August 2008 |
| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault, D. Beaudin, A. Davis, D. Driscoll, J. Dunlap, M. Giberson, R. Hess,
A. Huskins, G. Jones, E. Kaine, J. MacDonald, K. Melville, C. Nason, A. Speight, S. Tompkins
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| WHAT'S UP |
Curt covered the things to watch for in the sky over the month.
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| OBSERVING |
George Jones saw the Coathanger Cluster and M13 in Binos; Dave Driscoll with his new 10" Royce Newtonian saw one of Jupiter's moons come out of eclipse about the same time another went into occultation; Curt saw Mercury and Comet Boattini one morning; Myrtle saw Saturn and Mars.
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| CONSTELLATION TALK |
Corona Borealis (by June ) - Covered the mythology of Theseus and Ariadne. The constellation contains several nice double stars and a recurrent nova (the Blaze Star).
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Curt had an 1884 book "The Myths and Marvels of Astronomy"; George had "Photographic Atlas of the Moon"; Roy displayed a single arm mount he built for his 4" refractor.
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| ASTROPHOTOS |
Dave Beaudin displayed some wide field astrophotos he has taken of the moon, an eclipse, planets and Regulus with the crescent Moon.
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| BUSINESS |
Club Scope - Marc, PST (Shawn). The Cosmic Perspective (Ken M.). Destiny in Space DVD (Roy), Backyard Astronomer's Guide (Sonia);
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| APOD |
Curt did a top 10 selection of pictures from Astronomy Picture of the Day over the past two months.
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| Ask the Astronomer |
June asked about colours in astrophotos, answered by Dave. Roy asked about the recent discovery of what drives the aurora. Curt attempted an answer.
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