April 2016 |
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Rockwood Park Interpretation Centre
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| ATTENDANCE |
E. Bauman; N. Bauman; D. Branch; E. Branch; J. Branch; Co. Brown; D. Chase; C. Curwin; D. Driscoll; M. Giberson; C. Graves; L. Hooper; A. Huskins; P. Jensen; J. MacDonald;
B. MacNutt; T. Matthews; H. Marks; N. McIntyre; C. Nason; P. Owen; M. Powell; T. Raithby; D. Schedlar; D. Schedlar Jr; I. Skerritt; W. Slaney; J. Stewart; S. Thorn; R. Walker; P. Webb; M. West;
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| BUSINESS |
R. Walker took the 6" Dob; D. Schedlar took the solar scope; D. Driscoll retains the 4.5" Dob; Co. Brown took the 90 mm refractor; T. Siddall has NightWatch; W. Lee has Backyard Astronomer's Guide. M. West borrowed the cell phone scope adapter, returned DVD 5 and Destiny in Space and borrowed DVD 4; S. Thorn retains the book You are Here.
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| ASTRONOMY TALK |
M. West gave a presentation on GoTo scopes, including a demonstration on setting them up and the information required to be entered. He uses two Web sites for lat/long and magnetic declination:
http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html
& www.geomag.nrcan.gc.ca/calc/mdcal-en.php
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| OBSERVING REPORTS |
The Branch family used the PST on two days, seeing sunspots on one of those days. P Owen caught a double shadow transit on Jupiter. C. Curwin had 54 visitors looking through his scopes at Saints Rest Beach and he was featured in the Telegraph-Journal and The Weekly Current
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| SHOW & TELL, BUY & SELL |
Co. Brown offered the cage of her Lightbridge, claimed by. C Curwin. J. Shi had donated books and magazines and scope rings, which were snapped up thank you Jacky!). D Branch bought the Audubon Guide to the Night Sky, and A Huskins had a glass solar filter for sale at $60. A raffle was held for a Meade 90 mm refractor, donated by P Webb, which was won by R Armstrong. The raffle took in $131. S Thorn donated a book The Solar System, which went as a runner up prize. Thank you Phil and Sonia!
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| WHAT'S UP |
C. Nason covered what to look for over the next month and included some extra information on the May 9 transit of Mercury.
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