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Never Leave Home Without It by Leigh Cummings I Awoke the Next Morning with Freshly Picked Raspberries, and I Gladly Volunteered NOVA NEWSLETTEROFTHEVANCOUVERCENTRERASC VOLUME2013ISSUE1JANUARYFEBRUARY2013 Never Leave Home Without It by Leigh Cummings I awoke the next morning with freshly picked raspberries, and I gladly volunteered. It was a (Saturday) to the sounds of my Aunt followed by a couple of cups of beautiful sunny morning beside the Mary busy in the pantry, reminding steaming hot coffee, sprinkled with lake with a gentle breeze from the me of the old “Green south. It made the Acres” theme song, work of cleaning up “Country living is an acre of leaves and the life for me.” I several cabin porches looked at my watch seem to go much and realized she had quicker. By the time been kind to me and we finished and were let me sleep in until 8 once again sitting at o’clock. I knew when the kitchen table for I left for this trip a much-earned cup of that sleep was going coffee, people started to be a low priority to show up. Luckily, so I wasn’t about to the first bunch to complain. In fact, I arrive were more was glad to wake up volunteers to help set early as it was going up tables and put out to be a big day at the food for the horde yet old homestead, and I to show. Before we wanted to enjoy some went back to work, quiet time visiting with my aunt. conversation about family and my aunt pulled me aside and asked It had been a long time since I had events, it was time to earn my keep. if the telescope was still set up. I told been to Boswell and I wanted to My aunt was hoping I could help her it was, which made her smile. make it count. her with a little clean up around The afternoon celebrations were After a breakfast of cereal topped the place before the crowds arrived continued on page 6 JANUARY 10 UBC FEBRUARY 14 SFU MARCH 14 DOUGLAS COLLEGE Jaymie Matthews of UBC: The extend- Members’ Night. Our former presi- Ian McLennan will speak on his ca- ed Kepler mission to find exoplanets: To dent, Howard Trottier, presents reer building and advising planetari- know the planets, you must know “Starry Nights @ SFU: Five Years and ums and science centres. the stars. Room: Hennings 201 Counting.” Room: B9200 Room TBA. Members’ Gallery NGC 6914 in Cygnus by Howard Trottier Imaged between July 24 and Aug. 25, 2012. 15 hours total. PlaneWave cdk17 telescope on a Paramount ME, us- ing an Apogee U16M camera with Astrodon filters and moag. 2 rasc-vancouver.com JANUARYFEBRUARY2013 President’s Message by Mark Eburne Happy New Year to All! been a sponge to the riches that I have membership. I look forward to For eight years, I have been a uncovered in this centre, to the Royal interacting with all of you at the member of the Royal Astronomical Astronomical Society of Canada– various events this year. Society of Canada, Vancouver National and to the exciting world Secondly, I would like to say thank Centre and for the last five years I of astronomy. Today I feel privileged you to all those councillors who are have volunteered on council. I can to stand as President of Vancouver stepping down for all their hard work honestly say I feel very lucky that Centre. and efforts in 2012. As well, I would Wayne Lyons gave me a call when I First off, I would like to sincerely like to send out a special welcome to first joined and asked if I wanted to say welcome to all the new members those who are joining us for the first get involved at the aomo in Maple who have joined us for 2013 and time on council. I would encourage Ridge. From that point on, I have welcome back to the returning continued on page 4 About RASC The RASC Vancouver Centre meets at the Treasurer at the address on page 5. herein are not necessarily those of the 7:30 PM on the second Thursday of ev- Annual membership includes the invalu- Vancouver Centre. ery month at various locations in Metro able Observer’s Handbook, six issues of Material on any aspect of astronomy Vancouver (see page 1 for meeting loca- the RASC Journal, and, of course, access should be e-mailed to the editor or tions and page 4 for maps). Guests are to all of the club events and projects. mailed to the address below. always welcome. In addition, the Centre For more information regarding the Remember, you are always welcome has an observing site where star parties Centre and its activities, please contact to attend meetings of Council, held on the are regularly scheduled. our P.R. Director. first Thursday of every month at 7:30pm Membership is currently $73.00 per NOVA, the newsletter of the Vancou- in room P8445.2 of the Physics wing of year ($41.00 for persons under 21 years ver Centre, RASC, is published on odd- the Shrum Science Centre at SFU. Please of age) and can be obtained by writing to numbered months. Opinions expressed contact a council member for directions. 