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SLAS Regular Meeting
May 16, 2008
Rendezvous In Space: Building The Gemini Spacecraft
by
Nelson O. Weber
Aerospace Engineer
McDonnell Douglas (retired)
Meeting time: 7:30 pm
Elections will be held at the May Meeting. Many thanks to all of the retiring officers for their hard work over the past year. Thanks also to the members who have stepped up to volunteer as officers and board members for next year.
The current slate of nominees are:
President - John Newcomer
Vice President - Joe Bohannan
Treasurer - Jerry Loethen
Secretary - Rich Heuermann
Hospitality - Joe McHugh
Board Member at Large - Cook Feldman
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Location | Past
SLAS meetings |
McDonnell Hall, Room 162, Washington University
accessible from Forsyth Blvd. via Tolman Way
All SLAS regular meetings are FREE and open to the public!
Mid-States Regional Convention
Hosted by ASEM (Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri)
Saturday, June 21, 2008
St. Charles Community College
The SLAS Astronomy Resources Handout
SLAS Astrophotography Resource Guide
Large (1.3 MB)
Small (137 KB)
MSRAL 2006 Convention Group Photo
Hosting a Star Party for your organization or school? SLAS can help! Contact Mike Malolepszy to set up an event with our crew of volunteer astronomers. Donations are accepted for services.
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NEWS & EVENTS
Click the link above for information and registration!
ASTRONOMY DAY
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN ASTRONOMY DAY!
TWO TELESCOPES WERE GIVEN AWAY AND 15 VOLUNTEERS WORKED FOR THE DAY!
Thanks to everyone who volunteered for the Kirkwood Star Party on April 26!
GLOBE at Night project
Provide data about light pollution in your area to a national database
NOVA PHENOMENON EXPLAINED WITH NULLING MODE AT KECK OBSERVATORY Nulling Interferometer reveals new insight to binary systems that erupt in recurrant novae Article
Asteroid 2007 TU24 to pass close to Earth. Observable with 3" or better telescope.
Finder Chart | Article
Messenger Fly-by of Mercury
First Images in 33 years!
Photos |
Messenger Home Page
Comet Holmes
Article from Sky and Telescope | Finder Chart for Comet Holmes
Finder chart image from Sky and Telescope article
Comprehensive article about Holmes from Gary Kronk's comet website including history and an excellent selection of current images
Observing tonight? Check out Allan
Rahill's page which has a forecast for seeing conditions and numerical
system for recording conditions
SLAS web resource guide A
guide to astronomy on the web developed by SLAS members Printable
PDF Version
SLSC
Night Sky Update
Got a question about astronomy? Try Cornell University's
"Ask an Astronomer"
web site
Images
A gallery of members' astronomical pictures.
Want to help reduce sky glow in our area?
Here's how to do it with Ameren UE's assistance.
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