August 2013 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
D. Beaudin; Cr. Brown; D. Chase; C. Clayton; M. Crowdis; C. Curwin; R. Hitchcock; K. Horgan;
S. Jackson; J. Kelley; H. Lamb; D. McCurdy; N. McIntyre; C. Nason; P. Owen; M. Powell; I. Skerritt; P. Webb
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| BUSINESS |
K. Horgan takes the PST. T. O'Connell keeps the club scope. J. Kelley takes the Astroscan (and new eyepiece kit - item 5 below). H. Lamb borrowed the Night Sky DVD (item 6 below). A. Bordage has the 7x50 binos.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
R. Hitchcock was working through Sagittarius with a 6" scope. D. Beaudin and C. Curwin have been observing solar prominences. C. Nason caught Mercury, Mars and Jupiter lined up one morning, and talked a bit about observing at Mactaquac and filming a TV show at Fundy.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
My Little Ugly Observatory - D. Beaudin gave a presentation on building his backyard observatory, based on an idea of Eric Schandall of the RASC Victoria Centre. He put a 6" steel pier in a patio and built a sloped roof building with vinyl siding around it. It houses his EQ5 GoTo, and could be used as Dave's All-Night Diner.
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
M. Powell brought a hand-held ham radio for picking up the ISS on 145.8 MHz. R. Hitchcock donated a case of 5 Meade series 4000 eyepieces (Thanks, Bob!!). He also has for sale an Explore Scientific (ES) 20 mm ($200), a 35 mm Panoptic, an ES 6.7 mm (sold for $60), and a Nagler Type 6 9 mm ($200). C. Curwin is selling his Meade 10" Lightbridge and shroud for $500.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
We ended with a DVD on the summer constellations.
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