John Kocur
Member Gerry Dyck will do an encore presentation of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas. Also, member John Kocur will be presenting a PowerPoint presentation of some of the highlights of Skyscrapers activities over the past year.
December 1: Monthly Meeting
Recitation of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas
Gerry Dyck
Member Gerry Dyck will do an encore presentation of “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan Thomas. Also, member John Kocur will be presenting a PowerPoint presentation of some of the highlights of Skyscrapers activities over the past year.
: By Dave HuestisBut perhaps the best display of shooting stars during 2007 will
occur on the night of December 13-14 for us here in New England.
That is the time for the peak activity of the Geminid meteor
shower. Though you will have to be prepared for the cold weather,
this meteor display always produces a good show, and the best thing
is that you can begin observing before midnight.
: By Dave HuestisThough the 2007 close approach of Mars will not be as good as the 2 most recent ones in 2003 or 2005, this will be the closest Mars and the
Earth will be until 2016. Despite the fact that Mars will be still quite
distant from the Earth, its path across the sky will take it almost
directly overhead. This circumstance will keep the planet well above much
of the Earth's atmospheric turbulence. As long as we have clear skies and
steady seeing we will be able to coax a lot of detail from the images our
telescopes provide.
