Observe—Educate—Have Fun October 2019 The Sidereal Times

The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society P.O. Box 50581, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87181-0581 www.TAAS.org

Our 60th AnniverSAry Since 1959

General Meeting News Lynne Olson TAAS Astronomy 101 “Great Observing Sites in New Mexico” Saturday, October 19 - 6:00pm Regener Hall, UNM Campus Free and open to the public

white dwArf rAdiAl TAAS General Meeting “White Dwarfs: The Most Wonderful of All Stars!” Saturday, October 19 - 7:00pm Regener Hall, UNM Campus Free and open to the public

Alan Scott’s Telescope Our featured speaker at the TAAS General Meet- ing Oct. 19 will be Dr. John McGraw. His topic: “White Before the tAAS GenerAl MeetinG on Oct. 19, Dwarfs: The Most Wonderful of All Stars!” TAAS member Alan Scott will present Astronomy 101. His topic: “Great Observing Sites in New Mexico The text that follows is by Dr. McGraw: and Where to Find Them.” In about 5 billion years, our Sun will end its normal This is a must for those wanting to use their tele- lifetime of fusing hydrogen and helium to heavier at- scopes somewhere other than their backyard and oms, such as carbon and oxygen, and finally end its 10 to locate the best dark-sky areas in our state! billion-year life as a white dwarf star. continued on page 4 . . . continued on page 6 . . .

Placitas Star Party TAAS Fabulous 50 TAAS/NWR Public Placitas Elementary Fall Session Star Party Sat., October 12 All Saints of North America Valle de Oro N.W.R. Orthodox Church 6:30–10:00 p.M. Fri., October 25, 6:00 p.M. Fri., October 18, 7:00 p.m.

INSIDE 2...... President’s Message 6...... Astrophoto: Luna in July 9...... Valle de Oro Public Star Party Oct. 25 3...... Placitas Star Party Oct. 12 7...... Fabulous 50, Cosmic Carnival and Star Party 10...... Astrophoto: Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae 4...... Photos from Okie-Tex 2019 8...... Chaco Canyon Star Party Report 11...... TAAS Reports & Notices 5...... Under the Dome, Telescope Loan Update 12...... TAAS Directors & Staff

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President’s Message Jim Fordice Assistance Needed quite pleased this year to stand ing to accept nametag requests, under the dark skies of Oklahoma make the nametags, and deliver As we ApproAch the end of the year there are some areas where and enjoy all of its treats. If you them to the requesting members. we need your assistance: have never been to Okie-Tex, I have a sample file that I have consider joining us next year – it’s used to create a nametag for my- • Nominating Committee: The scheduled for Sept. 11-19. It is an self. If you are willing to take on Nominating Committee con- unparalleled treat. Okie-Tex web- this responsibility, please contact sists of three members who are site: http://www.okie-tex.com/ (See me. appointed by the Board of Di- photos on page 4.) rectors at least 90 days before Support the Perihelion Banquet the Annual Meeting. The Nomi- The next Perihelion Banquet and nating committee produces a Annual Meeting is scheduled for list of candidates to be present- January 11, 2020. Our Guest ed at the Annual Meeting. At Speaker will be Greg Crinklaw, the Annual Meeting, a member who will talk about Imaging Tools of the committee shall conduct and Software. The banquet will be the election. The committee’s held at the Ramada Plaza Hotel. nominees and the offices they Nametags Please save the date and plan to will hold are presented. In attend. addition, nominations will be There was some discussion re- called for from the floor. cently about having a distinctive At the banquet we will need some of you to operate the check-in • Awards Committee: A com- TAAS T-shirt that would identify us table, greet attendees, and assist mittee will be established, of as TAAS Members at public star with other support functions. I will at least two TAAS members, parties. I agree that TAAS Mem- be sending an email soon to solicit to select the recipients of the bers should be readily identifiable awards that will be presented at the star parties. The downside volunteers for these functions. at the Annual Meeting. of using a T-shirt for identification Amazon Smile is that it will only work in warm Please contact me if you are inter- If you are at all like me, you pur- weather. As soon as it cools off ested in supporting one of these chase a lot of items from Amazon. and a jacket or a coat is required efforts. You may also be aware that if you it is no longer visible. For a time, make your purchases on Amazon Successful Okie-Tex a member made nametags for Smile a percentage of your pay- TAAS Members that included a TAAS had an excellent turnout ment is contributed to a charity of picture and their name. It hung at the Okie-Tex Star Party this your choice. You can now select from a lanyard. The nametag can year, and we enjoyed some great TAAS as your charity! observing weather. For me it had be worn in any weather and has been three years, since 2016, that the advantage of being something Under the “Account & Lists” menu I had accomplished any observing you can keep in your car so that it find “Your AmazonSmile”. Then at Okie-Tex. In 2017 I was hit by a is always available when you need select “The Albuquerque Astro- pickup truck while riding my bike it. nomical Society” as your charity. on the first day of the star party The Board of Directors will be What a great way to contribute to and missed the whole thing except happy to fund the expenses for your favorite society! setting up my telescope. In 2018 it making member nametags. I am rained every day without fail. I was looking for a volunteer that is will- Page 2 The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

