September 2008 |
ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault, D. Beaudin, A. Bordage; A. Davis, C. Clayton; N. Comeau; S. Comeau;
D. Driscoll, J. Dunlap, A. George; M. Giberson, P. Jensen; L. Larkin; G. Jones,
E. Kaine, J. MacDonald, K. McAdam; K. Melville, M. Powell; W. Slaney; S. Tompkins;
D. Thorn
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WHAT'S UP |
June covered the things to watch for in the sky over the month, with help from Peter.
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OBSERVING |
Mike P. took his first astrophotos with his new camera; Kim M. did a lot of observing in August; Dave D. was at Nova East and did some all-night observing at Saints Rest
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CONSTELLATION TALK |
Cygnus (by June )
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NOVA EAST |
Peter J. talked about his rainy weekend at the star party, showed several pics Terry Dickenson was great.
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SHOW AND TELL |
Peter had a book "Echoes of the Ancient Skies,"an eyepiece adapter, and a polar alignment aid.
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Famous Observatories |
Peter presented on the Canada-France-Hawaii, the oldest observatory on Mauna Kea. They sent him a calendar, numerous brochures and posters (handouts).
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BUSINESS |
Club Scope - Marc, PST (Shawn). The Cosmic Perspective (Ed K.). Destiny in Space DVD (Roy H.), Backyard Astronomer's Guide (Sonia T); Solar scope (Shawn M)
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