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JANUARY 24, 2020 - General Membership Meeting at
8:00 PM
will be at this location:
New Franklin City Hall
5611 Manchester Road
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!
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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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Phil Creed, Past
President of the Wilderness Center Astronomy Club |
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Presentation: |
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"Refractors - A
Glass Act"
This program will cover the history of refractors, their strengths and
weaknesses, and current market trends. |
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About our speaker: |
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Phil Creed is a lifelong amateur
astronomer from Stark County, and a 1997 graduate of The
University of Akron. He has observed over fifty comets but his
main level of expertise is in visual deep-sky observing,
particularly in remote locations further south in Ohio and West
Virginia. Phil has had articles on sky transparency and
weather's effect on astronomy published in "Sky & Telescope"
magazine. Lately, Phil has turned to astrophotography at which
he has become quite successful!
Phil last spoke to the ACA on
February 26, 2016 when he gave a presentation on eyepieces
titled "Ocularology -
Historical and Modern Eyepiece Designs" |
 Phil
with a very seldom seen serious look. Usually he's wearing a
smile ear to ear. |
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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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