Photo by Meyer PLACITAS PUBLIC STAR PARTY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH - 6:30-10:00PM Placitas Elementary School Grounds

Our popular fall Placitas Public Star Party will Bring a jacket for any chill in the night air and only use once again be held on the grounds of the Placitas red lights in your headlamps or flashlights to save the Elementary School – a location with excellent dark night vision of all. We look forward to seeing you, no skies. The generous volunteers and school staff will matter what age, and to showing off the fall night skies manage parking and offer the use of their fine facil- ofDirections: New Mexico! ity with restrooms and water. Take I-25 to exit 242, Highway 165, and TAAS telescopes will begin setting up well before proceed east for 6.5 miles to the Placitas Elementary dusk, so please come early to park and talk with School on the left and turn left there onto the school’s our members before night observing begins just one-way driveway loop -- 5 Cam de Carbon. after sunset at 6:31pm, and the , Jupiter and On your way to the school along highway 165, you will Saturn will be out, along with deep-sky targets. pass the Placitas Library and Placitas Fire Department TAAS Event Owners are Jim Roucis and Larry on the left and further down the road, the Placitas Post O’Hanlon, who will coordinate the activities. —Lynne Olson Office on the right...look for the school sign just after you pass the post office. Page 3 The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

Here are some images taken at the annual Okie-Tex Star Party, Sept. 21–28.

Above, TAAS’s location at the sprawling Okie-Tex site. Photo by Jim K.

Entrance to the Okie-Tex site, near the NM state line at Telescopes at TAAS’s crowded spot. Kenton, OK. Photo by Bruce Meyer Photo by Bruce Meyer

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John McGraw did his PhD at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. McGraw will describe the stellar these white dwarf stars are being with lots of observations made at evolution to the white dwarf stage carried out at Sandia National Lab- McDonald Observatory. He was at of stars like our Sun. This structure oratories, right here in River City! the University of Arizona Steward is uniquely interesting because, as But wait! There’s more! Just as Observatory in Tucson for about heavier atoms are created by nu- evolving giant stars pulsate at cer- 13 years, and has been Professor clear fusion - the energy source of tain times during their lifetime, so of Physics and Astronomy at the our Sun -- the inner core becomes too do white dwarf stars … but their University of New Mexico for 25 stratified, with heavier nuclei gravi- pulsations are very different from years. tationally “falling” to the center of “normal” stars. They are “nonradial the star. He became Professor Emeritus in pulsations.” (This discovery was UNM last July and, in addition to This infall halts (at a most interest-. the topic of McGraw’s PhD disserta- astronomical research, is operat- ing place!) when the core of the Sun tion at the University of Texas many ing a small company, J. T. McGraw is about the size of the Earth When years ago.) and Associates (JTMA) which it halts, at that point, the core of our As preparatory homework, consid- uses optimized optical tech- Sun becomes a white dwarf, and er what the Milky Way galaxy will niques to detect Earth-orbiting will remain a white dwarf essential- look like in, say, 100 billion years, satellites and debris and provide ly for the lifetime of the universe! when most of the stars we see at robust, continuous surveillance Exciting (!) laboratory experiments night have evolved to become white of Earth orbital space. describing the “atmospheres” of dwarfs. Page 4 The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

