Our guest speaker at the May 9 2025 GAAC meeting will be Mario Motta, newly returned from Florida with an evening's worth of sharp, colorful photographs of objects we can't see from Massachusetts, like Centaurus A, a very busy galaxy indeed, and Omega Centauri, a monster star cluster. This group will be followed by objects you can't see from the northern hemisphere, period -- the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, for example, and 47 Tucanae, another spectacular star cluster, and lots more. The first group includes objects Mario photographed from Naples, Florida with a Celestron C14 Edge telescope over the past 2 years. They were featured in the February 2024 Sky and Telescope magazine as a list of objects to observe from the Winter Star Party in the Keys. The second group, objects only visible in the southern hemisphere, were imaged by Adrien Barrajon in New Zealand, and then reprocessed by Mario as part of an ongoing partnership. Before Mario's talk we'll be treated to a short presentation by Dwight Lanpher, roving member-at-large of GAAC and most other New England astronomy clubs. Dwight will report on the final results of his research into the current state of stand-alone robotic camera systems. We hope we'll see you Friday, May 9, at the Lanesville Community Center <https://maps.app.goo.gl/pntHAopkhrjho6XR9> at 8:00 pm, for a memorable night of southern night-sky showpieces, galaxies and nebulae and star clusters, and an up-to-date report on the latest astrophoto robots. As always, there's lots of free parking, and there may well be pie. Zoom info follows for those who can't attend in person. ____________ Time: May 9, 2025 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Doors open at 7:45. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86988316451?pwd=wz4Hn1NtVnnbEKHUaKh1a4BAkqrlDX.1 Meeting ID: 869 8831 6451 Passcode: 258376 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/keypcLTvcQ