August 2012 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
D. Beaudin; Co. Brown; Cr. Brown; M. Carson; M. Crowdis; A. Dais; D. Dias; D. Driscoll; J. Dunlap; C. Fox;
T. Katsaroupas; H. Lamb; J. MacDonald; N. McIntyre; C. Nason; M. Powell; S. Tompkins; P. Webb; S. Wetmore
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| BUSINESS |
June will get the solar scope from D. McCashion at Nova East; Craig Brown gets the club scope; T. Katsaroupas returned Understanding the Universe disc 12.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason reviewed what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
Curt saw a filament on the Sun transition to a prominence. Mike caught Venus one morning and saw the Coathanger Cluster. Mike P. and others saw Venus (naked eye) and Jupiter at noon in Mactaquac.
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| SHOW AND TELL |
Dave B. brought a homemade manual motofocus. Curt brought the Becvar Atlas and a book on meteors. Dave D. had photos from the first Nova East.
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| OBSERVING |
A small group remained for observing Saturn and Mars.
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