Under the Dome lasted until the beginnings of morn- Notes from and about GNTO Jim Fordice ing light. Observational highlights included August 31 - New Moon Observ- the one-day old moon. Also, at 8:45 ing: p.m., Europa was very near Jupi- evening the wind stiffened to 15-20 ter’s eastern limb, though clouds mph, only decreasing after mid- prevented seeing the beginning of night to around 50 mph. The low this Mark Goodman was the Opener. He its eclipse. I didn’t attempt higher morning was 59 F. Clouds banked reported: Besides me, there was magnification, due to the wind and the East and West at 8 p.m., increas- one other observer last night at poor seeing. NGC 6144 is a beauti- ing to nearly completely overcast GNTO: Will Ferrell, who observed ful globular, near M4. NGC 6231 is a conditions at 10:30 p.m. By 12:30 with his 18” Dobsonian. He worked nice open cluster near Zeta Scorpii. a.m. the skies were 90% clear, how- on completing the list of 27 objects I also saw the Hercules Planetary, ever, providing great views of the that he had prepared for last week- a small blue-green planetary, NGC Milky Way, Jupiter, Saturn, and the end’s GNTO picnic. I used an Infin- 6210. Another pretty globular clus- Great Square of Pegasus prominent- ity 6” refractor. ter is NGC 6934 in Delphinus. In the 0 ly displayed. At 3 a.m. clouds began early morning hours, taking a break The temperature was 93 F at open- moving in from the East, with 90% from the scope and just sitting ing (5:30 p.m.), with wind at about cloud cover soon after. 4:30 a.m. and admiring the skies overhead, I 10-12 mph. Over the course of the saw another mostly clear sky that viewed several Aurigids, slow-mov- ing with briefly persistent trails, as Telescope Loan Program Update well as a couple continuedof sporadics. on page The 7 . . . By Rick Vergas, Telescope Loan Program Coordinator

There are no active changes to the telescope and accessories inventory available this month. Currently, there are seven scopes available, two 6” Dobsonians, two 10” Dobsonians, and three Cassegrains. If you are interested in a particular scope, let me know. We have recently accepted a donation of quite a few astronomy hard cover books. I am going through the inventory and deciding how to make these available to the membership

Loan Program Statistics # of % on Scopes # on Loan # Available Loan 39 32 7 82%

Catadiop- Type: Reflectors Refractors trics 23 7 12

Medium Size: Large (>8”) (5”–8”) Small (<5”) 12 17 13

Track- ing: Manual Push-To Go-To Tracking 26 5 7 11

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rest of the time with clear skies was time. All had good though shaky spent with old favorites. views of larger Messier objects, Ju- I closed GNTO at 6:30 a.m., with the piter, Saturn, etc. promise of a lovely sunrise to ac- Viola was the last to pack up and we September 21 - 3rd Quarter Moon company the drive home. left just after midnight, wind still Observing doing its thing... StillUpcoming hoping Events:for that “perfect” night! • Mike Fuge was the Opener. He re- rd ported: I opened up GNTO at 6 p.m. • Oct. 26 - 3 Quarter Moon Ob- The weather was mostly cloudy serving • with intermittent sputtering rain. Nov. 2 - New Moonrd Observing There was a beautiful sunset which • November 23 - 3 Quarter was silhouetted by the buildings. As Moon Observing the evening progressed the weather Nov. 30 - New Moon Observing became more inclement. I kept busy taking care maintenance items. At Don’t forget that the GNTO Observ- 9 p.m. the only visible astronomy ing Field is available for use by Luna in July TAAS members anytime. Check the items were a few cardinal star Lunar “seas” abound in this photo points. The winds had increased to TAAS website for the procedure to follow. Contact me if you have any taken on July 16, 2017. The terminator a gusty 20 mph. Star gazing simply is to the east of Mare Nubium, Mare questions. was not happening tonight. I closed Humorum, Mare Cognitum, Oceanus up and secured the facility. No other As always, check TAAS_Talk and Procellarum, and western parts of Mare Frigoris and . The determined (to view) astronomers the TAAS website for last-minute September 29 - New Moon Ob- terminator is on the Montes Alpes showed this evening. changes and updates. GNTO events and Montes Apenninus. Dusk occurs serving are open to all TAAS members and at Plato, , Ptolemaeus, their guests. , , Purbach, and Maginus Craters. The fingerlike pro- GNTO Director: [email protected] or Tom Lilies was the Opener on 29 jection of Montes Apenninus points 505-803-3640. to Eratosthenes Crater, and the relief September. He reported: As pre- ...Astronomy 101 of Copernicus Crater is lighter col- dicted, the wind was the issue, con- continued from page 1 ored than the surrounding seas. sistently between 12 and 20 miles The photo consists of 11 exposures an hour. Seeing not very good. Clear Alan will discuss what makes a averaged together, with sharpening and transparent though! The Milky applied during the processing. The good observing site, how to find ISO is 500, and each exposure has a Way was spectacular. them near and far, and describe duration of one third of a second. The Five brave souls attended, includ- his own favorite observing sites exposures were taken with a camera ing me. Adam Sherman brought and star parties, including big placed at the prime focus of a 5-inch non-TAAS events like the Texas diameter, f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain out his 5” AP refractor on his first Telescope, with a focal length dou- visit to the GNTO. George Fried- Star Party and the Okie-Tex Star bler between the telescope and the man brought out his friend Dawn Party. camera. The camera’s pixels are sen- and viewed with his 8” Newtonian. —Lynne Olson sitive to color. Viola Sanchez had her new 16” —Melissa Kirk PageDobsonian 6 out for only the second The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

