June 2008

June 6: Monthly Meeting

Astronomical Motifs in South-East Asian Bronze Drums

Gerry Dyck
Astronomical Motifs in South-East Asian Bronze Drums

The ISS, Space Shuttle and Iridium Flares, Oh My!

: By Dave Huestis
While you are out there casually stargazing from a dark sky location, you might see some other interesting objects. You’ll see some familiar constellations, and of course there are a few meteors on any clear night. And you might see the Moon and a naked-eye planet or two. But every now and then some unknown object may traverse the sky. You might even see a brief, but bright flash.
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June Meeting with Gerry Dyck

Skyscrapers June 2008 Meeting featured Gerry Dyck and his presentation "Astronomical Motifs in Southeast Asian Drums." Additionally, Nicholas Rodrigues of Printmakers demonstrated a new astrophoto printing service, and Tiverton High School student Nathan Pelletier gave a presentation about the Sun and demonstrated his solar spectrograph.
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Al Hall's Telescope: Its Done!

Al Hall recently completed his 16” Cassegrain telescope and its accompanying German equatorial mount. Al Hall and Dick Parker have collaborated on this project for 6 years and 5 months.

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