As June comes to a close and I look back over the month, it's been a busy month for us. We started the month with a two-evening Education Outreach effort for Jim Bridger Middle School. Geary and Laurie Keilman and Pedro and Sylvia Torres supported the North Rim Star Party,

while my wife Cindy and I provided star party support for the visitors and campers at Kaibab Lodge.

Special Event Report - Several LVAS Members participated in a special Great Basin Star Party on Saturday, June 27th.  This special star party took place at the Great Basin National Park Visitor's Center just outside of Baker, NV.  The Park reserved campsites for us and provided dinner Saturday evening.  I counted 22 telescopes and and the Rangers reported that 250 people participated in this first special Dark Sky event which looks like it will become an annual event.  We're putting together a report on this event that will appear shortly here on the LVAS website.  Look for the report later this week.

There will not be a Public Star Party at Red Rock in July.  Our sponsoring Rangers aren't able to support a public event in July; however, after a few members asked me about the possibility of returning to Sandstone Quarry in Red Rock Canyon for an observing session, I have coordinated with the Rangers and obtained the necessary permit/letter of agreement for us to return to Sandstone Quarry on Saturday, 18 July for a private observing session.  Although this is intended to be a night of personal observing, we'll need to accommondate any visitors that happen to stop by.  Once the visitors have departed, the rest of the evening is available for personal observing.  I'll have a copy of the permit/letter of agreement posted on the website for you to print out, to ensure we have at least one copy on-hand that night.  I hope you'll look forward to joining us at Sandstone Quarry.  I've estimated that we'll have 10 to 30 members there that night.  If you plan to attend this evening of observing at Sandstone Quarry, please send me a note, letting me know and how many will be accompanying you, so I can adjust the numbers, if necessary.

Remember to check out the Events Calendar and "Upcoming Event Info" for other upcoming events. We're trying very hard to keep the calendar and other features of the website current with up-to-date information.

Hope to see you soon.  Clear skies,

Rob Lambert