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- 11: Meeting Notes
- 11.1: 2013 Board Meeting Notes
- 11.2: 2012 Board Meeting Notes
- 11.2.2: Annual Meeting - 1/12/2012
- 11.2.3: Board Meeting - 1/12/2012
- 11.2.4: Board Meeting - 02/04/2012
- 11.2.5: Board Meeting - 03/07/2012
- 11.2.6: Board Meeting - 04/04/2012
- 11.2.7: Board Meeting - 05/02/2012
- 11.2.8: Board Meeting - 06/13/2012
- 11.2.9: Board Meeting - 07/05/2012
- 11.2.10: Board Meeting - 10/09/2012
- 11.2.11: Board Meeting - 11/07/2012
- 11.2.12: Board Meeting - 12/05/2012
- 11.3: 2011 Board Meeting Notes
- 11.4: 2010 Board Meeting Notes
- 11.4.1: Annual Meeting - 01/13/2010
- 11.4.2: Board Meeting - 01/13/2010
- 11.4.3: Board Meeting - 02/03/2010
- 11.4.4: Board Meeting - 03/03/2010
- 11.4.5: Board Meeting - 04/07/2010
- 11.4.6: Board Meeting - 05/05/2010
- 11.4.7: Board Meeting - 6/2/2010
- 11.4.8: Board Meeting - 7/7/2010
- 11.4.9: Board Meeting - 9/1/2010
- 11.4.10: Board Meeting - 10/06/2010
- 11.4.11: Board Meeting - 11/03/2010
- 11.4.12: Board Meeting - 12/01/2010
- 12: Documentation
- 12.1: Bylaws
- 12.2: BPAA Events Policy
- 12.3: Purpose and Charter
- 12.4: History and Chronological Development
- 12.5: History of Battle Point Park
- 12.6: Physical Plant
- 12.7: Operating System and Equipment - Part 1
- 12.8: Operating System and Equipment - Part 2
- 12.9: Organization and Administration
- 12.10: Original Plans
- 12.11: Standalone Documents
- 13: Education
- 14: Edwin Ritchie Telescope
- 15: Planetarium Information
- 16: Amateur Astronomy
- 16.1: How to Build a Bowling Ball Mount
- 16.2: How to Build an Off-axis Mask
- 16.3: About Telescope Numbers
- 16.4: Tips for a Star Party
- 16.5: Cleaning the Ritchie Mirror
- 16.6: Full Color Electric Sensor
- 16.7: ISS Amateur Telescope Status
- 16.8: Questar Gift
- 16.9: Armchair Exploration of Mars
- 16.10: Shadow of the Sun
- 16.11: You know you're an amateur astronomer when...
- 16.12: A Twinkle in their Eyes
- 16.13: Selecting Eyepieces
- 17: Advanced Astronomy
- 17.1: More
- 17.2: Distance
- 17.3: Speculations on a Black Hole Experiment
- 17.4: Astronomy in Arizona
- 17.5: The Hubble Program
- 17.6: In the Wink of a Star
- 17.7: Characterizing an Asteroid
- 17.8: Black Holes: Feeling the Ripples
- 17.9: Wilkinson Microwave Anistotropy Probe
- 17.10: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
- 17.11: LIGO Tour
- 18: Observing
- 18.1: More
- 18.1.1: Mt. Bachelor Star Party 2004
- 18.1.2: Update on the ISSAT
- 18.1.3: Comets, Asteroids and Supernovae
- 18.1.4: Essentials for Remote Dark Sky Viewing
- 18.1.5: Star Party Reports
- 18.1.6: The 2005 Oregon Star Party and Hurricane Katrina
- 18.1.7: Observing Among the Hoodoos
- 18.1.8: Two Star Parties
- 18.1.9: The Big Bear Conference 2006
- 18.1.10: Dark Adaptation and Stargazing
- 18.2: Stranger in a Star Party
- 18.3: A Star Party - Texas-style
- 18.4: 3C 273, Or, Why I Stay Up All Night
- 18.5: Mad Cows and Dust Devils: A Report on the Mt. Kobau and Oregon Star Parties
- 18.6: A Day with Richard Berry
- 18.7: Table Mountain Star Party 203
- 18.8: Where Lions Roar and Waves Crash Ashore and You Can See The Stars Too
- 18.9: Observing Deep, Far Away, and Long Past
- 18.10: Herschel Hunting
- 18.1: More
- 19: Seeing Stars: Beginning Astronomy
- 19.1: Telescopes and Equipment
- 19.2: Inside the Solar System
- 19.3: The Bigger Picture
- 19.3.1: The Great Square of Pegasus
- 19.3.2: Parallax, Precession, and theCrucial Angles
- 19.3.3: Coordinate Systems
- 19.3.4: Ecliptic
- 19.3.5: Christmas Story
- 19.3.6: Wizards?
- 19.3.7: Drawing the Line
- 19.3.8: Tropic of Capricorn
- 19.3.9: Hercules and His Lesson
- 19.3.10: Hunting Grounds and Meadows
- 19.3.11: The Twins and Mnemonics
- 19.3.12: Legends and Mysteries
- 19.3.13: What’s Up There?
- 19.3.14: A Hole to China?
- 19.3.15: Anna's Refried Beans
- 19.3.16: Anna's Big Bang
- 20: Archeoastronomy
- 21: Astrobiology
- 22: Light Pollution
- 23: Photos
- 24: Kids Page
- 25: Astronomical Links
Kids Page
BPAA KID'S PAGE
Astronomy links for kids (stuff to do when it's too rainy to see the stars outside!)

Live from Earth and Mars: University of Washington (Atmospheric and Space Sciences for K-12 and the Public: A Northwest Approach)
Space Day (Lockheed Martin presents this week in space and things to do)
Berit's Best Sites for Children, a librarian who rates many internet sites including a nice selection of space (and astronomy) sites for children
StarChild (NASA's learning center for young astronomers)
Space Science Hotlist (Franklin Institute list of links for educators)
Jason Project (An annual expedition where kids can work side by side with scientists, with live broadcasts)
Solar System Collisions (crash an asteroid into your favorite planet!)
Here is BPAA's own introduction to amateur astronomy with tips for getting a start in our hobby.
Teachers, check out Project Astro in the Seattle area!
and the NASA Education home page.