With another fun-filled educational eperience under our belts, the ECMAC bi-monthly meeting covered a very interesting topic: Objects for Observation, presented by club president Jim Williams. Eleven different categories of celestial phenomena suitable for different levels of observation were presented. These covered everything from naked-eye astronomy incorporating meteor Showers, auroral displays, the Moon, planets, and stars, to telescopic and binocular observation of double stars, open clusters, globular clusters, planetary nebulae, diffuse nebulae, supernova remnants, and galaxies. Each subject was briefly discussed and some great questions were asked! We look forward to getting more "in-depth" with each of these individual topics later on.
Also discussed, was the amazing photo shown below of the partial solar eclipse with a transiting International Space Station present as well. This was truly a remarkable accomplishment by French astrophotographer Thierry Legault.
Come join us at our next bi-monthly meeting onTuesday, March 22nd at 7:00PM.
WOW! You covered a whole lot there Mr.Williams. I hope that the interest level and excitement is building as you move toward your upcoming thaw time and bring those scopes out again!
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