February 2013 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre (Joint meeting with RASC NB)
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| ATTENDANCE |
R. Armstrong; M. Arsenault; H. Ayles; J. Ayles; N. Bauman; D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; M. Crowdis; C. Curwin; B. Hitchcock;
A. Huskins; J. MacDonald; N. McIntyre; C. Munoz; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly; M. Powell; I. Skerritt; S. Tompkins; C. Weadick; P. Webb
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| BUSINESS |
Club scope - A. Bordage takes it to make a solar filter. Solar scope - A. Bordage (retain for D. McCashion). A. Bordage will visit UNBSJ about reclaiming the all sky camera.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason reviewed what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
Adrien and Curt had been observing sunspots. Marc saw Jupiter naked eye in daylight Jan. 21. On Feb. 7 he caught Mercury and Mars, then had an amazing observation: a 15 hour Moon!!! Bob has been trying for the Horsehead Nebula. Al was up early to observe galaxies in Virgo. Neil has been watching Orion and Sirius.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
June talked about the NB star parties for this year.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Al had a very recently purchased laser pointer and an Astrotech astrograph and Stellarvue 102 ED refractor with an Orion 2" diagonal. Mike obtained a plastic dew shield for his C8 and riser blocks. Chris has bought a Lunt solarscope from the same local supplier where Al got most of his stuff. June brought several books from a Coles close-out, including a Galileo pop-up. Curt had a book of papers from the RAS c. 1918 and a 1941 planisphere. Bob showed a candle in a red vase for observing light.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Mike played a NASA video of Comet Pan-STARRS
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Phil Webb gave an interesting presentation on the history of and the search for near Earth objects (NEOs), including the Barringer crater and program successes. A timely talk one day after the close passage of 2012 DA14 and the Chelyabinsk bolide.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Further to Phil's talk, Curt ran through an old presentation of the Tunguska event of 1908.
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