Seeking Volunteers: TAAS Cosmic Carnival & Star Party November 9th

The 2019 TAAs cosmic cArnivAl will be held on Saturday, November 9, from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. This annual event takes place at the Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW. Exhib- itors from the local museums and other institutions will be present with activities for children of all ages. The portable planetarium will be set up for shows for visitors. TAAS FAB FIFTY FALL SESSION TAAS volunteers are needed for the following: Friday, October 19, 7:00 pm 1. Setup of the TAAS display booth. The display All Saints Orthodox Church must be moved from the TAAS storage unit to the 10440 4th St., NW, Albuquerque Visitor Center and set up. After Cosmic Carnival the Free and open to the public display needs to be returned to the TAAS storage unit. 2. People to sit at the TAAS both and share conver- LEARN STAR FISHING! (Our image is of Piscis Austri- sations about TAAS and astronomy with the visitors. nus, southern hemisphere constellation.) 3. People to bring telescopes to view the Sun and Come enjoy this introduction to the night sky, which other visible astronomical objects. includes a lecture followed by an outdoor observing Dee Friesen is coordinating the Cosmic Carnival vol- session. Emphasis will be on the systematic naked-eye unteer effort, so please contact him with your details identification of the brightest stars of autumn and their about volunteering. Dee can be reached at taas- associated constellations and asterisms. Phil Fleming is [email protected]. your TAAS host, and all are welcome. Following the Carnival, TAAS is hosting a star party For a full description of this program, which is present- in the evening as we have done in the past. Dee is ed each quarter, see the Fabulous Fifty section in the also coordinating the evening event and will provide —Lynne & Phil Fleming left column of the www.taas.org webpage. details. See the TAAS website www.taas.org as the Image by Sandy Fleming date approaches.

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Entering Chaco Canyon: Fajada Butte, center.

The Pleiades over the Chaco Rock behind the visitors center. This shows what’s possible with a cell-phone camera at night: a single 20-second exposure at ISO 3200, Pueblo Bonito, one of the remarkable ruins from between with the phone resting against a bag on top of Boris’s car. 900 to 1,150 CE.

CHACO CANYON STAR PARTY REPORT Sept. 27-28, Chaco Culture National Historical Park By Lynne Olson & Boris Venet

TAAS members and guests gathered on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28, for our twice-yearly observing weekend in Chaco Canyon. At this event, TAAS members provide astronomical viewing for Chaco public visitors, and then observe pri- vately as long as desired. Camping is provided under the Volunteers-in-Parks program. Sunset over Chaco Canyon one night. Eleven TAAS members (plus assorted offspring and guests) made the pilgrimage: Jim Roucis, Jon Wheeler, Arlene Berenson and Richard Levine, Margaret Jack- Photos by Boris Venet continued on page 9 . . . son, Daniel Beggs, Ed Juddo, Bridget de St. Phalle, Jody Page 8 The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

available. The stargazing part of the event begins when the sky becomes dark around 7 p.m. (sunset is at 6:15 p.m.). At that time, welcoming remarks will be an- nounced and a brief sky tour will orient visitors to the visible constellations; observing will target Venus and Mercury (for a short time), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, nebulae and star clusters with a variety of telescopes and binoculars until ending at 10 p.m.

This free event is completely outdoors in an undevel- oped area, so wear appropriate shoes and bring layers VALLE DE ORO PUBLIC STAR PARTY— of clothing for any chill that may occur. Only use flash- lights/headlamps with red lights or cover flashlights BOSQUE STARGAZING! with layers of red cellophane. Co-hosted by Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge and The Albuquerque Astronomical Society If the sky is mostly cloudy, observing will be canceled, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 - 6–10 p.m. and the event will end at 8:00 p.m.; if the weather is Free and Open to the Public questionable, check www.taas.org.