2013 Vancouver Centre Officers President Mark Eburne Librarian William Fearon Webmaster Harvey Dueck [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice-President/Events Suzanne Nagy Past President/P. R. Howard Trottier NOVA Editor Gordon Farrell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Secretary/P. R./Observing Scott McGillivary Membership Rohit Grover Speakers Barry Shanko [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Ciara Morgan-Fier & Steve Coleopy LPA Chair Jim Ronback Councillor Kenneth Lui [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] National Rep. Doug Montgomery Education Bill Burnyeat Honourary President Dr. John Macdonald [email protected] [email protected] Trustees Ron Jerome Director of Telescopes Steve Meighan AOMO Chair/Merchandise Leigh Cummings Pomponia Martines [email protected] [email protected] J. Karl Miller Library On the Internet Mailing Address The centre has a large library of books, http://rasc-vancouver.com or RASC Vancouver Centre magazines and old NOVAs for your enjoy- http://www.rasc.ca/vancouver PO Box 19115 ment. Please take advantage of this club http://astronomy.meetup.com/131/ 2302 West 4th Ave. service and visit often to check out the new http://www.facebook.com/RASC.Van Vancouver, B.C. purchases. Suggestions for future library @RASCVancouver V6K 4R8 acquisitions are appreciated. JANUARYFEBRUARY2013 rasc-vancouver.com 3 Maps to Meeting Sites UBC ansel Ch lor Blvd. (to West 4th Ave.) Our UBC meeting site is in room Museum of 201 of the Hennings Building. Anthopology d. W R ge e Ga s The main entrance is off Agricul- er b lt r n Wa o ha o tural Rd. (indicated by the arrow P C tre k n Ce P M We a l on the map at left). Room 201 is l st Mall up the stairs and on the left. e t v n . i e g r d . tu Bld D d S n R io sity Blvd. (to e r ral Un Unive Wes n u s t i ult g 10 r ric nin th a P Ag n Av Pay parking is available at sev- He ing e M L ld (t .) o ui o B W W w e eral parkades located around N r e st 16th M East Mal a ll campus (indicated as “P” on the Main Mal ital Av l sp e P Ho . map). d. ) y R l om P ron Ag SFU st We ve Dri ity ers iv P P Our SFU meeting site for Febru- Un ary is in room B9200 along the AQ Lecture south concourse of the Academic Hall Shru m Scie nce Ctr P Quadrangle (indicated by the ar- T So o uth w Cam e row on the map at left). pus r Rd R d Pay parking is available at sev- eral lots located around campus Burnaby Mtn Pkwy G a (indicated as “P” on the map). g Un la iv r er d sity i Dri W ve East a y continued from page 3 work behind the scenes, please let us a wide range of topics and presenters all membership to get to know your know as we would be happy to have to feed the curiosity bug. We are members on council. The complete you. We have several opportunities to fortunate to be able to collaborate list of the 2013 council members is make 2013 an even bigger success for our resources to provide public available in this nova publication everyone. events that spread the curiosity bug. and on our website. And just as Whether you are working on string It may be at events where over 1,000 important, I would like to recognize theory, building your first telescope, people gather to watch a meteor all the volunteers that we are lucky to writing research papers, delivering shower or where a young child tugs have at the rasc Vancouver Centre. education, looking for a helping on your jacket and asks if he or she Without the efforts from each of hand with your camera or like me, can look into your telescope—we these volunteers, our events would are just in love with the night sky, we all have the ability to spread that not be as successful as they have are all fortunate we have the curiosity bug.
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