Motion to accept February 23, 2005 General meeting minutes as circulated.
Due to the restrictions stipulated in the Gaming document, Gil will submit additional information in an attempt to broaden the areas in which we can spend the money. Maintenance and Utility costs can be paid from the Gaming account.
Two 4.5″ Starblaster Dobsonian telescopes have arrived and are available for use in the NOVA class, member use and supervised tours. The Solarscope has also been delivered.
The Virtual Moon Atlas is now installed on the classroom computer.
Bob donated some posters to the club. SpeeDee donated the laminating.
Bob brought back a “Hands-On Astrophysics” package from an AAVSO meeting for the club to use. He hopes to get a variable star observing group formed from club members and use the manual for instructing the group.
The missing parts for the remote focuser have been located and installed. It is now possible to focus the ST9 via remote control.
Doug showed some pictures of his trip to Australia.
This entry was posted in 2004 / 2005, Meeting Minutes on March 30, 2005 by glen_h.
Overview: Announcing Astronomy Day 2005 events at the Prince George Astronomical Observatory.
This entry was posted in 2005, Newspaper Articles on March 25, 2005 by glen_h.
Details: I shot this in the fall of 2002 using an older model Nikon FE SLR coupled to my 10″ LX200 scope. I used Fuji 200 film. The photo has had no alterations.
This entry was posted in Astro Photos of the Month on March 13, 2005 by glen_h.
A telescope workshop component will be added to the Astronomy Day activities.
Wayne will be judging at the Science Fair and will award a one-year RASC membership to the student(s) with the best astronomy related project.
Maurice and Wayne will coordinate their efforts in fabricating a laser pointer mount.
In Bob’s job jar is the task of locating observatory related newspaper articles.
Bob and Wayne will rekindle their efforts to get the flip mirror mechanism working properly.
8 adults and 15-20 children attended the March 2nd tour hosted by Gil.
Pro D day held on March 4th saw 2 adults and 2 kids in attendance. Robin was the host.
1 adult and 4 teens showed up for a tour on March 8 hosted by Wayne and Brian.
Bob and Gil will troubleshoot the sticking dome problem. A motor driven chain and sprocket will most likely be the solution to the problem.
Robin and Brian met with Bonnie Chappel, the SD57 Curriculum Coordinator and forged a ‘partnership’ that will benefit both the PG Centre and SD57.
Maurice handed out some plans for using one of the storage rooms as a galley.
A Co-op student may want to use the observatory equipment and facilities for an astronomy related project. Further details will be forthcoming.
Gaming grant. After a great deal of discussion, the following proposals were approved for implementation. $8500 in funding is available. The main thrust of the spending will be towards education and public outreach.
The following 2 proposals are contingent on Gaming changing their criteria for spending based on the building ownership issue.
This entry was posted in 2004 / 2005, Meeting Minutes on March 9, 2005 by glen_h.