Hey everyone. Here's what we talked about at October's meeting:
Astronomy News:
We had 3 news presentations.
1) Lunar Impact Monitoring -how often meteors collide with the moon
2) Dawn Mission Project - ion propulsion, photography of Vesta and Ceres
3) Double Helix Nebula (aka DNA nebula)
**a new club goal is for everyone to see a nebula**
Trip Planning:
Dayton Planetarium - Sat. Oct. 27th 1pm-4:30pm
Chicago - Nov 3-4th or Nov 10-11th
Cleaveland - next semester
U.K. - right after graduation, 10 days, $1700
Observing schedule:
see club website or other posts labelled observing
Constellation Mythology:
We are hoping that several people will learn about a few constellations each (which stars, the past mythology, maybe of several cultures) to share during observing activities. Let us know if you are interested.
Music of the Spheres:
presentation Oct. 19th at 7:30pm in Bayley Auditorium by Keith Ward
There will possibly be other times of presentation of this.
If you are interested in the Atrium Display, SETI, the Allen Telescope Array, email any of the officers.
Also, email T-shirt ideas to Erin at s09.ekapp@witt
Our next meeting is Tuesday, November 6th at 9:30pm. See you there!
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