November 2013 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
K. Barry; D. Beaudin; C. Brown; A. Carleten; D. Chase; M. Crowdis; J. Dunlap; G. Fillmore; M. Giberson; B. Hitchcock; A. Huskins; D. Kierstead; B. Longstaff;
J. MacDonald; D. MacPhail; T. Matthews; K. McAdam; D. McCashion; D. McGuire; C. Nason; T. O'Connell; E. O'Reilly; R. Poitras; S. Tompkins; P. Webb; A. West; M. West
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| BUSINESS |
C. Brown takes the PST; A & M West have the club scope; D. MacPhail takes the Astroscan. Curt reported the latest editions of NightWatch and Backyard Astronomer's Guide could not be recovered so June will order replacements from Amazon.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
B. Longstaff had observed the Sun and other things with her father. A. West was observing a blue star near the bowl of the Big Dipper. B. Hitchcock, D. Beaudin and C. Nason all caught the Jovian triple shadow transit on the late night of October 11. E. O'Reilly gave an update on the prospects of Comet ISON.
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
B. Hitchcock donated the book "A Brief History of Time." Thanks, Bob! P. Webb brought a new pair of 20x80 binoculars. A. Huskins is selling a Meade Lunar Planetary Imager (Sold).
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
The Voyager Missions (J. MacDonald): Voyager 2 was launched first in 1977 but Voyager 1 was faster and arrived at Jupiter first. They then went to Saturn, and V2 was also sent to Uranus and Neptune while V1 made a beeline for the edge of the solar system (heliopause), which it reached last year. June covered how the signals are received from the Vs and the gold-plated copper records on both.
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