July 2013 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
M. Arsenault; D. Beaudin; Co. Brown; D. Chase; A. Davis; J. Dunlap; K. Horgan; M. Horgan; S. Jackson; R. James;
J. MacDonald; N. McIntyre; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly; P. Owen; M. Powell; I. Skerritt; B. Spragg; G. Stackhouse; S. Tompkins
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| BUSINESS |
D. Beaudin takes the PST. T. O'Connell keeps the club scope. S. Jackson takes the Astroscan. A. Bordage has the 7x50 binos. We were reminded to order the SJAC clothing by July 11. June will no longer bring all the books to meetings, only those that people have requested.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
A. Davis and G. Stackhouse attended a meeting of the Mississauga RASC Centre. C. Nason has been observing sunspots, 2 comets and Saturn. M. Powell got pics of the ISS passing very near the Moon.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Listening to Meteors - You can log into spaceweatherradio.com (on Spaceweather site). Mike listens on an empty local FM frequency that is used by a distant station, such as in Ottawa. Meteors ionize the atmosphere and give a "ping" on the radio. Mike bought a tuning card, FM TV antenna and spectrum analysis software to record meteors in his observatory.
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
Angela brought a constellations sleeping bag from WalMart. Curt had 2 books.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
C. Nason gave a recap of the RASC conference in Thunder Bay the previous weekend.
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