What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, May 15, noon to 1:00 pm

Club business: ELECTIONS. We need volunteers and nominees, please!
Elected positions: President (2-year term limit); Vice President; Secretary; Treasurer.
There won’t be time for member observing reports, sorry.

Guest Speaker: Bob Prokop, “Star Hopping to Earth’s Nearest Neighbors”. Bob is a former president of the Howard Astronomical League (HAL). He specializes in using manual star finding techniques (aka star hopping) to observe stars in the Solar Neighborhood. Most of these stars are very faint. It sounds like a prodigious feat!

Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Other club events coming soon:
May 25 – June 1 Election of Officers (ballot and vote by email).
June 19 monthly meeting; introduction of the new club officers.
October 11: Friends & Family Star Party at APL (rain date in November)

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, April 17, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topic: APL’s Don Mitchell will tell us about “The Cassini Magnetospheric Imager.” Also club business and members’ observing reports. Continue reading Meeting April 17 2013 →

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, March 20, noon to 1:00 pm
This month’s topic: Webmaster Radha Venkat will show us some features the club’s website, and take suggestions to make it more useful. Also club business and members’ observing reports.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Other club events coming soon:
April 17: monthly meeting; “The Cassini Magnetospheric Imager”, Don Mitchell (APL)
April 19: Friends & Family Star Party at APL
October 11: Friends & Family Star Party at APL

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, Feb. 20, noon to 1:00 pm
This month’s topic: Ron Farris is bringing in the new OTA and mount for the Calcium-K solar telescope. Also club business and members’ observing reports.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Other club events coming soon:
March 9: Dark Sky Star Party (members only)
March 20: monthly meeting; no speaker yet.
April 19: Friends & Family Star Party, south of Bldg 200.

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, Jan. 16, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topic: “Some Applications of Mathematica to Astronomy” by Dave Vasholz. Also some club business and members’ observing reports.

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, Nov. 14, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topic: “How to set up and use the Lunt H-alpha solar telescope” by club member Ron Farris. Also some club business and members’ observing reports.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Other club events coming soon:
Fall Star Party take 2: Friday, Nov. 16, 5 pm to 9 or 10 pm (weather permitting)
Tuesday, Nov. 20: Solar Observing, noon to 1 pm, building 1 cafeteria patio (weather permitting)

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, Oct. 17, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topics: “Recent discoveries of double asteroids and double stars by asteroid occultation” by club member Steve Conard. Steve will finally talk to us about the possible satellite for 911 Agamemnon! Also some club business and members’ observing reports.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

Other club events:
Tuesday, Oct. 16: Solar Observing, noon to 1 pm, building 200 cafeteria patio
Fall Star Party: Friday, Oct. 19 (rain date Nov. 16)

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, August 15, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topics: Club equipment and budget request; members’ observing reports.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.

What: APL Astronomy Club monthly meeting
Where: Gibson Library room L-2
When: Wednesday, July 18, noon to 1:00 pm

This month’s topics: Talk by club member Steve Conard: “A Satellite for 911 Agamemnon?” If you can’t make the meeting, check out Steve’s video on YouTube.

Open to anyone with an interest in astronomy.