[AZ-Observing] SaguaroAstronomyClubMeeting FriJan25 7:30
- From: "Jennifer Polakis" <m24@xxxxxxx>
- To: <sac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 18:00:45 -0700
Hi,
Saguaro Astronomy Clubâs first Meeting of the Year is on Friday, January 25th
7:30pm. The speaker will be Bruce Koehn, Research Scientist at Lowell
Observatory. His lecture will be about the Lowell Observatory Amateur Research
Initiative (LARI)âLowellâs ongoing program to recruit amateur
astronomersâ assistance in astronomical research projects. Please take a
minute to familiarize yourself with this program:
http://www.lowell.edu/LARI_welcome.php . There are 9 projects listed that
utilize the full range of amateur astronomy capabilitiesâwide field deep sky
photography, blinking archived photos to discover asteroids, photometry,
spectrometry, data mining for things like extra-solar planets, even
identifying antique scientific instruments from way back when Mars had those
canalsâ¦
Bruce mentioned his talk may be relatively short. This will give us an
excellent opportunity for a bit of an extended Show and Tell session. So,
bring on those slides of the Antique Binocular Convention, your deep sky photos
that knock the socks off of the HST, backyard observations of asteroid
occultation, your light curves from other transient eventsâheck, bring it all
onâeven that photo of your Grandmother who bought you your first rickety
mount.
SAC meetings are held at Grand Canyon University, on Camelback near 35th Ave.,
at 7:30 p.m. Directions may be found at our Website
http://saguaroastro.org/content/Meetings.htm All are welcome to attend. You
donât have to be a member to attend a meeting, but youâll want to join
after you do. Please contact me and our President Michael Collins to put you
in the cue for a show and tell, otherwise it will be shown on a time available
basis. Happy New Year!Jennifer Polakis, VPSaguaro Astronomy ClubM24@xxxxxxx
480 967-1658 Michael Collins, PresidentSaguaro Astronomy
Clubmichael_p_collins@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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