THE Tallahassee Astronomical Society (TAS),
located in
Tallahassee (capitol
of the state of
Florida) in the USA, is a group of friendly people who have a common
interest in astronomy and wish to share that interest with the general public. You
are invited to our
meetings and
events. No equipment is needed. Call a TAS
officer for more
information. (All monthly
meetings are
free!)
(See our information
page for our statement of purpose and other information.)
Our web site provides details on our organization, events, membership,
etc., and provides links
to some useful astronomical and space sciences sites including a list of other astronomy
clubs. (Click on above links.)
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"...share the joyous experience of viewing the starry sky with others."
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Solar Observing at the 2006 Astronomy Day |
Recent news
In the early morning of April 22nd the Moon and Venus were in conjunction. They formed a beautiful pair here in Tallahassee (see photo from TAS President Ken Kopczynski).
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Griffin Middle Schooler Nick Torgesen won First Place in TAS' Joe Haley "Young Achiever Award" for the Leon County Science Fair. Nick was awarded by TAS a 6 inch Dobsonian telescope and a field guide to the night sky. Great job Nick!
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Bing Bing Liu, a Leon County middle schooler, earned second place for astronomy in the Leon County Science Fair. Bing Bing won a 4.5" StarBlast telescope, the "Joe Haley Young Achiever's Award," and a one-year TAS membership. Great work Bing Bing.
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TAS participated in the International Year of Astronomy's "100 Hours of Astronomy" April 3rd through the 4th. We started off at the Alford Greenway Friday night with public viewing of the night sky, including Saturn, the Moon, the Orion Nebula and other deep sky objects. Bill Skelley wowed the crowd
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It was standing room only at Kleman Plaza Saturday during the Origins/Science Festival, March 21st. TAS was in force with two free planetarium shows in the Downtown Digital Dome and we had a Hydrogen-Alpha scope set up for viewing the Sun on the Plaza. A great time was had by
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