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NOVEMBER 20, 2015 - General Membership Meeting
will be at this location:
Franklin Park Civic Center -
The
Tudor House
Alternate
Meeting
Location !!!
655 Latham Lane
Akron, OH 44319
Please note that we
ALWAYS encourage the public to attend ANY of our events, including
meetings.
Come and enjoy the lecture and talk to us about astronomy!
We've moved this month's meeting to the third Friday to accommodate the
Thanksgiving holiday.
This requires us moving the meeting to a different location to avoid a
scheduling conflict at the Kiwanis Civic Center.
We'll be back at the Kiwanis Civic Center for our next meeting on Friday
January 23, 2015 unless notified otherwise.
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The access road from the State Park to the Tudor House is now
gated and locked.
Important
Information ! |
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If desired, you can still
park in the State Park and walk past the locked gate to the Tudor House. |
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Please use the Latham Lane driveway for
vehicular access. |
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Take Renninger Road to Roble
Road. |
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Turn left on Roble which becomes Rawlins
Avenue. |
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Take Rawlins to Latham Lane
and follow the signs to The Tudor House. |
8:00 PM
- Call to order and introduction of tonight's program: |
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Speaker: |
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Michael Blair, Geologist and Aerospace
Lecturer
at NASA Glenn Research Center |
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Presentation: |
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Ten Years At Saturn, What we've
learned from the Cassini Mission |
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Mr. Blair will present an overview
of the Cassini mission to Saturn in particular Saturn's moons. The
Cassini spacecraft has now been at Saturn for 10 years, exploring the
planet, its moons and its magnificent ring system. Mike will explain
what we've learned and what we need to know. He promises a great talk
and many beautiful photos from the mission!
3D glasses will be provided for his presentation.
Enceladus is a place of mystery.
It's cold but home to a warm ocean, it's speckled with plumes spewing
weird stuff into space, and it bears long gashes dubbed "tiger stripes".
Tomorrow, Oct. 28th, Cassini will scream over the South Pole at
approximately 19,000 mph, just 30 miles above the surface and actually
go right through a plume sniffing for hydrogen. How exciting it that! |
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About our speaker: |
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Michael Blair is a geologist and
project manager with Tetra Tech, Inc., an environmental consulting firm
which provides technical support to the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. Previously he served as an aerospace lecturer and coordinator of
the 3rd Saturday Event series at the NASA Glenn Visitor Center from 2004
to 2008. Mr. Blair is also a member of the NASA Glenn Research Center
Speaker’s Bureau.
Click
here for this week's photo of Cassini's latest and best ever
northern views of Enceladus, a very tiny icy moon of Saturn...
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9:00 PM - Brief coffee-break
/ discussion time |
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9:15 PM - Business meeting
to be called to order and include the following: |
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● Treasurer's Report |
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● Observatory Director's Report |
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● Calls for observations |
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● New Business |
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