April 2012 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault; D. Basque; Cr. Brown; M. Carson; S. Cheeseman; C. Clayton; C. Curwin; A. Davis; J. Dunlap; C. Horgan; K. Horgan; A. Huskins; P. Jensen; N. Jones; T. Jones; K. Keith; J. MacDonald; K. McAdam; D. McKinley; C. Munoz; C. Nason; D. O'Connor; E. O'Reilly; M. Powell; S. Tompkins; S. Wetmore
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| BUSINESS |
J. MacDonald has the solar scope; S. Tompkins has the club scope; C. Munoz returned the Observer's Handbook and borrowed Voyage Across the Cosmos; E. O'Reilly returned Fundamentals of Astronomy (Wylie) and borrowed The Universe (McEvoy); S. Wetmore borrowed Encyclopedia of Discovery; , Skywatching; D. Basque borrowed DVD Disc 2.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason reviewed what to observe over the next month. Ed O. added the M95 supernova and next year's Pan-STARRS comet.
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| OBSERVING REPORTS |
M. Powell observing Jupiter and its moons, Venus and M42; Curt spotted Mercury amid bird songs and lion roars; June, Marc and Curt did public observing at the Algonquin for Earth Hour for about 30 people.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Peter gave Part 1 of a talk on the Magnetic Sun. He covered the basic facts of the Sun, magnetism, electromagnetic spectrum, solar fusion, radiative and convection zones.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Peter had 2 books: Firefly Observing Guide to the Sun and 1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die. Mike P. had a Meade 5000 2x Barlow and 2" WO carbon fibre diagonal (remarkably, Peter used to have both these). Curt had a book Prism and Lens Making. Chris C. brought an observing chair with sliding seat. June brought 3 books: Planet Earth, Coming of Age in the Milky Way, and The Universe. Kim M. brought a book Our Universe and donated Astronomy. Thanks Kim!
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| OBSERVING |
Clouds were moving in but some stayed to observe Venus, Mars and Saturn, and caught a pass of the ISS.
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