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Meeting notices and discussion items included an invitation from Ron Dilulio to make reservations for the first 10 people who would like to travel to French Camp, to view the transit of Venus on June the 8th. Contact Ron at ronkeys@spindle.net for more details Ron also encouraged club members to support the asteroid occultation observations early Sunday morning, January the 25th. More specific information is available at http://www.asteroidoccultation.com. (see attached map of predicted viewing paths) Joe Ashcraft mentioned a need for support for a star party at Mecham Middle School on February 12th, with a backup date of February 19th. Contact Joe at skyscout@charter.net for more details.
Another topic of discussion was the long term plan for the observing site. As was discussed in a previous meeting, anyone wanting to have an input on this subject should post it to the e-group. We want to use that forum to keep a good record of what the inputs are and to make sure those inputs get the widest possible dissemination among the membership.
The nights program was a video about the development and use of the Hubbell Space Telescope aired on Tech TV. The program provided an overview of the Hubbell development, the resolution of it's optical problems, and some of the astronomical questions that it has answered.
Next months program will be a slide show of Hubbell images.
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