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JOUR^IAL of the Escail,IBA AMATE a R AS TRO T{ O ME R's AS S O C ATI O N JOUR^IAL of the ESCAil,IBA AMATE A R AS TRO T{ O ME R'S AS S O C ATI O N VOLUME WV Number 4-5 April-May 2000 ,Ftt*{.*{.{.{r****{<{r*****!t ******* +**(* rF + *+:1.:t {. r.,1.4.{<*{.{(**'f {.**{.{.{s{<*:F{.*{.******{.*{.{.{<****:1.** Editor and ALCOR: Dr. J. Wayne Wooten, Physical Sciences, Room 9704, Pensacola J.C., Pensacola FL 32504. Phone (850) 484-1152 (voicemail), (E-mail) wwooten @pjc.cc.fl.us Editorial Staff: Bert Black (85Q a76-alA5; Jacque Falzone (850) 438-2045 President - Ed Mogowan (850) 458-a577; V-P - Andy Walker (850) 469-1774 Secretary - Mike Davey (850) 939-5279; Treasurer Jim Larduskey (850) 434-3638 Librarian - Elaine smith (jj$ 961-2686; Observing - Warren Jarvis (850) 623-8061 Publicity - Margret Hildreth (850) 457-8656; PJC DL webpage www.distance.pjc.cc.lLus Please mail all dues to E/AA,4660 Shannon Circle, Pensacola, FL 32504. ***************************************************************** A NOTE OF APOLOGY When it was decided at the Astronomy Day celebration on April 8e that we should move back the April 21$meeting on Good Friday to ttre 28t, and also participate in the Earth Day activities at Swille Square on April LTnd,Ihad hoped to get the Meteor out in time to alert you to these changes. However, my WebCT training course at PJC took most of my time the next weelg and so I had to call or e-mail many of you, and alert the rest over the Bulletin Bgard on our website. If you did not get the word in time, my apologies. -Wayte Wooten, Editor ASTRONOMY DAY AT PJC Astronomy Day April 8, 2000 celebration was held at Pensacola Junior College. A literature table and astrophotography display board were set up in the lobby of the Space and Science Theater by 10:00 a.m. Our astronomical art contest on the lobby walls featured work from Donna Governor's classes in "Historical Motifs" at Brown Barge Middle School. The winner of the 8x21 monoculars was Katie Devereau, and the second place constellation puzzle went to Jeffrey Yee, with Jennifer McCombs winning the third place prize; the 15x50 telesmpe went to Mrs. Govemor for promoting the contest for her students, since we had no winner in the senior high division. The EAAA library/classroom was open with miniature models of the Solm System and a globe of the Earth. Moon rocks and meteorites from NASA's Kennedy SFC were on display in the Interactive classroom. The Star Trek Continuum Chapter and the local chapter of KAG (Klingon Assault Group) put on presentations of their planetary real estate (see pages 3-4) during the day. Many thanks to John Humphries, Nancy KeitlL Jay Gallops, and Kate Moss for their fine presentations on the 35 newly found worlds. We were saddened by news of the resignation of our Science and Space theatre staff, Director Clint Hatchett, and SYSOP Joyce Divina, but Michael Wooten presented four different planetarium shows in the planetarium during the afternoon and evening; we appreciate Clint's help in setting up the programs. Telescopes were set up on the south side of the theater. Dry ice, water, ammoni4 and dirt were used to simulate miniature comet material by Dave Halupowski. Sunspots were viewed using solar filters on the telescopes. The crescent Moon was viewedthrough telescopes about noontime. Venus and Jupiter were viewed through with the telescopes in the afternoon. As the skies darkened in the evening the Moon, Saturn, Mars, Jupiter and deep sky objects were viewed; the resolution with our new video cameras was astounding, even with the objects so low in the west THE METEOR VOLUME nff Number 4-5 Apfl-*Iay 2000 Page 2 The attendanc€ was stea$ throughout the day and wening, with about 300 total affendees. The weather was windy all day but the temperature was mild. ln late aftemoon the wind and drop in outside temperature made the theater a welcome refuge. Members remained outside sharing the Moon and planets with the public until about 9:30 PM. We did manage to split Sirius with the C-8 and the Astrovid camera at about 300X. The following EAAA members were present: Margaret Hildreth, Elaine Smittt, Jacque Falzong Wayne and Michael Wooten, Jim Larduskey, Jerry Kobi, Bert Black, Mike Davey and son, Tom Dragon and family, Skip McAninch and wifg Joe and Nichole Pagano, Dave Halupowski and daughter, Frank Palma, Walter Behrens and family, Louis Pcheny, Andy Walker, Warren Jawis, Ed Magowan, and Dewey Barker. -Bert Black Minules of the March EA3 Meeting The meeting began at 7: 1 0 PM with 40 members and guests present. Guests included Michael Silver, Bill Langford and son Bruce, Josh Ward and Patrick Henderson. Jim