November 2014
Financials:
Oct 1 beginning balance 1191.33
6 renewals 120.00
Ending balance Oct. 31 1311.33
We had two new visitors this meeting. One found out about it from seeing us on the internet.
Officers for the new year were approved by acclamation.
President--Steve Plank
Vice President--Virgil Reese
Treasurer--Vicky Travalgini
Secretary--Denise Gregg
At-large board members:
Duane Perkins
John Grismore
Mike Woods
Craig Brockmeier
Program at December 1 meeting: Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS by Craig Brockmeier
Who reserves our library meeting room: We would like for someone to volunteer to do this on an ongoing basis
Steve will email members to see what our interests are and where we would like the club to go in the future.
Kane Elementary wants us to do a program in the new year.Virgil is willing to do a childrens' presentation.
We also discussed doing something outside Frank and Lola's with a telescope, or possibly something at Indian Coffee.
Daryl on astronomy:
October 23--partial solar eclipse. Maximum coverage for us at 5:39 pm. Daryl showed a vides of the eclipse from Edmonton, Canada..
Sunspot activity--major source of several solar flares, although overall, sunspot activity is going down (nevertheless, have had several large ones in the last year.)
Leonid meteor shower--Nov 16-19; peak Nov 18 around 1 am. Leo comes up a little after midnight. Moon won't block visibility too much.
Early morning hours Nov 5--Mercury and Spica in the east; Mecury at greatest elongation
Dusk Nov 7--Mars in the S/SW
Daryl showed pictures of the southern constellations; these were not named by the Greeks; names for them were put together much later.