STARGATE OBSERVATORY. Observatory Chairman: Clyde Burdette / LECTURER S LIST

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2 WARREN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY The Warren Astronomical Society is a local, non-profit organization of amateur astronomers. The Society holds meetings on the first and third Thursdays of each month, starting at 7:30 P.M., as follows: 1st. Thursday Cranbrook Institute of Science 500 Lone Pine Rd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 3rd. Thursday Macomb County Community College South Campus Building B, Room Twelve Mile Rd. Warren, MI Membership is open to those interested in astronomy and its related fields. Dues are as follows: Student...$10 College...$15 Senior Citizen...$15 Individual...$20 Family...$25 Sky and Telescope Magazine is available for $16.00 per year, and Astronomy Magazine for $14.00 per year. Send membership applications and dues to Russ Patten, John R. Apt. D, Madison Hgts., MI Make checks payable to the Warren Astronomical Society. OFFICERS President : Riyad Matti lst. V.P. : Ken Strom nd. V.P. : Clyde Burdette Secretary : Bev Bakanowicz Treasurer : Russ Patten Librarian : Tom MacLaney Deep Sky Group: Doug Bock Lunar Group : Alan Rothenberg MAILING ADDRESS Warren Astronomical Society P.O. Box 474 East Detroit, MI Meets at Northern Cross Observatory, Fenton, MI - Meets at Stargate Observatory, Ray Center, MI WARREN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PAPER Editor: Ken Kelly / Send all articles to THE WASP, Mapleview, Detroit, MI The W.A.S.P. is the official publication of the Warren Astronomical Society and is available free to all club members. NEWSLETTER EXCHANGES: Send your Newsletters to: THE WASP, P.O. Box 474, East Detroit, MI NOTE: Newsletters or change of address notices sent to other addresses may not reach the Editor. All Articles should be submitted at least one week prior to the Macomb meeting. STARGATE OBSERVATORY Observatory Chairman: Clyde Burdette / Stargate Observatory is owned and operated by the Warren Astronomical Society in conjunction with Rotary International. Located on the grounds of Camp Rotary, Stargate features a 12.5 inch club-built Cassegrain telescope under an aluminum dome. The Observatory is open to all members of the club in accordance with 'THE STARGATE OBSERVATORY CODE OF CONDUCT'. THOSE WISHING TO USE THE OBSERVATORY MUST CALL BY 7:00 P.M. (IN THE EVENING OF THE OBSERVING SESSION. Lectures are given at Stargate Observatory each weekend. The lecture will be either Friday or Saturday night, depending on the weather and the lecturer's personal schedule. The observatory is located at N. Lat ' 43.5", W. long ' 25.6", Alt. 206m. LECTURER S LIST Lecturers should check with Camp Rotary to determine whether the Scouts are staying at the camp and to inform the Ranger the day and time of the lecture. If you cannot lecture on your scheduled weekend, please make arrangements to switch weekends with another lecturer or call the Chairman as early as possible. The lecturers for the coming weekends are: Oct. 21/22 Bob Keller Nov. 18/19 Mike Bennett /29 Jon Root /26 Frank McCullough Nov. 4/5 Riyad Matti Dec. 2/3 Clyde Burnette /12 Russ Patten /10 James Yax

3 Nov. 3 - Meeting at Cranbrook Institute of Science, 7:30 P.M. Ken Kelly will talk on 'How to read Star Charts', including a discussion of star nomenclature. Nov. 4 - Dr. Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of the planet Pluto, will give a talk on how he discovered the 9th planet. University of Windsor, 7=30 P.M. See enclosed flyer. Nov. 5 - Deep Sky Observing Session at Doug Bock's, 7:00 P.M. Call for directions and further information Nov Nov The Cosmology Group will meet at Tom Ott's house, at 7:30 P.M. Call for further information Meeting at Macomb County Community College, 7:30 P.M.A full program is planned. Dec. 1 - Christmas Banquet at Marinelli's - See enclosed flyer. Dec. 3 - Deep Sky Observing Session at Doug Bock's, 7:00 P.M. Call for directions and further information.

