ALCON EXPO - The Astronomical League Convention - August 4-5, 2006

TEXAS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
N E W S R E L E A S E

July 13, 2006
For Immediate Release

Contact: Patsy Patten
214-562-0278

The Texas Astronomical Society is proud to host the annual
ALCON EXPO 2006 in the D/FW Metroplex

Arlington, TX - REGISTER NOW FOR ALCON 2006! The Texas Astronomical
Society (TAS) and the University of Texas at Arlington's College of
Science will host the Astronomical League's annual conference Aug. 4
& 5, 2006, at the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas.
(The Astronomical League Council meeting will be held Thursday, Aug.
3). Register online at our website www.alconexpo.com

The conference will be packed with great speakers, including Scott
Roberts from Meade Instruments Corp., David J. Eicher from Astronomy
Magazine, and Jason Ware, astrophotographer from the Texas Astronomical
Society, plus many others.

The annual Star-B-Que will take place on Friday evening, Aug. 4, with
Distinguished Speaker Marnie Berensen from the Astronomical Society of
the Pacific, and will include planetarium shows in UT Arlington's new
Digistar - 360-foot-dome planetarium.

The Awards Banquet will be held Saturday evening, Aug. 5, with Keynote
Speaker Dr Fritz Benedict from McDonald Observatory talking about the
use of the Hobby-Ebberly telescope in the searth for extra-solar
planets.

Location ...

- UT Arlington's University Center in Arlington, Texas, just off
Interstate 30, in the Heart of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

- Minutes from world-class museums, numerous entertainment facilities
such as Six Flags Over Texas and 10 professional sports venues such as
the American League Texas Rangers

- Only 15 miles from D/FW International Airport.

Come to Texas for ALConExpo 2006.

While you're here ...

Explore the Lone Star Sky!

Don't miss this fun filled astronomy weekend. For a detailed
itinerary, registration form or more information visit the Alcon Expo
website at www.alconexpo.com.

Registration forms are also in your copies of the June 2006 issue of
the Reflector. Event chairs are Dr. Linda McCalla and Jeff Barton of
TAS.

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