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Regular meeting of Michiana Astronomical Society Inc., with some events and related travel items since previous meeting. Upcoming events include partial solar eclipse, astronomy talk at ND, guest speaker at November MAS meeting, and Santa Parade at Eddy Street Commons.
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Oct. 20, 2014
Regular Meeting
Agenda
•Treasurer’s report•Events since last meeting•Announcements•Guest Speaker: Jim Hopkins
Constellations in Autumn & Winter
September 18
October 7
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October 8
Credit: Steve Accuosti
Credit: Candi Tyler
October 16
Credit: Candi Tyler
Credit: Candi Tyler
Upcoming Events…
October 23
October 23
October 23
The Notre Dame Club of St. Joseph Valley Hesburgh
Lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, October 28, at 7:00
p.m. in Room 101 of the Jordan Hall of Science. This
year’s guest speaker will be Dr. Peter Garnavich. His
presentation is entitled “The Expanding Universe and
Large Telescopes.” Dr. Garnavich was a member of the
research team that won the Nobel Prize in Physics for
their discovery of the accelerating expansion of the
universe. A reception will follow Dr. Garnavich’s
presentation. Weather permitting, there will be an
opportunity to go to the Observatory on Jordan Hall and
look through the telescopes.
October 28
November 17
Guest speaker at November MAS meeting will be Belinda
Cheeseboro, who did a summer internship at Kitt Peak where
she was studying active galactic nuclei using WISE data.
DDecember 6
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