Club Reports

First Quarter 2009 Meeting Summaries By Mark Lang Jan. 9 – Regular meeting with Ian Hewitt in charge.  Tonight’s meeting was a member slide show.  To start off, Ian showed us some of his Mars and Saturn images taken recently.  Mark Lang followed by showing his astrophotography which consisted many times of objects which move like comets, asteroids, and Barnard’s star’s motion over the last three years.  He also showed some lunar eclipse shots and shots taken with his “barn…

Raleigh Astronomy Club 2008 Meeting Summaries By Mark Lang Jan. 11, 2008 – RACOBS was clouded out, so an indoor meeting was held.  A 20 minute long NASA video called “The Saturn Essays” was shown.  It included many stunning photos accompanied by music.  See:  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/cassini-essay-4/index-flash.html.  After the video, a discussion was held about the 2008 Astronomy Days. Jan. 25, 2008 – Regular meeting night, but a special Astronomy Days presentation was given in the main museum auditorium.  Ian Hewitt ran…