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Science Special Interest Group
This SIG is about the more technical and scientific
side of observing. Some of the projects that we would be working on would
be occultations, variable stars, on-line data mining, photometry and
whatever else tickles people's fancy. This group is mostly about doing
more with your telescope than just looking. We're doing data gathering for
the professionals, understanding how things work by doing the
measurements.
All meetings are held at 3pm in the
Technical Marine Service building at 6040 N Cutter Circle
(see directions below).
2008 Calendar
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Date
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Topic
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Discussion Leader
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| 01/19/08 |
Visual Observations of
Variable Stars |
Tim Crawford |
| 02/16/08 |
This Saturday from 3 to 4PM (or later, if the talk
gets interesting) the Science-Special Interest Group will be talking
about lunar eclipse. How to grade totality (darkness, color), ways to
measure the earth's diameter, timing shadow transits across craters
and finding the distance to the moon will be some of the topics
covered. |
TBA |
| 03/22/08 |
TBA |
TBA |
| 04/19/08 |
TBA |
TBA |
| 05/17/08 |
TBA |
TBA |
| 06/14/08 |
TBA |
TBA |
| July |
TBA |
TBA |
| August |
TBA |
TBA |
| September |
TBA |
TBA |
| October |
TBA |
TBA |
| November |
TBA |
TBA |
| December |
No Meeting - - - Enjoy the
Holiday! |
The SIG is held at the TMS
(same location as the Telescope Making Workshop) on the same Saturday as
the TMW and the same location.
- Technical Marine Service, Inc. on Swan
Island):
From I-5 northbound (or southbound also) take exit 303 (Swan Island
exit) and head west after you get off the freeway. From the northbound
direction, this means staying to your left and heading west on N.
Going Street. Follow this past Interstate Ave. and go down the hill
towards Swan Island. Get in the right hand lane and at the bottom of
the hill follow the signs to Mocks
Landing and veer to the right onto Basin Ave. Go about 1.5 miles to
Leverman (there's a signal at Leverman); turn right and go over the
bridge to the first street on the right, which is N. Cutter Circle.
Turn right and go to the end of the block to 6040 N. Cutter Circle.
TMS is in the first building as you turn in the driveway (there's a
big "TMS" on the side of the building. Parking and entry for the
workshop is at the side of the building. The entry door is the first
door from the corner of the building on the side (next to the big roll
up doors.) We'll put a sign on the outside so you'll know you're
there.
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