June 2012 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
R. Armstrong; M. Arsenault; D. Beaudin; C. Brown; M. Carson; M. Crowdis; J. Dunlap; C. Fox; M. Giberson; N. Hemsworth; K. Horgan; P. Jensen;
E. Kaine; T. Katsaroupas; F. Loomer; J. MacDonald; A. Maude; B. Maude; C. Nason; M. Powell; S. Tompkins; C. Trott; P. Webb; S. Wetmore
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| BUSINESS |
J. MacDonald has the solar scope; E. Kaine will take the club scope; K. Horgan returned Backyard Astronomer's Guide and borrowed Pocket Sky Atlas and Field Guide to the Stars and Planets. S. Wetmore returned Skywatching.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason reviewed what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING REPORTS |
Mike P did an asterism hunt using a list from the NexStar resource site. Marc A saw Scorpius standing upright and the Southern Cross from near Alexandria. A highlight was seeing Venus between pyramids during a sound and light show. Curt did a talk and observing session for St. Macs students at New River Beach, and attended one night of the Kouchibouguac star party.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Peter gave Part 3 of a talk on the Magnetic Sun, discussing the solar atmosphere. This included descriptions of the photosphere, chromosphere, prominences and filaments, the corona and coronal loops, spicules, flares, coronal mass ejections, the solar wind and heliosphere, and geomagnetic storms and their effect on comets and aurorae.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Curt had a book, Guidebook to the Constellations. Peter brought a book on Aurorae and the new Sky & Tel moon globe. Mike P displayed apps on his new iPAD.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Curt gave a presentation on the transit of Venus that was prepared by Ron Macnaughton of the RASC Toronto Centre, which included why it occurs so rarely and the historical aspects.
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