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		<title>Main Site Down SEAC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it happened last night, our site at seac was attacked this morning and is down. I did a back up but dont know how much we can recover. The site is large so it is gona to take me about a while to get the site up and running again. Meanwhile please check back [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=576</link>
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		<title>2010 June 12 SEAC New Moon Saturday Gathering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Sioux empire astronomy Club (SEAC) will hold its next New Moon Saturday Gathering at Hodgson Observatory on this Saturday, June 12. SEAC members and the general public are welcome to attend. There will be an informative public astronomy program at the Astro-Lodge beginning at 7:15 p.m., and it will be held on a &#8220;clear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=572</link>
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		<title>HULL, IA, CHRISTIAN SCHOOL CLASS VISITS HODGSON OBSERVATORY</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At noon today, the fourth grade class from the Hull, Iowa, Christian School arrived for a two-hour visit. Led by their teacher, Todd Hartbecke, the sixteen students walked the 610-foot long Solar-System-on-a-ence exhibit. Conditions were excellent &#8211; comfortably warm and largely sunny, great for learning outside. We hiked the whole way, &#8220;from the Sun to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=510</link>
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		<title>NEW MOON GATHERINGS APRIL 10 &amp; 17, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have just finished the unprecedented TWO April New Moon Saturday Gatherings. Both those of April 10 and April 17 were well attended, with 17 people gathering on the first occasion, and 19 present on the second meeting! Everyone had a good time it seems, and while clouds intruded to some extent they came and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=509</link>
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		<title>Solar System-on-a-Fence in 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our very popular model &#8220;Solar System-on-a-Fence&#8221; exhibit will return to our 610-foot south fence again this year. Plaques describing the planets, dwarf planets, and selected other objects, from the Sun to Sedna, will be rehung on the fence at their scale distances before the April 17 SEAC New Moon Saturday gathering. By that date most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=503</link>
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		<title>Improving Our 25-inch Obsession Dobsonian Reflector</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Fall we experienced repeated aiming and tracking problems with the Argo Navis / ServoCAT drive on our big telescope. It needed a firmer mounting. The floor mats and plywood floorboards were removed. Floor cracks were sealed. Then a bitterly cold and snowy winter struck, stopping work. Work will resume when the snow melts. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=502</link>
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		<title>Repainting the Main Observatory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Main Observatory needs repainting. It received two coats of the best white latex paint when built in 2003, but has taken a beating from ice and freezing rain these past two winters. I plan to repaint the building and rails this spring when we have dry weather that is between 50 and 80 degrees [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=501</link>
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		<title>New Orion 20mm HighLight Plossl Eyepiece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In February I purchased a 1.25-inch diameter 20mm focal length eyepiece for use in our Wide-Sky Observatory with the 8-inch Newtonian reflector. It is nearly parfocal with a 40mm ocular of similar design I have been using when observing the Sun. Thus I can now swiftly change from one to the other without much refocusing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=500</link>
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		<title>Is Your Hibernation Over?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve had enough of snow and deep freezes, it&#8217;s time to enjoy early spring observing with friends at Hodgson Observatory in rural Beresford, SD! The Sioux Empire Astronomy Club (SEAC) will have its next New Moon Saturday Gathering on March 13, weather, road and field conditions permitting. In April, clear or cloudy, we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=499</link>
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		<title>Reminder to Area Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now we have entered March we are scheduling daytime class visits to Hodgson Observatory. Our Solar System-on-a-Fence will be open again beginning April 26. Unlike last year the Sun is now showing us fine sunspot groups almost every day! E-mail us at dnhodgson@iw.net to discuss scheduling.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.hodgsonobservatory.org/?p=498</link>
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