Meeting Minutes – 16 January, 2012

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StarGazers Meeting 1-16-12 Minutes

Visit our newly updated website!! http://stargazers.truman.edu/ It’s pretty cool.

(Nick – add the observatory website link and a future lunar phase calendar)

We’ll probably wait until March-ish to do a club event.

Open Houses for this semester:

• Tuesday, Feb. 21st 7-9pm [RainOut day Wednesday, Feb. 22nd]
• Thursday, March 15th 8-10pm [RainOut night Friday, March 16th]
• Friday, March 30th 8-10pm [RainOut night Saturday, March 31st]
• Wednesday, April 11th 8-10pm [RainOut night Thursday, April 12th]
• Monday, April 23rd 8-10pm [RainOut night Tuesday, April 24th]

**Remember, we need to set up starting half an hour before we open. If you need a ride, meet in the MG/VH parking lot 40min before we open, and we can carpool.

We need to advertise more, the newspaper (column? – Kirksville Daily Express) and fliers for the community, and the Truman monthly calendar for the students.

We have some new telescopes, so if you’re interested in using them, email Vayu. We’ll try to do a lesson the night of the first Open House, so come around ~6ish (Vayu will send out emails).

[[Poster - glossy Pic, Name, open house dates, contacts info, website. ~12x15]]

Paul’s SPACE MOMENT: Orion – located due south in winter sky, near Taurus, Canis Major, Bellatrix, ~45 degrees due south ; Orion the Hunter was chasing the Seven Sisters (The Pleiades), and the gods sent Taurus the Bull after him to deter him. You can actually see the chase across the sky. Cool stuff in Orion – The Orion Nebula deep sky (telescope necessary), the Horsehead Nebula in Orion’s Belt (furthest left spot), M87 is a reflection nebula in Orion.

Click here to see the powerpoint presentation for Orion.

Contact Angela or Andy if you weren’t at the meeting to get your Tshirt. Don’t forget your extra dollar!

Next meeting Monday 1-30, at 5:30 pm in MG1099

Space Moment – Andy