CAS January Meeting
January 4, 2005
McCormick Observatory
27 people in attendance.
5 guests
Guest Speaker: Steve Layman
Presentation: Astronomy Show and Tell Club Members favorite web sites
Door Prize: Book Entering Space
Club Observing: Friday the January 27th at Susans
Special Events:
January 9 at 8:30 pm the moon occults the Pleiades
Watch as some of the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) disappear behind the moon.
January 27 Saturn is at opposition. Big, Bright, and no shadow on the rings!
Favorite Astronomy Websites
CAS Our Home Page
APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA News from NASA
SpaceWeather Forecast of Solar activity and asteroids.
Subscriptions Signup for e-mail news and updates from NASA
Astromart Buy everything you want, sell everything you dont.
Scopetronix Famous for their webcam and digital camera adapters
SEDS Great Educational site, look for list of hosted websites towards the bottom of the left-hand pane. Online Messier and NGC catalog.
Earth&Sky More News and events of the night sky. Also listen to the proper pronunciation of stars and constellations.
NightSkyNetwork List of Astronomy Clubs.
BadAstronomy Tackles the misconceptions of Astronomy.
CloudyNights Great product reviews and astronomy forum.
SlackerAstronomy Offers PodCast radio show on Astronomical News and events.
Analemma What is that figure 8 on the globe anyway. Look for the little blue Next arrows at the bottom of the page to navigate.
Meade Manufacturers of Telescopes
Celestron Manufacturers of Telescopes
Club Business
66 members
Checking account: $2830.11
Dues for 06 are due
See Larry Saunders for information on discounted subscriptions to Astronomy and Sky and Telescope
CAS Council meeting Sun. Jan. 8 at 2:30 at Bill Phillips
CAS Supported Group Nights in January (13th & 27th)
Club Observing Friday the January 27th at Susans (New Moon is Sunday the 29th)
Bi-Monthly newsletter on web site
February Speaker: Steve Reilly