absolute novice, or an advanced amateur.  Families and children interested in astronomy are welcome!

FINDING THE SER (Science Engineering Research) Building:
You can find an interactive map of the USU Campus here: http://www.usu.edu/map/
Here is an annotated map showing our meeting locale in the SER Building (the one with the USU Observatory on top!  :-)


Past Meetings

  • 12 Feb 2010: "Black Holes", Jeff Hazboun (USU Physics)
  • 8 Jan 2010: "Sun Spotting: Exploring Astronomy in the Broad Daylight", Michelle B. Larson (USU Physics)
  • ============== 2009 Meetings ===================================================
  • 11 Dec 2009: "Building a Telescope at Home", Tom & Katie Miller (Cache Valley Stargazers)
  • 13 Nov 2009: "Astrophotography", Tyler Allred (Tremonton)
  • 9 Oct 2009: Showing of "Seeing in the Dark", Timothy Ferris (PBS DVD)
  • 11 Sep 2009: "Big Scopes and Big Observatories: Professional astronomers from the peanut gallery", Members of the Cache Valley Stargazers
  • 14 Aug 2009: "Archaeoastronomy", Emily Jones (USU Anthropology)  [[ PDF Slides ]]
  • 10 July 2009: "What can I see in my small telescope and binoculars?", Lyle Johnson (Cache Valley Stargazers)
  • 12 June 2009: "History of Telescopes", Heather Smith (Cache Valley Stargazers)
  • 8 May 2009: "Seeing Other Earths: The Search for Earthlink Planets around Other Stars" -- John Armstrong (Weber State) [[ PDF Slides ]]
  • 10 April 2009: "Seeing in the Dark: Tales of an Amateur Astronomer" -- Mike Murray (Clark Planetarium) [[ PDF Slides ]]