Richmond (G)Astronomical Society
807th Consecutive Meeting
December 13, 2016
Greetings – approximately 31 in attendance at the meeting.
Jim Browder called our meeting to order in the Eureka meeting room
Announcements / Share Table
Telescope for sale: Celestron Astro Master 130 EQ (#31045), two years old, unused eyepieces still in boxes.
Contact Ernie Irby at 804-282- 0202 or ebirbyjr@verizon.net
Library Report: Virginia Eckert
Welcome Visitors: 2+2
Events and Individual Observing:
RAS members
Midlothian High School
Powhatan Library
Science Museum
Belmead.
Science Museum of Virginia Skywatch, Friday, December 16, 6:30:
Please join RAS astronomers at the Science Museum of Virginia for a skywatch in conjunction with the Museum’s Science After Dark event. RAS astronomers will have telescopes deployed in front of the Museum for visitors to see celestial objects visible in the night sky. Please feel tree to set up before dark — sunset is at 4:53 PM on Friday.
RAS Monthly Meeting, Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 PM, Science Museum of Virginia: Please join us for the meeting and, if you can, for dinner before the meeting about 6:00 PM at Chicken Fiesta across the street from the Museum.
For those that cannot attend the meeting in person, we will Stream video of the meeting (Internet bandwidth permitting) at http://ustream.tvfchannel/richastro
Belmead update: An update on the anticipated sale of Belmead is available on our richastro.org web site at http://richastro.org/index.php/blog/belmead-update-2/ and at http://www.belmeadonthejames.com.
Video: Antares launch
Presentation: The New Horizons LORRI Instrument, Steve Conard.