Larry Bogan continues his research on asteroid rotation light curves, using a modest telescope—a C8. Note the motion of Asteroid Leda.
Editor/President's Report
1994/95 Annual Meeting Minutes
The Astronomy of Native Americans by Diane Brooks
Lecture Notes: "The Fate of the Earth" by Doug Pitcairn
Meeting Report: September 95 by Shawn Mitchell
Meeting Report: October 95 by David Turner
Librarian's Report by Clint Shannon
Year End Treasurer's Report
Major Changes for Nova East 96 by Mary Lou Whitehorne
Meteor Notes by Paul Gray
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Notice of Meetings and Other Stuff
Date: Regular Meeting -- Friday, December 15 at 8pm; 7pm for the council meeting (all are welcome)
Place: Lower Theatre, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Summer Street, Halifax. Access is from the parking lot.
Topic: Main Speaker: "The Cow Jumped Over the Moon" by Mary Lou Whitehorne.
Although the sciences, including astronomy, have been, and continue to be dominated by men, there have been a number of outstanding Canadian women astronomers who have made major contributions to their chosen science. Their work was built upon the foundations laid by their predecessors, and it in turn has been used as a foundation for the research of today and tomorrow. This talk will take a look back at some of those remarkable women astronomers; their work and its significance to us today.
Date: Regular Meeting -- Friday, January 20 at 8pm; 7pm for the council meeting (all are welcome)
Place: Lower Theatre, Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, Summer Street, Halifax. Access is from the parking lot.
Topic: Topic to be determined.
The Halifax Center has several telescopes for loan to members. These include a Celestron C8 equipped for photography, a Questar 3.5”, a 4” rich-field telescope, a 4” Maksutov-Cassegrain, and a 10” Dobsonian. Contact the Observing Chairman, Paul Gray, for further information.
The Halifax Planetarium, located in the Dunn Building at Dalhousie University, provides shows each week on Thursday evenings at 7pm. Contact the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History at 424-7353 for show information.
At the Annual Meeting to be held on November 17, there will be a proposal submitted by the executive to the membership to amend By-Law #1 of the Centre’s Constitution. For details, see the article in this issue of Nova Notes.
For Sale
Heavy Duty 10" f/5 Dobsonian Telescope
with full thickness 1/20 wave primary and matching 2.6" diagonal by Star Optics, a Novak 2" helical focuser with 1.25" adapter set up for both visual use and prime focus astrophotography, a Novak spider, an 8x50 right-angle finder by University Optics, solid aluminum side bearings, heavy-duty optical tube and rocker box, finished in black with gold trim, Omcon 15mm and 25mm 1.25" Plossl eyepieces and 2x Barlow, alignment eyepiece, and eyepiece case.
Price: $800.00
CONTACT: tspence@fox.nstn.ns.ca
PHONE: 902-597-8491 evenings
We have a supply of Centre T-Shirts. These T-Shirts are a 3 colour design which incorporates our new centre logo along with a smaller national logo printed onto high-quality 100% cotton shirts.
The RASC's 1996 Observer's Calendar are now available. This year, much of the calendar will be in colour. The price for members is $10 incl. GST.
These will be available at meetings. For information about mail-orders call or write Shawn Mitchell.