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October 2016

LOCATION Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
 
ATTENDANCE D Branch; E Branch; D Boucher; K Boucher; D Chase; C Clayton; C Curwin; M Giberson; B Hill; L Hooper; T Laderoute; J MacDonald; A MacNutt; B MacNutt; W MacNutt; T Matthews; K McAdam; A McAllister; C Nason; P Owen; J Stewart; S Thorn; P Webb; A West; M West;
 
BUSINESS K Boucher takes the 6" Dob and the 3x Barlow; T. Raithby retains the 4.5 " Dob; M. West claimed the 90 mm refractor; D. Chase took the solar scope and the 11x80 binoculars; P. Owen retains the camera adapters. S. Thorn donated the book "Final Fronteir." Thank you Sonia! Election Results: President: Curt Nason; VP: Chris Curwin; Secretary: June MacDonald; Treasurer: Don MacPhail
A Social Media Committee was formed consisting of P Owen, C Curwin, M West and A West.
 
ASTRONOMY TALK J MacDonald gave an excellent talk on Fireballs, including their origins, terminology, estimating their brightness and how to report a sighting.
 
OBSERVING REPORTS P Owen saw sundogs before a Sea Dogs game. M West and A West were doing public observing at Saints Rest with C Curwin, showing the Ring Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy, Saturn and the Double Cluster. M West also saw Mercury one morning and is observing the lunar phases. T Matthews observed Mars, Saturn, ET Cluster and Albireo in August. C Nason gave a presentation and observing session for Guide leaders at Oromocto Lake.
 
SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL P Webb displayed his binos and finder on a Farpoint mount. M West talked about changing his Meade ETX refractor to work on an alt-az mount.
 
WHAT'S UP C. Nason described what to look for over the next month.