Welcome to everyone interested in the skies above!!

The East Central Minnesota Astronomy Club is dedicated to outreach, education, and hands-on learning experiences for everyone. We are a collective group of astronomy enthusiasts with all levels of experience, from seasoned observers to absolute beginners. Our interests in the sky include solar, planetary, lunar, and deep space object observation. We invite you to come out and join us, and share in the wonders above.

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. Sarah Williams, poet (1837-1868)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

January 25th Meeting on Celestial Targets is a Bullseye!

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.

1 comment:

  1. 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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