January 2011 |
| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault; D. Beaudin; C. Clayton; M. Crowdis; C. Curwin; P. Cyr; A. Davis; D. Driscoll; J.Dunlap; C. Fox; S. Green; A. Huskins; G. Jones; H. Lamb; L. Larkin;
C. MacAfee; J. MacDonald; S. McHatten; D. McLean; K. McLean; C. Munoz; C. Nason; J. Porter; M Powell; T. Thibodeau; S. Tompkins; C. Trott; S. Wetmore
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| BUSINESS |
No takers for the club scope; M. Powell has the solar scope; C. Fox has Principles of Astronomy; J. Dunlap has DVD #9. June displayed the new SJAC business cards; M. Arsenault announced the UR of our Web site is now sjastronomy.ca; A. Davis announced we have an SJ Astronomy Facebook page; there was a discussion on a regular observing night; We discussed possibilities for new meeting locations and times. Possible purchases with club funds are a new base for the club scope and frames for pictures for public display. June announced that George Jones was awarded Club Astronomer of the Year for 2010.
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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 |
Marc spotted Mercury and a naked eye view of Venus in daylight; Candace saw the ISS twice in one evening; Mike had a good night in his observatory on Christmas Eve; Curt had been observing Jupiter's Red Spot and moons action; Jeff had a good night observing Quadrantids, getting 8 plus 3 sporadics.
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| Astronomy Talk |
Mike gave a primer on the Sun, with its physical characteristics and features such as sunspots, prominences, and coronal mass ejections. He followed up with a slideshow of What We Do in SJAC.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Chris C. brought a new Orion refractor; Mike P. showed a Williams Optics 66 mm APO refractor; Curt N. had an ETX-90 at a good price; Marc A. showed a tektite from Arizona and O'Meara's book on observing with binoculars; June brought Season 3 of The Universe.
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