the vol. 47 no. 12 Skyscraper December 2020 AMATEUR ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND 47 PEEPTOAD ROAD NORTH SCITUATE, RHODE ISLAND 02857 WWW.THESKYSCRAPERS.ORG In This Issue: A Guide to Collecting Meteorites 2 New Problems for Radio A Presentation by Gregory Shanos Astronomy: The Rise of Starlink and the Loss of Arecibo Saturday, December 5, 7:0opm EST via Zoom 3 The Geminid Meteor Shower Contact Steve Hubbard (
[email protected]) for and the Great Conjunction of Zoom Meeting link and information. Jupiter & Saturn 5 Planetary Nebula in Perseus: Greg Shanos is a pharmacist by profes- Messier 76 sion and amateur astronomer by passion. It all began with the apparition of Halley’s Upcoming 6 NASA Night Sky Notes: Visitors Comet in 1985-1986 when Greg became a Presentations to Both Jupiter and Saturn member of Skyscrapers and subscribed to Sky & Telescope/Astronomy magazines. Saturday, January 2 7 The Sun, Moon & There he found an ad for Robert Haag Me- Mike Wenz: A Behind The Planets in December teorites. After receiving the catalog, Greg Scenes Look At The Hubble purchased three iron meteorites, and Telescope 8 Star Party Update from that point on his passion for these 9 Astrophoto Gallery extraterrestrial gems was ignited. Over Saturday, February 6 thirty years later, Greg continues to col- John Briggs: A Walking Tour 14 Starry Scoop lect, lecture, and educate about the won- of Optical History - Artifacts ders of these rocks from space. Greg has and Anecdotes from the also published over 35 review articles in Astronomical Lyceum Meteorite & Meteorite-Times magazines regarding organic compounds in meteor- Saturday, March 6 Seagrave Observatory is ites.