Cercis Astro - About Us

Cercis is the botanical name for the Eastern Redbud-a small tree native to the Eastern United States-growing from Maine to Florida. The Cercis canadensis has dark bark, large heart-shaped dark green leaves, and purple flowers in spring -hence Cercis company colors are black, green and purple. The Cercis is a hardy, understory tree-secure next to giant sycamores, maples, and ash, and intermingling with other native trees - dogwoods, hollies and birches. Likewise, Cercis, Inc., blooms among fiber optic industry giants, as well as small and medium-sized companies.

For further information, consult: Dr. Micheal Dirr's "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants" and "Plants that Merit Attention" from The Garden Club of America.

Cercis canadensis (Eastern Redbud)
Bark: Black/brown Flowers: Purple or white
Leaves: Dark Green / Fall: Yellow

Planets of the Solar System
Planet	Distance from Sun*	Orbital Period	Diameter*	Mass*	Density**
Mercury	0.39	87.97 days	0.383	0.055	5.43
Venus	0.72	224.70 days	0.949	0.815	5.24
Earth	1.00	365.26 days	1.00	1.000	5.52
Mars	1.52	696.98 days	0.533	0.107	3.93
Jupiter	5.20	11.86 years	11.209	317.83	1.33
Saturn	9.58	29.46 years	9.449	95.159	0.69
Uranus	19.20	84.01 years	4.007	14.536	1.27
Neptune	30.05	164.79 years	3.883	17.147	1.64
Pluto	39.24	247.68 years	0.187	0.002	1.75

Camera Sources	Astro Hutech Corporation 23505 Crenshaw Blvd., Ste 225, Torrance, CA 90505 TL: 310-325-5511 FX: 310-325-8974 http://www.sciencecenter.net/hutech/	Canon http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/
Magazines	Sky & Telescope www.skyandtelescope.com	Astronomy www.astronomy.com
Webgroups	Yahoo! Groups : Directory : Astrophotography 1, digital_astro. 10215 Members, Archives: Membership required. Welcome to the digital astrophotography group, a forum for new and accomplished digital ... http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Astronomy/Astrophotography	Astromart www.astromart.com
Webgroups	Cloudy Nights Telescope Review http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/postlist.php/Cat/0/Board/DSLR	AstroClassifieds.com www.astroclassifieds.com
NASA Photos	Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html	Hubble Space Telescope http://hubble.nasa.gov/index.php
DSLR Astro- photography	Catching the Light - Nikon vs Canon by Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/HTML/I_ASTROP/NIK_CAN.HTM
Books / CD-Rom Astrophotography	A Guide to Astrophotography with DSLR Cameras by Jerry Lodriguss
Resources	Skytour - WHYY + The Franklin Institute http://www.whyy.org/skytour/index.html