Our Observatory Familiarization Tour is open to members of SFAAA. Weather (and member interest) permitting we will be giving at least one Observatory familiarization tour. Any members who are interested in taking the observatory familiarization tour should please sign up for the tour by clicking this link to send me an email. In this way we will create a list of folks who are signing up specifically for the tour and so guarantee that the time slot is reseved and that we are prepared to lead one or more tours.

Please note that this means that if we do not hear from you, we will assume that there is no interest (and therefore no need to arrange for) a tour on this particular Friday - so please take the time to sign up! 

In addition, please reserve the Observatory telescopes for visual use on Members Only Friday - at least until after we have concluded the Observatory familiarization tours and it is factually determined that there are no members wishing to continue to utilize the telescopes visually. This will allow members who are trying to learn observatory operations (or simply want to use the telescopes visually) an opportunity to have unfettered access to the equipment on an ongoing basis.

Imagers - in light of this, please remember to bring your own rigs to the party so that you are sure to be able to play! We will open the Observatory to imagers who want a crack at the Observatory telescopes once we have definitely determined that the equipment is available, but this is likely not to actually happen until later in the evening. Depending on the interest level for visual use, the Observatory telescopes may not actually become available at all.