Directions: Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge is lo- cated at 7851 2nd St., SW. Enter the refuge through the This offering of a public star party with TAAS tele- property’s east gate. Watch for a welcome sign scopes and the expertise of its members is in support before you turn into the refuge property. Follow signs of the Valle de Oro NWR, as it pursues an Urban Dark- to outdoor classroom after 6 p.m. on October 25th. Sky certification and hopes to present a better view of the night sky at a site not very far from Albuquerque. See maps on www.taas.org The event begins at 6 p.m. with a gathering at the Outdoor Classroom, and a bus tour of the area will be ...Chaco Canyon Report continued from page 8

Bergquist, John and Andrea Wilkes, Thomas Whigham, sky until about 1 A.M. So a decent amount of observing Jon Schuchardt and Boris Venet, coordinator for TAAS was still possible that night as well. Chaco Canyon events. The list includes some frequent Daytime activities included viewing the ancient ruins past participants plus some new or less-frequent at- left by the Ancestral Puebloan Chaco Culture, hiking, tendees at our events. biking or and, of course, sleeping.

The Friday night weather was perfect, completely clear Boris was pleased to report that the big tree in our and calm. Saturday night began quite breezy with scat- camp area -- the solitary large tree in Chaco -- has not tered clouds; by 9:30 P.M. or so, the wind died down, (yet) been cut down, as was threatened last spring. but scattered clouds still obscured at least 30% of the

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The Lagoon Nebula and the Trifid Nebula M8 (the lAGoon neBulA), captured using the Hy- perstar C-14 system located in the GNTO imaging dome, on June 8 this year. M8 is a huge glowing gas cloud, located approximately 4,100 light years away in the direction of the constellation Sagit- tarius; it spans 90’ by 40’ of angle or 130 by 58 light years. It is a large area of glowing hydrogen, containing globules and very bright “O” class stars. The central region, known as the Hourglass Nebula, was first described by John Herschel. M20 (The Trifid Nebula) is actually three different types of nebulae plus a cluster. The red part is an HII emission nebula. The blue, a reflection nebula and the emission part is divided into three parts by dark nebulae. Located about a half a degree north and little west of M8 (total angular distance ~ 1.5º) in Sagittarius, I had to make separate images of M8 and M20 and then combine the two in PixInsight. A total of 30 two minute integrations were made for each image with the club’s STF 8300 camera, controlled by Nebulosity. Guiding was done with a separate guide scope, an Orion guide camera and PhD-2. The sub frames, together with dark frames and flat frames, were combined using PixInsight and further processed with Photoshop CS-2. The image was cropped, rotated and reversed to a nor- mal view for aesthetics. Note that because the Hyperstar equipped C 14 uses only one mirror, the original image is reversed in one plane. —Vance Ley (NOTE: The imaging dome is available for use by all TAAS members. Because of the high optical speed of the system (f/1.9) it is possible to create fairly deep images of large objects in a relatively brief time, on the order of a half to one hour for many objects. The system has a field of view of 91’ x 69’ which allows us to image fairly large objects, such as M33, in a timely manner. It is, of course, less useful for smaller objects such as M51. I will conduct one more imaging dome training sessions this fall and another in the spring of 2020. Con- tact Vance Ley at [email protected] to be put on the sign-up sheet.) Page 10 The Official Newsletter of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society The Sidereal Times October 2019

TAAS General Meeting

Saturday, October 19 Regener Hall, UNM Campus, 7:00 p.m.

note new meeting plAce

“White Dwarfs: The Most Wonderful of All Stars!” Dr. John McGraw, speaker

6:00 p.m. Astronomy 101: “Great Observing Sites in New Mexico” Alan Scott, Speaker

RemembeR to notify TAAS when your mailing address, e-mail address, phone numbers, etc., change. Send updates to Doug LeGrand, [email protected], or to Bob Anderson, membership@ TAAS.org.

