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29 October Having a Bad Day?? Maybe You Are Being Sabotaged From The Future!!CERN thinks they might be too. It's all explained right here 23 October Astronaut Story Musgrave Receives the Coveted BCAS Mug ‘O Gold Award
……………presented by the club Prez, Donna Giesler. More about Story at http://www.storymusgrave.com 28 September 09/25/09 09:02 PM: Goodness! Gracious! Great Balls of Fire!Hi Everyone,
I am just sending around a quick note to inquire of anyone saw the fireball over this area last night between 9 and 10 pm or so? So far only one site seems to have any reports: http:// www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/3357557/ > Main/3356852 Let me know if you saw it or have heard of any reports. (CTV mentioned on the 11 pm news tonight that there is one photo of it taken by a Toronto guy) John PS Rebecca saw it through our south facing window -I missed it! And I had been out taking photos just a half hour before. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Dave and I were having a lot of fun, looking at anything and everything. The ring nebula was the brightest and clearest I'd ever seen it (even better than the night we saw it at the DDO a few years ago) and M13 was showing off individual stars easily. And, of course, M31 filled the eyepiece - looked four times the size as it did the previous night.
Then, about 9:05, we both happened to be away from the eyepiece and looking south and east - the biggest and brightest fireball I've ever seen flashed for about 3 secs. from about 80 degrees up in the SE. It outshone the moon by many mags and looked like a huge green, yes, very green, roman candle coming almost straight down. It burnt out before reaching the horizon, but we were bracing ourselves for a big boom - but, of course, probably totally annihilated itself or missed Earth entirely. Whatever - it was the show of the night! Unfortunately, mackerel clouds began to moved in and finally filled most of the sky by 10:30, but we had had our Galileo moment for the evening!
Joan
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I saw it! I saw it!! It was amazing!! I was on my way home and I was pulling up to a stop light here in Cambridge facing east. All of a sudden the sky lit up like huge flash of lightening but it didn't go out. I ducked my head under the windshield to see the cause of the light just in time to see this streaking fireball disintegrate looking something like fireworks as it breaks apart on the way down. I looked at my watch and it was 9:02PM. I couldn't believe how close to me it seemed. I've never seen anything like in my life. When I did finally get home in Puslinch, my wife and kids were sitting in the living room wondering what had happened as they hear an enormous boom. My wife actually turned off our gas fire place because she thought that a gas line had exploded. Could that have been the sonic boom as it came in through the atmosphere??? It was an amazing experience but a little surprise that there wasn't more media coverage about it considering the number of people out and about at that time on Friday night. I just wish I would have had a camera with me.... What a night!! Take Care. Chris E S Fox Provides Major Funding for the ‘Inspired by Astronomy’ Project ……….and Joan bakes a scale model celebratory cake in the shape of the proposed roll-off roof observatory to be built at the Institute for Outdoor Education and Environmental Studies (IOEES) west of Wiarton ON. This is the help the project needed to get it to the point that construction can begin, and will provide a firm foundation for astronomy related education on the Bruce peninsula 06 March Stargazing Desperados Still On The Loose!!
Two internationally known Stargazing Desperados remain on the loose after all these years. Do not attempt to apprehend on your own. Minimum backup required is at least a 14" SCT. Maybe even a Ritchie-Cretien. Suspects may have adopted the guise of a few gray hairs in the 30 or so years since this photo was taken, but remain as dangerous as ever.....Extreme caution is advised. 15 February Cupid's Cosmic Caper: February 14, 2009 SOLD OUT!!
The kick off event for the 'Inspired by Astronomy' initiative sells out within a couple of weeks of the availability of tickets!! 08 February Club Pres. visits with La Société d'Astronomie de Tahiti
Our Hosts at La Société d'Astronomie de Tahiti. For their website click here. The Pride of Tahiti: A 26 inch goto scope
Southern Sky, Crux on side just above trees on the horizon 11 December Winter Break!!We are now officially on vacation!!
No meetings in January or February due to the sometimes treacherous weather conditions.
See you in March!! 22 November Club Pres. Visits with Dr. Richard Crowe at 'Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hawai'i
The $28 million, 40,000-square-foot exhibition and planetarium complex is located on nine acres in the University of Hawai'i's Science and Technology Park, above the UH-Hilo campus. Find out more about the 'Imiloa Astronomy Centre here. 17 July Congratulations Charlie S. !!!!!!!
Charlie S. recently garnered a half page spread in Sky and Telescope (July 2008, page 93) for this beautiful picture of a sundog 08 May Richard J Speaks on Cosmology at May 2008 MeetingRichard J, here shown receving the highly coveted Speaker's Souvenir KnickKnack from Cheryl D. Steve I. comments: For anyone interested in a follow-up to Richard's excellent talk on cosmology and physics, the BBC television series, The Sky at Night has for its May programme an edition called "We Just Don't Know." The entire programme can be watched online at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml From The Star Lady: Large Hadron Collider Info: You lucky people who are going to Starfest!!! You'll hear Ivan talk about "The Ring of Truth: Looking for Dark Matter, Black Holes and Extra Dimensions at the LHC - Main Tent Saturday 8:00 pm 03 April April2, 2008 Monthly Meeting: Meteor.......................ites
This month's meeting featured a great speaker on the topic of meteor................ites. Here, Doug C congratulates the speaker Mike T, presenting him with the highly coveted BCAS Mug o' Gold 29 March Earth Hour: BCAS in The Sun Times March 29, 2008Earth Hour quotes from our Outreach Chair Joan HERE 22 March 3/19/08: Astronomers Detect First Organic Molecule on an Exoplanet!!
This illustration depicts the extrasolar planet HD 189733b with its parent star peeking above its top edge. A team of astronomers led by Mark Swain of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., has made the first detection ever of an organic molecule in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting another star. The breakthrough, made with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, is an important step in eventually identifying signs of life on a planet outside our solar system. 20 March BCAS In The News: Owen Sound Sun Times March 17, 2008
Here presenting the Cobble Beach Development with a plaque in honour of their star-friendly lighting policy. More information about Cobble Beach HERE. 10 March The 2008-2009 Executive
Frank (Secretary) Donna, The Star Lady (President) Cheryl (Treasurer) John (Vice President) The February Annual General Meeting included the election of a new executive, pictured above. We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the efforts of the previous executive, particularly Past President Sheila (Firey Ming), who handed over the reins in such a well organized fashion. Cheers!! |
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