September 2003
The next Astronomy Meeting will be upcoming.
Greetings all you over-zealous people! Welcome back to school. There
are few things that I looked forward to as much this next semester as
the Astronomy Club activities. We've changed things around a bit, as
expected and will now be meeting Mondays, but that's not what this
emails to tell you about....
Its to invite you to join us-
WEDNESDAY, September 6, MARS MADNESS!!
Here's what it is: Put on by the generous support of the Denver
Astronomical Society at the Chamberlain Observatory using their 20"
refracting telescope, there is a free viewing on the 6th starting at 10
o'clock.
This is a good time to dust off some of our own telescopes and get out
where we belong- under the stars.
Meet us at 9:27 in the Meyer Hall parking lot, and a group of us will
be going together- hopefully bringing a few of our own telescopes,
including Nick's if its finished (unknown) You don't need a car, and
leave your money at home. Hope to see all of you there. If you need
directions, email me- and I'll send them along. All for now, J.Paul Chambers astroclub@mines.edu.
Meetings will be held every other Monday at 6:30 P.M. thru November.
05.14.02
On March 27, Percy Zahl delivered a very informative lecture
on various computer-based resources for the Astronomer. Running Linux
on a Titanium Powerbook, Percy demonstrated the powerful and versatile
astronomy program, "Xephem". This program allowed the calculation of
orbits, as well as a visual interface for determining the location of
celestial bodies for any time, date, or vantage point in the solar
system. Percy also showed us his personal collection of photos,
including photos of an eclipse, his homebuilt telescope, and faithful
German Shepherd. Our esteemed German astronomer also took us on a tour
of some excellent websites:
The Nine Planets http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/
Space Weather News http://www.spaceweather.com/
Percy's Personal Website http://www.mines.edu/~pzahl/
At our April 3rd meeting, we watched a video. After some wrangling with
the video system, we were able to watch Carl Sagan's "Cosmos - Part 3:
The Harmony Of the Worlds". This video dealt with how pre-scientific
mankind viewed the universe and then compared that with how the first
scientists saw it. Included were explanations of how Copernicus,
Kepler, Galileo and Newton developed their theories.
01.01.02 The astronomy Club has come under completely new administration.
99.06.22
As
you may have noticed, this site was a little confused for a few days as
we changed campus servers (we're now at index.html,
so be sure to update your links) - but now the CSM Astronomy Club
Webpage is back in all its glory! Well, not quite all of its glory...
Look, you can't tell me that you don't have any questions about space
and astronomy. We really do want to answer them over here, but we can't
if you don't send them in! So, due to the current lack of reader
response there is no new astro-question this
month. Outside of that, the only major change to report is the events page, now updated for July. Have a happy
fourth everyone!
Oh, and send your questions to AstroClub@Altavista.net while you're at it.
99.05.26
Just
a few minor tweaks to make things look nicer - and work better on IE.
Why? Because I'm now working with a combination of both IE and Netscape
to update these pages (as well as good old-fashioned hand coding!), and
I think that IE does a better job of displaying them, even though
Netscape Composer is more user friendly for the encoding. But enough
already - you're here for the astronomy stuff!
99.05.20
Well,
it has been a while, hasn't it? Sorry for the late (very late) update,
but I hope you'll think that the extra time is worth it. As those of
you with especially keen eyes may have already noticed, the nav-bar at
left is a little different looking. Actually, it's been totally
re-vamped, even though it doesn't look like it. So have most of the
other pages in this site. It may seem the same, but hopefully loading
time (and the ease of editing!) has been improved.
Well, since May is almost over, the Upcoming Events section covers some of the major sky events for both the rest of this month and all of next. We also have a new astro-question, as well as a very interesting orbital dynamics program (here) that was sent in earlier this month. I hope you enjoy the updates.
99.04.16
Quite
a few updates today - we have new officers on the About
Us page (this last meeting was the election), the club's bylaws are
now posted (here), and there's a brand new astro-question from "The Pre-Frosh". On top of
that, Dr. Stewart's talk was wonderful, and I hope everyone who showed
up for that will become regular members.
As
many of you already know, that meeting marked the last for the 1998-99
school year. But never fear, this page will remain active and updated
throughout the summer! Got any ideas for what the club should do next
year? Send them to AstroClub@Altavista.net.
