Hello all, we hope you are healthy and safe.
To start the news, we will have a meeting on Wednesday, July 29th, at 7pm. Because of limitations of group gatherings, we will have the meeting via Zoom. I will send the email to register for the Zoom meeting towards the end of next week to everyone signed up for the newsletter, so if you aren’t signed up, please do sign up!
We will discuss the status of all of the projects going on, and if there are any new ones anyone would like to propose or help with, please attend and speak up!
IDA PGH in The News:
In the past couple of months, IDAPGH has been the topic of a few articles. Both focus on the streetlight project:
COVID-19 Cancellations for Astronomy:
From the Amateur Astronomer’s Association of Pittsburgh, dated July 8th, 2020:
Please note that all AAAP public events have been suspended indefinitely in response to the current pandemic. Wagman (Allegheny Co) and Mingo (Washington Co) Observatories are located in county parks, both of which close at dusk. In adherence with county park rules, members of the public are reminded that access and use of observatory grounds is strictly prohibited when the park is closed (between dusk to dawn and when otherwise posted by the county).
Carnegie Science Center is reopening the planetarium as part of the reopening program, but Skywatch is suspended until further notice.
Website updates:
There are two items I would like assistance with:
There are still some stock photos on the website. I would like our photographers to help replace them with something that is “Pittsburgh” but also captures the light pollution in the city.
I am asking for a helping hand with running the website and social media pages.
That’s all I have for now. Stay safe and healthy, and hope to see you on July 29th!