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"Current Events" Page
  (Last edited on December 03, 2009)
 

                                                             
Moon Phase courtesy of                 NASA Kids Site                  Interesting NASA                       Proud Member      
   U.S. Naval Observatory                                                                    Webpage                                      of the             
      (Correct Phase Shown)                                                                                                               Astronomical League     

The 2010 Calendar is now available for download as a PDF file
Click HERE

December 2009

- LOOK -           December 08 - No Club Meeting        - LOOK -

December 12 - Lake Hudson Dark Sky Gaze -                                            Map1 - Map2
December 13 / 14 Geminid Meteor Peak                                                                           
December 19 - Lake Hudson Dark Sky Gaze -                                            Map1 - Map2
December 26 - Camp McGregor Public                                                        Map1 - Map2

January 2010
- No Meeting -

February 2010
- No Meeting -

More maps are available on the club map page CLICK HERE!

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News for the 2009 Club Year!
Officers for 2008/2009 are:
President - Vacant
President Elect -Vacant
Past President - Don Risner
Treasurer - Chris Dobie
Secretary - John Domin
Publicity - Open
AlCor & Web Manager -Bob Frybarger

Dues are payable now...   $10.00/year
    Add $34.00 for Astronomy magazine (optional)
and/or
  $32.95 for Sky & Telescope magazine (optional)

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The Camp McGregor Project  - Phase 1
The Camp McGregor Project - Phase 2
The Camp McGregor Project - Phase 3
The Camp McGregor Project  - Phase 4
     The Camp McGregor Project  - Completed!

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Are you REALLY online?
(Click and See!)

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Links to the Dark Sky Project
Our Story was published in the IDA Autumn Newsletter - TAKE A LOOK
The Lake Hudson State Park Handout
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources Page
Our Dark-Sky work through the years!
"Kiosk and Dedication" page. June 4th, 2005
The Making of a Preserve - 1 - Wes Boyd
The Making of a Preserve - 2 - Jim Whitehouse
The Dark Sky Preserve Broshure (.pdf)

The "STELLAFANE vs THE PRISON" Story

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Remember the old days?

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Think you know how big a Googol is?  Check HERE and see!

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The AAoJ has elected to SPONSOR the Jackson Clear Sky Clock.  This means that
there will be more local data available on the Clock page.  Look for it.  This image
is "real-time" and correct, but it is not an active image.  For that, you must click on
the clock, and you will be directed to Danko's Jackson Clear Sky Clock page!

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Some Very Good Imaging by John Kirchhoff   Page-1 Page-2

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Here is a neat way to see how dark your sky actually is:
Print it out and carry it with you.

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A VERY neat Powers of 10 webpage, Take a look!!!

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Need a piece of clear sky?  Click - HERE

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Telescope Information For Beginners - 1   ///   Telescope Information For Beginners - 2

A Nighttime View Of The USA

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Iridium Satellite Information For These Sites:Coordinatesto Club sites available here.
(Coordinates Page Updated on 10/02/2008)
Iridium's Main Page       Lake Hudson        Camp McGregor        Hurst Planetarium

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        Personal  Member Websites. Let me know your URL to add it here:
Clay Kessler:  http://ssoastro.org/
Bob Frybarger:  http://googol.homestead.com/files/edit/index.html

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The Best Earth Photo so Far
also,
What does the Sombrero Galaxy REALLY look like?

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Url's of Interest:
There are a lot of things happening in Astronomy and the Space Program, and with the computer,
maybe we can keep up with some of them...   I will try to post the websites of new and interesting
events as quickly as possible, but if you want to keep the site available on your machine, you will
have to save it as one of your "favorites".

      First::  The Webb Society International
       Next:  Free Press story on Lake Hudson, June 2007
       Next:   Kennedy Space Center - Florida
       Next:  SKY & TELESCOPE Homepage
       Next:  ASTRONOMY Magazine Homepage
       Next: Astronomy Picture of the Day   A daily look at the Cosmos
      Next: NASA Space Weather
       Next: Kalamazoo Astronomy Club   Page - See this!!
       Next: Hidden Hollow Club   Page - Excellent!
       Next: A Tennessee Astronomy Club   HomePage - Very Good
       Next: Astronomy Online Magazine
       Next: http://users.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g11-03792-9a
       Next: Southeast Lower Michigan Astronomy Link Site
       Next: Astronomy Download Site     A Lot of fun programs and surfing...
       Next: Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association    A very informative site
       Next: CNN Sci-Tech Page      Daily updated Science News
       Next: The Austin Texas Club Page     Well Worth a Look
       Next: A National Treasure of Earth Photos!   Photos from the Shuttle Flights
       Next:  Lake Hudson State Park - Dark Sky Preserve
       Next: The DARK SKY INSTITUTE   A place to get the latest Dark Sky information
       Next:  IDA - International  Dark-Sky Association
       Next: Comparison of Green Valley AZ to Jackson MI
       Next: This is the Last Place You Should Look!   It's the livin' end!