by Liam McDaid
January 2010 had the largest gathering of astronomers ever. The American Astronomical Society had its 215th winter session in Washington DC. I saw many old comrades of my graduate student days along with local heroes like Ken Crawford. I haven’t been to a AAS meeting in twenty years and I felt I was [...]
by Forrest Lockhart
Welcome to Meridian, a new column highlighting one or two celestial objects found on or near the meridian line during the month. Merriam-Webster defines the meridian as “a great circle of the celestial sphere passing through its poles and the zenith of a given place”. So each month the object we’ll be observing [...]
by Liam McDaid, SVAS President
When I consider all the things that have happened in the past year, I am both distressed and pleased. I’m distressed because our volunteer base has eroded away to a small number of focused energetic people. I’m pleased in that the situation seems to be changing. Perry Preston Porter (or P^3) [...]
Help Wanted!
Got a little time on your hands? The SVAS could use your help. SVAS President Liam McDaid has not only succeeded in keeping the boat afloat during difficult times, he’s also working on getting the SVAS revved up for the upcoming year. The board is poised to bring a fresh round of new [...]
Welcome to the 2010 Community **Star*Party** season. We held our first school **star*party** on the 30th of January, at Edward Harris Middle School in North Elk Grove. Besides myself, Pierre was the only other volunteer that was able to make it that night. I did hear from many of the other regular volunteers, but for [...]
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