[Chaos-l] February 8th's CHAOS meeting

[walter fowler]

For those of you who may have overlooked Jayme's announcement, I am giving
you another chance.  Not only will there be* another great presentation*,
we'll also hear about "*our new dark site*."  Newer, darker and only
slightly further away.  Hope to see you all tomorrow evening.  Walter

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From: Jayme Hanzak <jhanzak at unctv.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Subject: [Chaos-l] February 8th's CHAOS meeting
To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>


 Hello Fellow CHAOS members. I hope this email finds you all well.



Our February meeting is next Tuesday Feb. 8th. We have a return speaker, Dr.
Barbara Becker. She is returning to continue her

talk about the Huggins family. As you know, Barbara's last talk was about
William Huggins, who is considered the father of Spectroscopy.

This month Barbara is returning to talk about is wife and assistant Margaret
Huggins.



Dispelling the Myth of the "Able Assistant":  Margaret Huggins and the Work
of the Tulse Hill Observatory


 Accounts of the work of English amateur astronomer William Huggins (1
824-1910 <callto:+1824-1910>) always mention that he was assisted in his
research by his wife, the former Margaret Lindsay Murray
(1848-1915<callto:+1848-1915>).
Until now, descriptions of the nature and value of her contributions have
been based on information gleaned from the Hugginses' published scientific
papers.  But new information uncovered in their observatory notebooks and
correspondence shows that Margaret was more than an able assistant,
amanuensis and illustrator.  Her very presence and expertise not only
strengthened but also shaped the research agenda of the Tulse Hill
observatory.  She and her husband worked together as complementary
collaborative partners.



 So clear your calendar and join your fellow CHAOS members for a lesson in
historical astronomy.



We also have information of a CHAOS outing in March and April up in southern
Virginia. On the Dark sky map, this park is in the BLUE.

I'm excited about it.



Clear skies!


Jayme Hanzak
Presdient of CHAOS



CHAOS
P.O. Box 3001
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0842
http://www.rtpnet.org/chaos/

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