Hello all!

First off, the star parties will be moving back to 8 p.m. for the start
time. There are 5 weeks of public viewing left for the spring
semester before we take a break until the summer session starts.

Also, as I'm sure a lot of you already know, there will be a partial
solar eclipse visible here in Austin on Friday the 8th. We will be
opening up our solar telescope (weather permitting) to view it,
and anyone is welcome to drop by. The solar telescope is on the
13th floor of Robert Lee Moore Hall, which is where the Wednesday
night public viewing is held. We'll have signs directing people to the
room with the telescope (it projects on to a wall, so it is safe to
observe).

Directions and parking information is available here:
http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/public/events.html

Cheers,
Lara Eakins
UT Astronomy