May 2011 |
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Saint John Free Public Library
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| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault; D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; M. Carson; C. Clayton; R. Curran; C. Curwin; A. Davis; C. Douglas-Belyea; J. Dunlap; C. Fox; M. Giberson;
G. Jones; N. Jones; T. Jones; T. Katsaroupas; C. MacAfee; J. MacDonald; C. Nason; D. OBrien; E. O'Reilly; M. Powell; W. Slaney; B. Spragg; S. Tompkins;
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| BUSINESS |
June M. will take the solar scope; Steve T. retains the club scope; George J. has Principles of Astronomy; C. Douglas-Belyea has Sky & Tel Atlas; Rick C. has NightWatch;
If anyone wants Sky & Telescope magazine at club subscription rates, see Angela. Curt to book meeting locations (maybe Brenans) for summer and the library for autumn.
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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 |
Curt saw Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and a slim Moon at the golf course; Ed was also observing morning planets; Mike and Curt were solar observing; June tried for a picture of the Moon reflecting of clouds from a plane.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Chris Curwin brought a large book (Cosmos) and donated it to the club. Thanks, Chris! Chris showed a new 72 mm Astrotech Apo refractor that he will use for a guidescope; Mike P. brought an Astrotech Ritchey-Chretien from Astronomics, with expansion rings to bring a camera to focus; June bought several books in Ottawa, mostly for kids, and showed pictures from Astronomy Day, Earth Day and the Museum of Science and Technology.
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| Astronomy Talk: MMM #11 |
Marc and Adrien gave a slide show of their trip to the Delmarva Mirror Making Seminar in March, a long sleepless weekend. They described the road trip and the various stages of mirror making, including grinding, polishing, pitch laps for final polishing, mirror testing.
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