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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!
NOTE!!
Tonight is the last meeting prior to our three month summer break.
If you need to renew your dues, please come prepared to do so and make
our Treasurer happy. ;^)
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8:00 PM
- Call to order and introduction of tonight's program: |
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Speaker: |
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ACA's own Jim Watson |
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Presentation: |
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Radio Telescope: "How
they work, How they're used, How to build" |
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Abstract: |
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Jim will discuss the radio telescopes he's personally built and
demonstrated at all of the ACA's solar programs. |
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Bio: |
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Jim Watson has been an active ACA member for 32 years - since June 1st
1986. Jim has specialized in helping the Club with all manner of
electronic designs and construction. Many of our members recall the
large electronic control box Jim designed and built that took care of keeping our 12.5" f/8
Observatory reflector tracking properly. That scope & mount now reside
in an observatory in Lodi, Ohio at the home of Scott & Diane Horstman,
owners of Backyard Observatories who have constructed
roll-off-roof observatories all over the country, even for Harvard
University. Jim also installed the motor controller for the roll off
roof of the ACA observatory when it was built in 1988. In addition, Jim set up multiple color cameras
and video screens for the May
10, 1994 Annular Eclipse of the Sun that allowed the Club to show the
eclipse, in color, to the hundreds of public that attended the event at
our Observatory. Those efforts earned Jim an ACA Honorary
Membership status in 1995. |
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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 will include the following: |
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