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2018 SMAS Officers:

  
    President: Lee Erickson Vice President: Jim Sanders    
    Treasurer: Jae Park Secretary: Mike Tenbus    
           
    The Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society (SMAS) is an Astronomical League-affiliated club for astronomy enthusiasts in the East Tennessee area. SMAS provides monthly meetings at Pellissippi State Technical Community College in Knoxville, star parties at several locations, and a members-only Yahoo group. SMAS also has several loaner scopes for members including a 10-inch dobsonian, a 127mm Burgess Optical achromatic refractor with an LXD55 mount, and our newly refurbished 20-inch Dobsonian we term "Sasquatch."

Would you like to join SMAS? Click here for instructions. Please feel free to visit with us at our monthly meetings or scheduled star parties. We welcome visitors!

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SMAS Meeting @ 7:30 PM on 11 Jan

This Friday's meeting will start at 7:30 PM in room 223 of the Lamar Alexander Bldg at Pellissippi State Technical Community College.

Our agenda will be:

7:15 doors open
7:30 Call to order

  1. Club business:
    • Nominations for club officers for 2019
    • Planning for an orientation session for new telescope owners
  2. Program:  By Lee Erickson - Brief introduction to the Star Magnitude Scale
  3. Program:  By Jammey Church - Astrophotography - Image processing tools and techniques.

9:00 Adjourn
 
 
 
   
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