4 SPECIAL PRESENTATION Dr. Clyde Tombaugh, Discoverer of the Planet Pluto to Speak. Dr. Tombaugh will speak on: DATE: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1988 TIME: 7:30 PM LOCATION: UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ERIE HALL. MAIN AUDITORIUM, ROOM 1120 Erie Hall is located on the Northwest corner of Sunset and Wyandotte. When exiting the Ambassador Bridge take the Downtown Windsor exit, at the first light is Wyandotte street turn right (east) and go down two blocks to Sunset. Admission: FREE Dr. Tombaugh's presentation will include a discussion of the process and equipment used to find the 9th planet and a presentation of slides showing the actual discovery photos. Dr. Tombaugh will also discuss the prospect of finding a 10th planet on the far outer reaches of our solar system. After the evenings talk the public is invited to meet Dr. Tombaugh and have him sign posters that will be available during the event. All proceeds from the sale of posters and certificates will go to the Clyde Tombaugh Scholars Endowment which provides funds for outstanding young scientists to do research. For further information please contact: Jack Brisbin, Detroit Astronomical society, (313) Dr. John Huschilt, University of Windsor, (519)

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9 LUNAR OCCULTATIONS (STANDARD COVERAGE) COMPUTED FOR NEW HAVEN (LAT LONG ) FOR 1988 OBETZ (COLUMBUS), OHIO IS THE STANDARD STATION AT LAT LONG , CODE= SA634

10 MISSING BAYER AND FLAMSTEED STARS By Ken Kelly Part II Additional References. AQUARIUS. 5. Becvar, Antonin, ATLAS AUSTRALIS, (Cambridge, Mass., 1962), "AA" + Chart number refers to this publication. 6. Becvar, Antonin, ATLAS BOREALIS, (Cambridge, Mass., 1962). "AB" + Chart number refers to this publication. 7. Becvar, Antonin, ATLAS ECLIPTICALIS, (Cambridge, Mass., 1964). "AE" + Chart number- refers to this publication. 8. Becvar, Antonin "Atlas of the Heavens-II Catalogue " (Cambridge, Mass., 1964). "AHC" refers to GC numbers in this publication. The AHC is not always a reliable source. 9. Boss, Benjamin, Preliminary General Catalogue of 6188 stars for Epoch 1900 (1910). "PGC" refers to numbers in this publication. 10. Hoffleit, Dorrit, "Bright star Catalogue" (New Haven, Conn., 3rd edition, 1964; 4th edition, 1982). "BS numbers" refer to this publication. "HR" (Harvard Revised) is also used. Aquarius has 24 Bayer letters, and all are in current usage. The highest known Flamsteed number is 108, of which 20 are missing from the Bright Star Catalogue. 17 of these are too dim to appear in the Bright star Catalogue, and two are outside of the constellation. The remaining one (80) is in the BS and the GC, but the designation was dropped for some unknown reason. 8 - GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXX - too dim for BS. 9 - GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXX - too dim for BS GC in AE, Chart XXX - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC = Y in AE, Chart XV - 11 PEG (in PEG) GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXI - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS. 72 Baily # 3125, which, precessed to 1950, is identified as GC GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS. 79 Bailey s Table A identifies this as 24 Alpha PSA (in PSA). 80 Bailey # 3150, which, precessed to 1950, is identified as GC GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS GC = ZC in AE, Chart XXXII - too dim for BS. (to be continued)

11 The Moons of Jupiter November 1988 E.S.T.

12 MINOR PLANETS FOR OCT. - NOV. (Calculated by Ken Kelly) Positions for the four brightest Minor Planets are listed for this time period. The opposition dates are: (18) Melpomene, Sept.3; (1) Ceres, Sept. 23; (23) Thalia, Oct. 13; (68) Leto, Dec. 4. The diameters are as follows: Melpomene,148 km.; Ceres, 913 km.; Thalia, 111 km.; Leto, 127 km. EPHEMERIS FOR (18) Melpomene EPHEMERIS FOR (1) Ceres EPHEMERIS FOR (23) Thalia EPHEMERIS FOR (68) Leto