OAS Executive Committee 

President- Dave Dunn, Ph. (801) 544-7705

Vice Pres- Lee Priest, Ph. (801) 479-5803

Secretary- Bob Tillotson, Ph. (801) 773-8106

Treasurer- Doug Say, (801) 731-7324

SEPTEMBER "ANNUAL" MEETING

The September "Annual" Meeting, of the Ogden Astronomical Society, for the election of next year's club officers will be held this Thursday September 13, 2001 in the Ott Planetarium on the Weber State University campus at 7:30 p.m. The nominees are identified below.

Following the business portion of the meeting, upcoming club events will be discussed and a general "Show and Tell" for all members will be offered.

2001 - 2002 NOMINEES

The Nominating Committee was appointed by the OAS President, Dave Dunn, last month. Those three dedicated members attempted to contact all of the membership seeking nominees (volunteers) for next year's officers. The results from the committee have been presented to the president. Of all contacts made, the nominees are:

PRESIDENT: Dave Dunn

Second Seat Open

VICE PRES: Lee Priest

Second Seat Open

SECRETARY: Bob Tillotson

Second Seat Open

TREASURER: Doug Say

Kay Hargis

For those seats which have only one volunteer, a sustaining vote will be cast at the Annual Meeting.

SEPTEMBER CLUB EVENTS

Thursday September 20 - Public Star Party at the Roy Branch of the Weber County Library. A slide show in the auditorium, presented by Dr. John Sohl, begins at 7:00 p.m. The Star Party will follow. The Library is located at 1950 West 4800 South in Roy.

ANTELOPE ISLAND - Saturday September 22, at dusk. Members may wish to come early to view the Sun. Only one Antelope Island star party remains after this one.

OAS VICE PRES. - A GOOD YEAR!

It's been a fun Year - I have enjoyed being Vice President this past year, getting to know more of you has been a real pleasure. We have had some great outings and I have managed to learn more about Astronomy in the process. I have again accepted the nomination for Vice President and would like to help make the OAS even better in the coming year.

Thanks for your support.

Lee Priest

GOOD PAST, PROMISING FUTURE

Last August 25, 2001 the first Annual (I hope) Powder Mountain Star Party was a big success. The view from the top of Powder Mountain's Hidden Lake Lift was great. The sky was steady and clear. The moon was real nice with the terminator close to Mount Hadley. Mars was a nice partially illuminated disk with a polar cap visible at 250X.

When it got real dark, we enjoyed views of the Lagoon, Eagle, Swan, Ring, Dumbbell and Cat's Eye Nebulas. I was also able to get a good view of the Andromeda Galaxy and M81 and M82. John Sohl estimated that about 60 people attended the star party. Most of them stayed much longer than the usual hour that most people stay. We learned several things about the location and about not towing BOB behind a Tracker up Powder Mountain Road. I hope we can this do this star party again next year, the view was wonderful.

Dave Dunn, President