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Astronomy Club meeting – Thursday Sept 28 7:00 PM

Begins : Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM Central Standard Time

Ends : Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 8:45 PM Central Standard Time

Duration : 1 hour 45 minutes

Guest and Members are invited to our join us

for our In Person Astronomy Club meeting

 at the Jenks High School Planetarium

105 E  B St   Jenks, OK   3rd floor

Thursday Sept 28 at 7:00 PM

Admission is Free

 

Program :   Post Cards from the Moon  by Robert Reeves

 

Our guest speaker on Zoom is Robert Reeves is an accomplished deep sky astrophotographer, having written numerous articles on the subject. His current passion is re-popularizing the Moon within the amateur astronomy community by explaining the origin of the Moon, the evolution of its face, and introducing its geology to Moon lovers everywhere.  He has just released his book on Amazon  “Exploring the Moon”     Observing and Exploring our Natural Satellite   featuring 300 pages and 422 photographs of lunar features to share his many decades of experience observing and learning about the moon. 

 

Robert Reeves enjoys speaking about astronomy and spreading his passion for the Moon and photographing the heavens.  He took his first photos of the moon in 1959.  In addition to appearances and Zoom presentations to interested groups, Reeves has been a keynote speaker at the Winter Star Party, Apollo Rendezvous , the Advanced Imaging Conference, the Okie-Tex and Texas Star Party and several more. His recent activities include a five-city speaking tour in China where Reeves was the first westerner to address the Chinese astronomy community about the Moon. 

 

Check out Robert’s  Facebook page featuring a different lunar photo each day with descriptive text at  365 Days of the Moon        

 

More complete information on ordering his book and his extensive biography will appear later in our upcoming October newsletter.