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		See the Viewing Nights page for information on outdoor viewing nights. In addition to the meetings given below, we intend to hold another open meeting to celebrate Yuri’s Night in February. Except where stated, all meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. sharp and are held in St George’s Church Hall. See the Meetings page for information about the venue of these meetings. Tuesday, 8 September 2009 A talk by Klaus Schiller on New Horizons, Nasa's Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt Saturday, 3 October 2009, Open meeting at Dumfries Museum A talk by Catherine Smith-Mason on Robert Burns and Astronomy Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Absolute Beginners Night Mark Toner will give a short talk about forthcoming attractions; Klaus Schiller will talk about books magazines, charts, software for beginners (and others) from his library and the Society’s library; Raymond Suszek will bring some gear to demonstrate setting up your scope; Mike Perry will give an elementary guide as to how GPS works. Tuesday, 10 November 2009 A presentation by Terry Moffatt about Jupiter, which will be at opposition about this time Tuesday, 8 December 2009 Quiz Night Thursday, 14 January 2010 A talk by David Woods entitled 21st Century Exploration — 1960s Hardware (to be confirmed) Tuesday, 9 February 2010 Beginners Guide to Equatorial-Mounted Telescopes — Part 1,a DVD presentation with comments by Raymond Suszek GPS and How It Works by Mike Perry The Sky in February by Mark Toner Tuesday, 9 March 2010 Beginners Guide to Equatorial-Mounted Telescopes — Part 2 For the Sheer Beauty of it — Pictures of the Universe, Books for the Enthusiast by Klaus Schiller The Sky in March by Mark Toner Saturday, 10 April, 2010, 7.00 pm at Dumfries Museum Yuri’s Night Party Tuesday, 20 April 2010 The Paper Astronaut — a demonstration by Klaus Schiller Tuesday, 11 May 2010 Annual General Meeting Top