http://ciaa.net en-us http://ciaa.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2 <div align="justify">Just a quick note to encourage observers to keep an eye out for any activity from the June Bootids this week. I realize the moon is not going to be favorably placed, but being nearly at Last Quarter, there should still be some time to observe with little interference. The June Bootids are active from about June 22 to July 2 and rates are variable. I have watched this shower for years, only seeing a handful each year, but in 1998 and 2004, activity reached a ZHR of 50 or more meteors per hour! Their unpredictability makes the June Bootids an interesting shower to monitor. Here are the particulars on this shower:</div> http://ciaa.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1 <div align="justify"><strong>April 12, 2008</strong> will be the <em><strong>2nd International Sidewalk Astronomy Night </strong></em>and we invite all amateur astronomers to join us! We'll have telescopes out on the street corners, in front of movie theaters, in state and national parks, in city centre parks ... anywhere there are crowds of people!</div>