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NEXT SQUAKING

DECEPTION PASS STAR PARTY

The Deception Pass star party is scheduled for August 6 and 7. The south portion of the park is reserved for camping and telescopes. There will be an evening lecture in the amphitheater.

Information and RSVP is on the Eastside Astronomy web page:
http://www.eastsideastro.org/

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The Founding Fellows man the Squak station at Space Day

Mt. Si High School students get ready for an evening star party with the Boeing Employee's Astronomical Society and the Squak Mountain Telescope Gang. Notice the one student wearing a lab coat - a future Squaker no doubt. Lower photo is Venus taken by squaker Ted - if you look really really really close you can almost but not quite see the smiling Venusians waving back.

EXTRA EXTRA !!!

Inside sources inform me that Gil is working on a new backyard project. The photo to the right was secretly taken in Gil's backyard.

Squaker Jonathan Fay has been constructing a backyard observatory, as he presented at the last squaking. To view Jonathan's work check out his web site at: www.bearcreekobservatory.com

Squaker Paul MacAree's Union Hill Observatory web site can be found at
http://mysite.verizon.net/resqix5d/

ASTRONOMY DAY AT THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT

The Squak Gang takes part in Astronomy Day at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field. A number of astronomy groups from the Puget Sound area are represented. Scopes and tables are set up inside for museum patrons to be introduced to the wonders of astronomy.

Astronomy Day

at the

Museum of Flight

ABOVE: A squaker takes the controls for a flight in an F-18 at Astronomy Day.
RIGHT: Ted and a fellow squaker prepare for a flight in the SR-71. The fellow squaker was heard to say after the flight that even though he enjoyed a relaxed flight at Mach 3, he still prefered to travel at warp speeds or by teleportation.

UPCOMING SQUAK EVENTS

Table Mountain Star Party	12-14 Aug 2010
Deception Pass Star Party	6-7 Aug 2010

Events and Dates Subject to Change. Watch This Page For Details.

ASTRONOMY VACATIONS

Fellow Squaker Ted is exploring the Universe at a dark sky site in New Mexico. He has arranged astronomy vacations in the Alamogordo area. Tired of the cloudy skies and light pollution? Need some R&R? Visit www.tedcookproductions.com

SPACE DVDs FOR CHILDREN

Fellow Squaker Ted has produced three interactive DVDs for children about space and astronomy.
"Let's Explore the Planets", "Let's Explore the Universe" and "Let's Expore the Moon".
For more information, visit his web site at www.tedcookproductions.com.

VISIT OUR "SISTER GROUP'S" WEB SITE

The Squak gang now has a "sister group" located in Las Vegas Nevada. They claim to hold star parties near Area-51, the super secret, non-existant base in central Nevada. Investigating this group, squak intellegence indicates that this gang from Vegas is either a) non-existant also or b) actually extraterrestrials from Vega using Area-51 as a space base (assuming of course that Area-51 exists in the first place, or for that matter if any of us actually exist). Check them out yourself and say hi at www.astronomylv.com

JOIN SQUAK MOUNTAIN TELESCOPE GANG'S SEARCH FOR INTELLIGENT LIFE

Having been unsuccessful in our attempts to find intelligent life here on Earth, we look to the cosmos. The Squak Mountain Telescope Gang has joined the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Now you can help analyze the data from the Arecibo radio telescope looking for signals that could indicate an intelligent source. All you need to do is download the data to your computer and the program runs as a screen saver. When the screen saver is active on your PC, data is analyzed. Currently about 1.2 million people are involved. Everything is free, all you need to do is go the web site and get the download. All the information is there. Once you sign up, then you can join the Squak Mountain Telescope Gang group within the SETI program. The site is at http://www.setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu.

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Ted Cook