Meeting Details: April 15, 2005

Three items as follows:

(1) Elections

The first order of business: running the annual election. Due to a mixup, at first Percival Lowell was not listed as Observatory Directory Emeritus (as traditionally happens at each election). This oversight was corrected at the last minute.

The only contested position was Observatory Directory. So each club member present at the meeting submitted a written ballot, and David Tucker recorded the votes on the chalkboard.

After all votes had been recorded, President Charlie Nielsen counted them while Bernard Friberg looks on.

D. C. Moons addresses the group.

(2) Mike Meade (Lowbrows). “Northern Exposure: A Total Solar Eclipse Over the Faroe Islands.”

Mike Meade (Lowbrows) talked to the club about solar eclipses. This talk included:

1. The Timing and Geometry of Solar Eclipses.
   
2. His latest solar eclipse trip (March 2015) which included a stop in Paris (where Charles Messier made his observations), Copenhagen and finally a boat trip to the Faroe Islands. He planned to observe the solar eclipse of March 20, 2015, in the Faroe Islands. Unfortunately, Mike got clouded out and could not observe the eclipse.
   
3. A Web site to record eclipse observations.
   
4. Some upcoming eclipses. Most significant was the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. This eclipse passed over the continental US.
   
5. A Handout, see below…
   

See also:

• Mike Meade. (January 2015). “When Day Becomes Night.” Reflections of the University Lowbrow Astronomers, p. 6. [Here]
  
• Mike Meade. (May 2015). “March 20 Solar Eclipse From the Faroe Islands.”
  Reflections of the University Lowbrow Astronomers, p. 2. [Here]
  
• Mike Meade. (May 2015). “Solar Eclipse Resources.”
  Reflections of the University Lowbrow Astronomers, p. 5. [Here]
  

(3) Swap Meet

Bernard Friberg, D. C. Moons, Kurt Hillig, David Tucker and Kathy Hillig.

Yasuharu Inugi shows two books he just aquired.

John Horton and David Tucker

Harry Juday (bottom) brought a laptop with some of his astrophotography. Other Lowbrows look on. From left to right: Kathy Hillig, Kurt Hillig and Jim Forrester.

Bernard Friberg and Lorna Simmons.

Bernard Friberg, Paul Walkowski, Lorna Simmons, Kurt Hillig (facing away from camera) and Kathy Hillig.

Photo Credits

All photographs on this page were taken by Dave Snyder.

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