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FWAS Membership Info

FWAS Officers:
President - Harry Bearman
             president@fortworthastro.com
Vice President - Gene Dawson
             vicepresident@fortworthastro.com
Sec/Treas - Tres Ross
             secretary@fortworthastro.com
Chairman, Bd of Trustees - Ron DiIulio
             chairman@fortwothastro.com
Vice Chairman - Preston Starr
             vicechairman@fortwothastro.com

FWAS Meetings - FWAS meets at 7:00 PM on the third Tuesday of the month at the Ft. Worth Botanic Garden on University Drive.  Guests and visitors are always welcome!

FWAS Observing Site - The observing site in Wise County is open to members of FWAS at all times.  Guests of members are always welcome.  Six great telescopes are available for members' use: two 12" Dobs and four 10" Dobs.  Dark Sky etiquette is strictly enforced, except on guest observing nights!

FWAS WebSite - www.fortworthastro.com:
      -  Membership Info
      -  Officers
      -  Astrophotos
      -  Observing
      -  Links - Local weather, etc!
      -  Message Board

FWAS E-Group - send a blank e-mail to
fwas-subscribe@yahoogroups.com  to subscribe. Post messages to the group by sending e-mail to fwas@yahoogroups.com.  Any message sent to fwas@yahoogroups.com will be automatically sent to all members of the list. 


Prime Focus - The FWAS newsletter is published monthly.  Letters to the editor, articles for publication, photos, or just about anything you would like to have included should be sent to Steve Gray at PrimeFocus@FortWorthAstro.com.  Deadline is the Saturday after the Indoor meeting.


FWAS Annual Dues - $30 for adults, $15 for students.   Send dues C/O Tres Ross at the FWAS PO Box return address. 

Discount Subscriptions Available: Sky & Telescope  ($32.95), Astronomy ($30).  Send subscription renewals  C/O Tres Ross at the FWAS PO Box return address.  For magazine subscription renewals, please include the magazine's renewal slip.  Note that a Sky & Telescope subscription through the club entitles you to 10% off purchases at the Sky & Telescope on-line store!

Astronomical League Membership -  Your FWAS membership also enrolls you in the Astronomical League. This makes you eligible for various observing certificates and you get their quarterly magazine, The Reflector.

FOR SALE: I am selling my year old Celestron G-5. It has had very little use and is in very good condition (photo attached). Telescope, equatorial mount and motor drive weigh a total of 27 lbs. This is a great "grab and go" scope. Small and light with 5" of aperture. Just carry it out, level the tripod (two bubble level included), point the polar shaft at North with a compass and your good to go.

This one has fairly good optics, but not great. Star test is a little less than perfect, however I returned it to Celestron and they re-aligned it and certified it up to their diffraction limited standards. Gives excellent images up to 150x. I have used it at 200x on good nights with perfect collation, but the images are beginning to get a little soft at 200. Bob's Knobs installed for easy collation.

Recommended by well known telescope reviewer Ed Ting (Ed does reviews for Sky and Telescope). See this link http://www.scopereviews.com/page1d.html#6 .

I paid $800 including shipping. Will sell the complete outfit to a FWAS member for $500. I also have a 1/10 wave William Optics 2" SCT diagonal for $75 dollars. 

Gene Dawson

gdawson@charter.net
817 249-3523