December 2015 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
D. Beaudin; A. Bordage; D. Branch; E. Branch; J. Branch; C. Clayton; C. Curwin; G. Fillmore; M. Giberson; C. Graves; P. Joshi;
J. MacDonald; B. MacNutt; N. McIntyre; C. Nason; E. O'Reilly; P. Owen; T. Raithby; I. Skerritt; S. Tompkins; P. Webb; A. West; M. West; J. Woods;
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| BUSINESS |
A. Bordage took the 6" Dob, A.West borrowed the solar scope, D. Branch took the 4.5" Dob. Je. MacDonald has the 90 mm refractor. A. Hutchins has the H-Beta filter. T. Siddall has NightWatch. B. MacNutt returned Backyard Astronomer's Guide and and it was borrowed by P. Joshi. W. Lee has our other copy of Backyard Astronomer's Guide. D. Branch borrowed Deep Sky Atlas and DVD disc 4. D. Beaudin returned DVD disc 15.
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to observe over the next month.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
P. Owen was observing objects in Orion and Taurus. S. Tompkins and E. O'Reilly had a final session with the 20" on a clear night at Steve's. D. Branch and J. Branch did a constellation session for a Brownies group.
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| OBSERVING REPORTS |
M. West, S. Tompkins & E. O’Reilly all saw some of the Taurid meteor shower. D.McCashion added to his blog that he had seen a fireball during the meteor shower. M. West is trying to track the phases of Venus. J. Davidson had been out a few times & had seen the ring nebula & used a camera to take some Moon shots. C. Nason observed 2 PanSTARRS comets Nov. 8.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
P. Webb gave an entertaining talk on the life and accomplishments of Fritz Zwicky.
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
A. Bordage had Meade 9x63 binoculars and a spotting scope for sale (sold). T. Raithby showed his Ioptron Sky Tracker.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
T. Raithby played time lapse videos he made of aurorae.
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