Update from January 13 Meeting

At our last meeting, we heard about John B.’s 2009 observatory plan and received some great tips from Leslie on how to best answer questions from skywatch participants. Leslie did a great job presenting and led us in a few role play exercises. It was loads of fun and should come in handy at our public events which may become more numerous in this International Year of Astronomy. Thanks to Leslie and John for their presentations.

Leslie giving tips on how to answer astronomy questions from the public









The group







We also heard about John R.’s plans for an April 4 star party in Goochland. This event will be the 1st Virginia Solar-Lunar Convention and Imaging Conference. All plans are tentative for now, but it is expected to be a one day/night event focusing on four themes:

• Solar Astronomy
• Lunar Astronomy
• Video Astronomy
• Imaging in General
  

John advises that the cost will be minimal, food will available on-site and that he will have more info to follow.

Some quick reminders:

• The next general meeting will be February 10. Recall that meetings have been moved to the second Tuesday of each month due to the closing of the Science Museum on Mondays in 2009.

• The next Science Museum Skywatch and LiveSky show are February 20.

• The next RAS board meeting is scheduled for February 16.

Regards,
Jim Browder
Richmond Astronomical Society