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
Richmond Astronomical Society 786th Consecutive Meeting March 10, 2015 Greetings – approximately 45 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • Member Recognition: One of our members, Fernando Pascual-Marquez, has been selected as a nominee of the week for the 2014-2015 … Read more
October 2015 Meeting Minutes September 2015 Meeting Minutes August 2015 Meeting Minutes July 2015 Meeting Minutes May 2015 Meeting Minutes April 2015 Meeting Minutes March 2015 Meeting Minutes February 2015 Meeting Minutes January 2015 Meeting Minutes December 2014 Meeting Minutes November 2014 Meeting Minutes —————————————————————– RAS Board Meeting – November 16, 2015 – Extra Billy’s … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 785th Consecutive Meeting February 10, 2015 Greetings – approximately 46 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table • John Raymond selling lenses and eyepieces. He also passed around an Amateur Astronomy magazine. • Betty and Ken Wilson are … Read more
Richmond Astronomical Society 784th Consecutive Meeting January 13, 2015 Greetings – approximately 36 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room Announcements / Share Table: Ken Wilson displayed a photo of Comet Lovejoy, taken in Arizona. Also displayed a photo of M79 taken through a 16” … Read more
Richmond Astronomical/Gastronomical Society 783rd Consecutive Meeting December 9, 2014 Greetings – approximately 35 in attendance at the meeting. Jim Browder called our meeting to order in a downstairs meeting room. Announcements / Share Table: Mike Holland displayed some very exceptional photos that he took of the Antares explosion at Wallops Island. Tim and Karen Streagel … Read more