Hello all!

We've set the schedule for the spring semester viewing.

Painter Hall will be open from 7 to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays
starting this week. The time will change to 8 to 10 p.m. starting
April 7. There will be no viewing on March 17 and 18 due to Spring Break.
The last night will be May 6, although there is a possibility we will have
to not hold the Saturday one since a crane will be erected that weekend
to begin the upgrades on that building.

As an aside, there will be no summer viewing in 2006 or 2007 at Painter Hall
because of the renovations. We're still deciding which nights we'll have over
at RLM, but right now I'm guessing it will be Wednesdays and Saturdays.
(If we have more TA time available, maybe Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.)

The Wednesday night viewing at RLM will run from 7 to 9 p.m. starting
February 8. They still haven't finished the construction on our roof,
but if they don't complete the remaining stuff in time I'm just going
to rope off the areas that pose a hazard in the dark (hopefully the
yellow CAUTION tape will be easily visible with the city lights).
There will be no viewing on March 15 because of spring break.
We'll switch to 8 p.m. on April 5 and the last night will be May 3.

As always, times, maps and parking information is available at
the website: http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/public/viewing.html

Happy 2006!

Lara Eakins
UT Astronomy Dept.