Here’s something for the Active Adult Night Owl!
The Astronomy Club of Trilogy at La Quinta, founded in 2008 by Trilogy community member Mike Wagner, is an informational and social club that helps people learn about the objects on view in the night sky, and by extension about the earth’s place in the universe.
Star gazing get-togethers are held every four or five weeks. Meeting dates are adjusted to take advantage of special events, like eclipses, meteor showers, or comets. A typical meeting is held on a Thursday evening close to the new moon. During a new moon, the moon isn’t visible, so the sky is darker and the stars can be seen more easily.
Get-togethers are held at the driving range at 8:00pm (8:30pm in the summer months). This time may also change to take advantage of a sighting of the International Space Station or other interesting phenomena.
Stay tuned for upcoming events…In the next few months, Mars will become visible overhead, and the Beehive Cluster will fill the telescope eyepiece with its 1,000 stars. Then, in April, Saturn will become visible again. This will first appear in the east, and will be higher in the sky each month through the summer.
The Astronomy Club is open to all Trilogy La Quinta members (there are no dues). Interested members and guests are invited to come to a star gazing session to learn about the night sky, solar system, Milky Way galaxy, and the earth’s place in the Universe.
For an in-depth interview with founder Mike Wagner, visit Trilogy’s online magazine at http://www.mytrilogylife.com/?section=sec-connection&aid=37410&pagenum=1
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