February 2014 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
M Arsenault; D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; D. Chase; M. Crowdis; R. Crowdis; M. Giberson; M. Goodine; B. Hitchcock; A. Huskins; S. Jackson; P. Jensen;
C. MacAfee; D. MacPhail; A. Martin; P. McDermott; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly; P. Owen; M. Powell; C. Pratt; A. Tompkins; S. Tompkins; P. Webb; A. West; M. West
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| BUSINESS |
P. Webb takes the PST; A. Tompkins takes the club scope; no one claimed the Astroscan (C. Nason). RJ Carr returned the Night Sky DVD.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to observe over the next month.
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| OBSERVING |
A. West observed some meteors. M. Powell and C. Nason saw the supernova in M82.
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
D. Beaudin had the book "Cosmos Close Up." M. Arsenault gave away a spare Sky News. C. Nason brought 2 magazines from the 1920s.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
Coronal Mass Ejections by P. Webb. CMEs are plasma bubbles ejected from the Sun, and can cause electrical disruptions on Earth (1989 Quebec).
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