Until then, keep the spirit alive!
99.04.15
Okay
folks, it may be a little anticlimactic at this point, but the abstract
for tomorrow's talk is up! Check it out here.
99.03.30
Well,
I've done it again - I put the frames back. Why, you ask?
Mostly because I always liked the idea, and I'm much better at webpage
design now (yes, I've been a busy little guy of late...). Anyway,
tell me what you think of the new look by dropping me a line at AstroClub@Altavista.net.
Everything's changed a little, but the major updates are in the Upcoming Events and Astro-Questions
sections. Yes, we finally have an astro-question!!! Maybe
this will encourage some of you out there to start writing...
Also, be sure to make it to the April meeting. Not only will there be food again, but we're also getting a speaker - Dr. Glen Stewart of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at CU, Boulder, who will be talking about the formation of planetary systems. We also have some other special "end of the year" events planned, so if you're not involved yet, now's your chance.
Anyway, enjoy the webpage.
99.03.05
Alrighty,
some important updates for everyone. Firstly, make note that the
date for the next Astronomy Club meeting has changed.
It will now be held on March 26th, and there WILL be food (for
all of you who we can't get to come otherwise). You'll also
notice that the Astro-Pictures page now has a
photo of orion taken by one of our members, Bruce Chow. Never
fear, the telescope's picture is still here - it's just been moved to
the Equipment page, which finally has
information on it! Yah!
99.02.22
For
all you guys who didn't come to the star party, let it be known that we
had an absolute blast! Despite the wind (which forced us to pack
up half an hour earlier than planned), we looked at Jupiter, Saturn,
Venus, the Andromeda Galaxy, M81, and several other objects (including
some cool mountains on the Moon). Be sure to stop by next time!
Anyway, the main purpose of this update is to move the calendar ahead to March, since February's almost over with. Check out the Events Page for details.
99.02.09
(Much Later)
The
first picture is here! Check it out here!
99.02.09
New
Club Events added to the "Upcoming
Events" page. Coming soon - our first astro-picture!
99.02.07
Okay,
another batch of cosmetic updates, so don't expect lots of new
information, because there isn't any (except for a new link). In the interests of compatibility,
I decided to scrap the frames version of this page. I also
(think) I fixed a bug which caused the links to display improperly in
some browsers. Please send us your questions about astronomy and
space for the Astro-Questions section.
Again, the address to remember is AstroClub@Altavista.net.
99.02.01
Just
some cosmetic changes for y'all. I think it looks a little
slicker now, and the nav-bar should work properly in all browsers.
99.01.29
Hello,
and welcome to the NEW look of the Astronomy Club's web page! We
think you'll find a lot here worth looking at, though some things
aren't up yet. Here's a quick run-down of what you see in the
opposite nav-bar:
| Main Page | - | What you see right here. If anything new or exciting happens, it'll be posted here, as well as information on the latest updates. |
| Upcoming Events | - | What's happening in the sky this month? Is the Astronomy Club doing anything interesting? Check here to find out what's up for the week! |
| Astro-Questions | - | Every time we update we'll answer one question about astronomy or space in general sent in by one of you visitors. Since this is the first week, there's nothing there right now, but check back soon. If you have a question right now, please e-mail it to AstroClub@Altavista.net - it will be read, though an answer is not guaranteed. |
| Astro Pictures | - | This section won't be up for a while, but it'll be a blast when it is! See some of the pictures the Club and its members have taken of the skies above! Please be patient, though, since this page may take a while to put together. |
| The Equipment | - | Pretty soon we'll be bringing you information about different types of equipment used by the Club in this space. This section is not up yet. (What do you want, it's only the first week!) |
| About the Club | - | A little bit about who we are, what we do, and how to get a hold of us. |
| Favorite Links | - | A list of astronomy- and space related web sites, as well as member's web sites. It's kind of small right now, but with luck it will grow... If you have anything interesting, please send it to AstroClub@Altavista.net, and it will probably be added to the list. |
| E-mail Us | - | Any complaints? Did we get some information wrong? Something you'd like to see? Tell us! |
That
just about covers
it for now. Bookmark this page if you want to skip the "Frames
Warning",
and keep checking back; every effort will be made to update this page
at
least once every two weeks, if not more.