Gary Stephenson
The October indoor meeting features Gary Stephenson, Chief Meteorologist for Time Warner’s News 14, speaking on his interest in astronomy and the challenges of communicating astronomy and science related topics to the general public. This was also the first regular meeting held in the new Nature Research Center on the new Thursday schedule. The new venue was really great!
Gary talked about the fact that most news stations have people trained in journalism, as you would expect, but the meteorologists are the the only ones with a science background. This means that they often get the job of interpreting and communicating science stories. It also means that they get to do some really interesting science related stories and activities.
Catch some of Gary’s postings of Space Science on the Skywatch Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/News14CarolinaSkyWatch
In the business meeting, there was a discussion about the Raleigh Astronomy club’s Imaging group and where they will conduct their meetings. A motion was made to fund the imaging group’s meeting and the formal vote will be held in the December meeting.
