April 2010 |
| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault; A. Bordage; M. Carson; C. Clayton; A. Davis; J. Dunlap; C. Fox; M. Giberson; P. Jensen; G. Jones;
C. MacMackin; J. MacDonald; D. McCashion; C. Muņoz; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly; M. Powell; S. Tompkins
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| WHAT'S UP |
Curt described how the planets were behaving this month, what comets to look for, and upcoming events.
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| OBSERVING |
Peter bagged some Messier galaxies at Prince of Wales; Dave M. got M36, 37, 38, 105 and 103, and did bino observing on a Bahamas cruise; George did public observing by the bus stop at Sobeys in McAllister; June, Marc and Curt did Earth Hour public observing at the Algonquin in St. Andrews' Chris M. visited the Hayden Planetarium; Chris C. did his final Mira observation for this round, his 24th.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Curt brought gift books from the Peninsula Heritage Society for those who assisted in observing there last summer. June had 2 books from InPrint. Adrien brought his new CG5 mount. Chris M. showed 2 books: Parallel Worlds and 50 Years in Space. Steve T. donated The Universe book and DVD set. Thanks Steve!
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| Talk: The Physics of Star Trek: Transporters, Worm Holes and Warp Drives |
After a primer on quantum mechanics, George Jones gave a brief history on transporter theory, with the Quantum No Cloning Theory (1982) and later quantum teleportation in 1993 where the original was destroyed (abiding by the no cloning theory), and the identity of a particle has since been teleported 11 km. Worm holes arise from theory of curved space-time. Postulated in Contact by Sagan, used in Star Trek episode (The City at the Edge of Forever). He ended with time travel paradoxes.
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| Monthly Messiers |
Peter gave gave a brief presentation of his program for observing the Messiers month by month.
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| Business |
Adrien took the PST. Mike C. took the club scope. Dave M. has the DVD #7. Carol F. took the book Universe. Consuelo has The Universe book/DVD set.
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