The Greater Tehachapi Astronomy Club is having a public star party
this Saturday, September 20th. Tom and Edith Cohen have graciously
offered to host it on their undeveloped property high in Alpine
Forest. Their location is one of the better locations near Tehachapi
for observing the night sky. Their property is near 6,000ft elevation
and away from many of the lights in Tehachapi. It's also relatively
easily accessible; only about 20 minutes from downtown. I will follow
this e-mail with another describing how to get to their property.
Please plan on arriving before dark as the roads signs are hard to
see. Arriving at 6:00 pm would be a good time to catch the sunset and
watch the stars pop into view.

The Cohen's will set up their Celestron 14" SCT for visual observation
and I will bring my 8" Dobsonian plus binoculars. If you plan to
attend, please reply so we have an idea of how many people to expect.

We may also have Neill Hicks in attendance. He's composing a series
of articles on Tehachapi light pollution and he'd like to get our
perspective.

Hope to see you there!
Brandon