September 2011 |
| LOCATION |
Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
R. Armstrong; D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; C. Clayton; M. Crowdis; C. Curwin; C. Fox; A. Huskins;
G. Little; R. Little; J. MacDonald; C. Nason; M. Powell; S. Tompkins
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| BUSINESS |
Chris Curwin has the solar scope; Ed Kaine still has the club scope; the October and November meetings will be at the library, and June is looking into a church on Douglas Avenue for a meeting place; June mentioned getting brochures on buying telescopes and binoculars (RASC or Sky & Tel Web sites probably have them) for public information. Dave B. returned DVD #4 and borrowed #5. Adrien B. borrowed DVD #1.
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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 |
Dave B. had pictures of Comet Garradd near M71 and the Coathanger; Adrien B. and Curt N. had been observing sunspots; Curt also saw Mercury while in Dartmouth; Al H. saw a double shadow transit on Jupiter one morning and showed pictures of a circumzenithal arc; Mike P. had 30 s pics of the ISS and four 1-minute pics of Comet Garradd that showed movement against the stars.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Dave B. brought a beautiful Williams Optics Megrez 90; Adrien had new Meade 9x63 roof prism binos; Curt brought tiny Moon and Mars meteorites; Al H. donated some books: Skywatching, Universe fold out, and Voyage Across the Cosmos.
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| Astronomy Talk: Summer Activities |
Mike showed slides of the star parties he attended and June showed pictures from the Urban Star Park ceremony at the Irving Nature Park.
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