The inaugural Parkes Shire Council Cultural Awards - 26 January 2008
The CWAS "David Malin Awards" was the winner of the inaugural Parkes Shire Council Cultural Awards
The CWAS Astrophotography Workshop - 2/3 February 2008
Click here for the programme and more information
Click here to see scenes from the workshop held over the weekend of 2-3 February 2008
Monthly Meetings - 2008:

Meetings are held on the first Friday of every month (January excepted) from 7:30PM in the CSIRO Parkes Observatory Visitors Centre. All are welcome.
Month
Guest Speaker/Programme
Talk Title and Comments
January
No Meeting
Have a safe holiday
1 February
Dr Froney Crawford
"Stellar Death"
7 March
TBA
TBA
4 April
TBA
TBA
2 May
TBA
TBA
6 June
AstroFest planning meeting
Planning the AstroFest
4 July
TBA
TBA
1 August
TBA
TBA
5 September
AGM and members talks
TBA
3 October
TBA
TBA
7 November
TBA
TBA
5 December
Santa Claus
Merry Christmas
Dark Sky Observing Nights - 2008:

The Dark Sky Oberving Nights are held twice every month - the Saturday night closest to the new Moon and the previous week's Saturday night closest to the first-quarter Moon.
Dark Sky Nights
Location
January
No meetings
2 February
Cookamidgera
1 March
8 March
29 March
Cookamidgera
5 April
26 April
Cookamidgera
3 May
31 May
Cookamidgera
7 June
28 June
Cookamidgera
5 July
26 July
Cookamidgera
2 August
23 August
30 August
Cookamidgera
20 September
27 September
Cookamidgera
25 October
Cookamidgera
1 November
22 November
29 November
Cookamidgera
20 December
27 December
Cookamidgera
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