Richmond Astronomical Society 795th Consecutive Meeting December 8, 2015 Greetings – approximately 25 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • 2016 Astronomical calendars are for sale from Jim Blowers, for $6.50 each. Events and Individual Observing: • RAS member observing … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 794th Consecutive Meeting November 10, 2015 Greetings – approximately 41 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • Dues are due: RAS dues for next year are due by the end of 2015. Please pay your dues payment … Read more
RAS Board Meeting November 16, 2015 President Jim Browder called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. Attendees (10): • Jim Browder, President • Matthew Roy, Vice President • Jim Blowers, Treasurer • Chris McCann, Secretary • Gary Cowardin • Michael Pitchford • John Raymond, Observatory Director • Mike Lico • Ken Wilson • Betty … Read more
RAS Board Meeting August 17, 2015 President Jim Browder called the meeting to order at 7:11 pm. Attendees (10): • Jim Browder, President • Matthew Roy, Vice President • Jim Blowers, Treasurer • Chris McCann, Secretary • Ken Wilson • Betty Wilson • Gary Cowardin • Dave Medici • Michael Pitchford • Ted Bethune Missing … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 793rd Consecutive Meeting October 13, 2015 Greetings – approximately 33 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • Dues are due: RAS dues for next year are due by the end of 2015. Please pay your dues payment … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 792nd Consecutive Meeting September 8, 2015 Greetings – approximately 36 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • Telescope for sale: RAS member Bill Nelson has a very lightly used 10-inch Orion Dobsonian with Intelliscope computerized object locator … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 791st Consecutive Meeting August 11, 2015 Greetings – approximately 41 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table Sad news – Prashant Reddy, a long time RAS member and board member, unexpectedly passed away last night (August 10) after … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 790th Consecutive Meeting July 14, 2015 Greetings – approximately 29 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table Leslie had a focuser, dew shield, and a 6” lens for sale Ken showed us a tour video of the Von … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 788th Consecutive Meeting May 12, 2015 Greetings – approximately 29 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table Box of educational pamphlets and hand-outs Photo of sun taken by Randy, used UV light filter Library Report: Virginia Eckert Welcome … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 787th Consecutive Meeting April 14, 2015 Greetings – approximately 41 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table Staunton River State Park – Dark Sky Park Application Chris M has eclipse glasses that are being sold by the Astronomical … Read more