Mike,

Good to see the club is starting up again! I can give a short
presentation at the next meeting.... I'll email you my ideas.

Count me in for the school's star party on 4 April. I'll make sure I
have fresh batteries in the Sky Scout :)

~Mike


--- In RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Swanson"
<swanson.michael@...> wrote:
>
> Great! I'm happy so many are interested.
>
> Robert - please return the meetings page on the web site to its
prior state
> listing the 4th Saturday of each month beginning with 28 March. I
believe
> the old version of the page has the maps to the conference room,
correct?
>
> All - other than introducing ourselves, what would you like to do
at this
> first meeting? A suggestion I got online was to have a different
person
> each month give a presentation on a constellation visible in the
evening sky
> at that month. The presentation might discuss mythology
surrounding the
> constellation but obviously should discuss where it is located (how
to find
> it) and objects of interest in that constellation. At the
conference room
> we have a PC projector (ceiling mounted) so PowerPoint
presentations are one
> way to accomplish this. As USB drives (thumb drives and the like)
are not
> authorized on a DOD network, you would either need to bring a
laptop (which
> cannot be connected to the Internet) with your presentation
material or
> bring the material on a CD-R/RW and I will load it into a PC or
laptop on
> the network.
>
> Another idea might be for individuals to discuss what got them
interested in
> Astronomy and any highlights in their pursuit of the hobby.
>
> Also, I'm willing to re-do any of the presentation found here:
> http://www.nexstarsite.com/_RAC/download.htm
>
> Another note - Emilia Earhart Intermediate School (Kadena AB) would
like us
> to support a little star party for students on April 4th. I'm
thinking of a
> location near gate 1 on Kadena. Who would be able to help with
this? I
> would like to have 3 or more telescopes (to be operated solely by
their
> owners) and a few extra people to help herd the kids (who should
also have
> some adults with them). Some binoculars would be good too. Mike
B - your
> SkyScout would be great for this event.
>
> Finally, if anyone knows of a good location with no local lights in
the
> Nakagusuku area, let me know and I'll go "scope" it out.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael Swanson
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:46 PM
> To: 'Michael Swanson'; RACAstronomy@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [RACAstronomy] Interest in starting up meetings again?
>
> Hi gang,
>
> Lately we seem to have had some newcomers to the island interested
in the
> Ryukyu Astronomy Club. Are you all interested in starting up
meetings
> again? I propose the 4th Saturday of every month (good Moon phase
for most
> of the year) starting March 28th. We can still hold our meetings
in a
> conference room at the Hospital on Camp Lester though I'm looking
at the
> Nakagusuku area for stargazing after the meetings.
>
> Best regards,
> Mike
>
>
>
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