Today, going to the Moon is ancient history, but Bob Andersen remembers when it was Science Fiction. Back then astronomy was done by looking through the telescope or by taking black and white film photographs. The astronomers didn’t even bother to make positive prints, they simply looked at the nega- tives. Stars were black dots on a white background.

And in those days the observatories were also architectural works of art. Bob has compiled a slide show of some of these classic observatories and the major astronomical discoveries that were made in them. Come see some beautiful architecture and marvel at how art and science blended back in the day when things were made to last.

At the meeting we will also have a slide show of the month’s astrophotos from other EAS mem- bers.

The meeting is at 7:00 on Thursday, February 19th at the Eugene Science Center planetarium, 2300 Leo Harris Parkway in Eugene (behind Autzen Stadium).

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