[Chaos-l] Tuesday's meeting

[BOBI GALLAGHER]

Yeah, i found Jon's talk to be very interesting, even tho I don't plan to 
buy a telescope anytime soon. I am always thinking of accessories and he had 
some cool ideas in that direction. I hope I can find the "Bright Star Atlas" 
Also, people frequently ask what I would recommend if they buy a telescope 
and Jon's talk will help me answer more intelligently !

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayme Hanzak" <jhanzak at unctv.org>
To: "CHAOS" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:40 PM
Subject: [Chaos-l] Tuesday's meeting


> Tuesday's meeting was attended by approximately 20 people.
> Robert Nielsen gave a recap on the Mid-Atlantic Star Party and Alice
> Yeaman kept us up to date with "What's Up".
>
> The activities of CHAOS were discussed.
> Talking with several classes at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough
> An observing session with the same classes one evening. Another will be
> announced.
> The Little River Park observing session was discussed and it be attended
> by around 120 people.
> The Transit no show of Mercury past the Sun was discussed.
>
> Jon Stewart-Taylor gave an excellent talk on purchasing a telescope for
> other or yourself. He talked about the "Do's and Don'ts of telescope
> purchasing. He also talked about mounts, finder scopes, eye pieces and
> books. He gave an interesting talk on all that one should consider before
> they make that purchase.
>
> Thanks Jon, Well done.
>
> Up and coming events we need to consider:
> Astronomy Days at the Natural Science Museum in Raleigh. We need a
> display planned out and I was wondering if any one is interested in
> planning and designing our display. We are the first seen usually as
> people come up the escalator.
> Also your astronomy pictures are wanted by the Raleigh Club for a display
> about digital astronomy photography.
> Observing session this Friday at the CHAOS Dark Sky site. It's the Leonid
> meteor showers too.
>
> Next month's meeting will be held at Morehead Planetarium. You'll need to
> come a little early. You need to be at the planetarium from 6:45pm - 7pm.
> If you come later than this, you won't be able to get into the meeting.
> The building will be locked. This is a special event for CHAOS that MSP is
> doing for us.
> That's it for now. More email to follow I'm sure.
>
> Clear Skies!
>
> Jayme
>
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