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TAAS Reports & Notices Location, Location, Location Donations to TAAS Welcome to New • Chaco Canyon• or Returning 6185’ elevation TAAS Members Latitude Longitude 36˚ 01’ 50”N 107˚ 54’ 36”W

Daniel Beggs 36.03˚ -107.91˚ 36˚ 1.83’ -107˚ 54.60’ James Patrick George Ek Billie Sue Patrick • Oak Flat• Alison K. Schuler 7680’ elevation James Patrick Latitude Longitude Jim Seargeant Jenny Shalom 34˚ 59’ 48”N 106˚ 19’ 17”W Adam Sherman 34.99˚ -106.32˚ Fernando Torres 34˚ 59.80’ -106˚ 19.28’ Laurie Sherman Kaye Tipton • UNM Campus Observatory• Olga Maria Vazquez-Vanderwal 5180’ elevation Jeremy Vanderberg Latitude Longitude Sara Thomas Wofford Marcello Vanderwal 35˚ 5’ 29”N 106˚ 37’ 17”W Nicole Vanderwal 35.09˚ -106.62˚ 35˚ 5.48’ -106˚ 37.29’ Olga Vazquez-Vanderwal Courtesy Pete Eschman

For security reasons, GNTO location is The Albuquerque Astronomical Society is a available by request only, so please contact 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are deduct- Explanation of Dues and Jim Fordice, GNTO Director, for GNTO ible as charitable contributions on the donor’s Membership Renewal Date information, e-mail [email protected]. federal income tax return. new MeMBerShipS are registered immediately if you pay online. If you Membership Services Monthly Membership Report pay by check, your membership is September 2019 registered when your check is re- for: ceived by the treasurer. •Membership Inquiries Membership Current Past Change •Events Information Month Month Renewal notices will be sent out •Volunteer Opportunities via e-mail beginning 60 days before Regular 227 226 1 your membership expires. If your Contact Bob Anderson at Family 130 137 -7 membership is renewed before it [email protected] Educator 17 17 0 expires or with in 90 days after it ex- Student 17 20 -3 for: Military 4 4 0 pires, your new expiration date will be advanced one year from the previous •Membership Dues Honorary 5 5 0 •Address/e-mail changes Total Members 400 409 -9 expiration date and your membership will be continuous. Contact Doug LeGrand at Editor’s Note If dues payment is received more [email protected] than 90 days after the expiration The deadline for the next issue of The TAAS Sidereal Times is Wednesday, November date, you will be reinstated as a mem- 30. The newsletter editors’ e-mail ber with an expiration date set as one P.O. Box 50581 address is [email protected] . year from the receipt of payment. Albuquerque, NM 87181

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2019 TAAS Board of Directors/Staff

JiM fordice, President Steve Snider, Vice President [email protected] [email protected] 505-803-3640 505-249-4066

douG leGrAnd, Treasurer BoB Shipley, Secretary [email protected] [email protected] 505-559-0252 [email protected] 505-872-8366

roBert AnderSon, Director JiM fordice, Director Membership Coordinator GNTO Director, [email protected] [email protected] 505-803-3640 505-275-1916

MArk GoodMAn, Director BoB hAvlen, Director Education Outreach Director [email protected] [email protected] 505-856-3306 505-328-6157

cArl lArSon, Director BoriS venet, Director [email protected] Chaco Events Coordinator, 408-623-4717 UNM Observatory Coordinator [email protected] 505-507-7838

rick verGAS, Director Telescope Loan Coordinator [email protected] 505-620-2832

Astronomical League Coordinator Becky Ramotowski 505-286-8334 [email protected] ATM Coordinator Ray Collins 505-344-9686 [email protected] Chaco Events Coordinator Boris Venet 505-507-7838 [email protected] Education Outreach Mark Goodman 505-328-6157 [email protected] Explora Adult Night Coordinator Bob Hufnagel 505-890-8122 [email protected] Fabulous Fifty Coordinator Phil Fleming 505-870-5604 [email protected] GNTO Director Jim Fordice 505-803-3640 [email protected] Membership Chair Bob Anderson 505-275-1916 [email protected] Newsletter Co-Editor, Content Bruce Meyer 917-449-0700 [email protected] Newsletter Co-Editor, Design Gary Cooper 505-227-3974 [email protected] Public Events Coordinator Steve Snider 505-249-4066 [email protected] Publicity Coordinator Lynne Olson 505-856-2537 [email protected] Scout Coordinator Chaz Jetty 505-350-7949 [email protected] Telescope Loan Coordinator Rick Vergas 505-620-2832 [email protected] UNM Observatory Coordinator Boris Venet 505-507-7838 [email protected] Webmaster John Purnell 209-355-5166 [email protected]

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