Larduskey reported 81,279.34 in savings and $433.57 in checking. It was noted one of our members, Bob Hill, suffered a heart attack and is home recovering. You can send him your best wishes for a speedy recovery either by mail at 6220 Bradshaw Rd. Pensacola 32526,by calling his house at 455-8801, or online at his e-mail address which is [email protected]. The Baader Solar Folters are in, and by first reports are much better than X'Ray film or Mylar for looking at the sun with.. Draco has sizes to fit small refractors and reflectors and catadioptric telescopes along with binoculars. For larger aperatures there are offaxis sizes available. Joe Pagano received his level I award. Certificates were handed out to members Bert Black and Steve Henderson for their services as former club officers. The popular Iridium satellites appeff to be coming down due to financial bankruptcy by the LLC Corporation. The Heavens-Above website linked from the club's homepage still has predictions listed though for how long we don't know. Astronomy Day is fast approaching. There are plans for children's prizes for the Student's Art Contest telescope building demonstrations, mete,orites and moomocks, solar observing outside along with live video inside, and something new this year: presentations by two local sci-fi clubs, the Klingons and Star Trek Club will be doing presentations. The Kaiser Farm stargaze went moderatd okay, though the cows and tall grass plus humidity put a hamper on conditions. The same night as the Kaiser gaze, about 15 members showed up at the Munson Site. Member Jacque Falzone has a site which is next on the list to be tried for out of town stargazes for Pensacola residences. The hanian Astronomy Club has received the donations sent by our club. Member Jacque Falzone donated The Handy Space Answer Book to the club. The meeting adjourned at7'.55 for a short r@ess, after which members watched an episode about life on other worlds from the "Universe:Infinite Frontier" series. -Mihe Davey, Secretary Bushnell Vayager 100X4.5" Rwiew With the Nature Company in Cordova Mall closed, we can turn across the street to Ritz Camera for Meade and Bushnell telescopes. Former F.AI{A member John Stallworth aranged with his manager for us to borrow the'oBlue BaIl" Bushnell copy of the popular Edmund Astroscan. It sells for only $199, or about half the oost of the red scopg but has many of the same features. It is reviewed by Glem Chaple in the article "Deja' Blue" on page76 of the May 2000 issue of Astronomy magazine. To Glenn's comments, I would add the following notes, based on about a week of using the scope with my UWF, PJC, and F.AJM gtroups. The 100X is not realistic. The 5mm SR eyepiece is of poor qualrty and narrow field of view, and Bushnell is ill advised to include it. But the 27mm Plossl does give a fme view at 17X. I made a 2" offset Baader solar filter for it, and the sunspot detail was striking with bright faculae visible even around spots near the center of the disk. I think the Draco 10.5mm (about 47x) would be a good eyepiece for medium power, and just avoid the highest magnifications. .the fast f/4.4 focal ratio is not really designed for it, Also, the felt pads did not offer enough friction to stop the scope from slipping at low elevations; I addpd tape. Still, the price is great, it is a snap to set up and use, and the low powo, tich field views should be wonderful. -Wayne Wooten Federation WorLds ln 1494, the Spanish and Portuguese decided to split up the rmexplored wmld between them, with Spain getting the new world (sans Brazil) and Putugal took Africa and the Orient (sans the Philippines). Of course later Britain, France, and the Dutdr would have something to say about this. In a like vein, we are splitting up the 35 known planets to date among our United Federation (Star Trek) and Klingon Empires here in Pensacola, and will have each group describe some of the ge,ms in their empire. The Federation worlds lie between 0-12 hours RA, and the Klingon ones from 12-24 hours RA. Remember that these are real worlds, discovered since 1995. All so far are much bigger than Earth, but some might have Earth-sized inhabitable moons orbiting them. These new planets and their stms lie between 0-12 horns RA, in the hemisphere of space designated for exploration by the Star Trek folks. Here are some of their assigned assets; flip the page and you will see the Klingons got the best deal, at least for the mornent (but remember that new planets are being found at the rate of one per month lately): 17 Ursu Majofis is a slightly hotter Suil (G09, lyng 46 light years distant in the Big Dipper.
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