Name: Beaver Island’s informal Astronomical Society plans summer 1994 sky-watching events
Start: 1994-07-16
End: 1994-08-12
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island’s informal Astronomical Society plans summer 1994 sky-watching events

Also 1994 Beaver Island Jupiter comet observation

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago

Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.

TypeEvent

Dates1994-07-16 – 1994-08-12

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 1994-07-16 – 1994-08-12
Kind: Observation
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: sciencerecreationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The informal Beaver Island Astronomical Society planned summer sky-watching events around the Perseid meteor shower and the July 1994 comet impacts at Jupiter.

Evidence limits

This is an advance observation notice, not an astronomical observation log or instrument dataset.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1994, “BIASOSJ.”
Describes informal Star Parties, the August 12 Perseid meteor shower, and anticipated observation of comet fragments striking Jupiter July 16–24. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1994, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the astronomy report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island’s informal Astronomical Society plans summer 1994 sky-watching events”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-astronomical-society-jupiter-comet-observation-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1994, “BIASOSJ.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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