February 2009 |
| ATTENDANCE |
R. Armstrong; M. Arsenault; D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; S. Cheeseman, C. Clayton; N. Comeau;
S. Comeau; A. Davis; D. Driscoll; J. Dunlap; A. George; M. Giberson; B. Mumphrey-McCashion; A. Huskins;
P. Jensen; G. Jones; K. Keith; J. MacDonald; D. McCashion; S. McHatten; K. Melville; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly;
M. Powell; W. Slaney; B. Spragg; S. Tompkins; C. Trott
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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 |
Mike P observed Saturn; Adrien B and Curt N saw Comet Kushida with Roy Hess; Adrien had been out many mornings working on his Observing Certificate and plotting Ceres and Saturn; Dave D did 2 deep freeze runs with Francis Casey, observed Saturn and the Rosette but couldn't get the Horsehead; Curt saw Comet Lulin
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Peter had Patrick Moore's 2009 almanac; Curt had the 7th edition of Norton's Star Atlas (c. 1942); Dave had the wow of the evening - a Solar Max 60; Bill had 25x100 Celestron binos; Adrien displayed his 12" collapsible Dob by Skywatcher.
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| CONSTELLATION |
LEPUS is below Orion, put there by Hermes for Orion to hunt; contains M79 globular cluster, planetary nebula IC 418, galaxy NGC 1744, Hind's Crimson Star
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| DVD LECTURE SERIES |
Intro (Filippenko) - series of 90 half hour lectures bought by the club: Lecture 1 - A Grand Tour of the Universe.
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| BUSINESS |
Club Scope - Ed Woods, PST (Curt/Adrien). The Cosmic Perspective (Ed K.). Destiny in Space DVD (Roy H.), Backyard Astronomer's Guide (?); Mars book (Shawn);
Museum plans in April - June led a discussion on what we can do. A group volunteered to put together a display (meeting at museum Feb. 15)
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