General Membership Meeting June 17, 2013 OMSI Auditorium is equipped with T-Coil Audio Loop
RCA Bylaws Update (last revised in 2000) Highlights Adds Student Membership Revises Officer election process Clarifies meeting types Adds VP of Programming Limits size of Board
RCA Bylaws Update (last revised in 2000) 30 day review period Revisions available to review on: RoseCityAstronomers.org RCA Forum Leave feedback on Forum Email: President@rosecityastronomers.org Board will consider feedback and vote on updating Bylaws July 1
Special Interest Group Astrophysics / Cosmology June 19: 7 9 p.m. Firland Apartments Community Room 8012 SE Raymond St., Portland Topic: Square Kilometer Array - looking at the darkest corners of the universe Speaker: Lisa Harvey-Smith, Australian Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization (video lecture) Lamont Brock, Sig Leader Viktors Berstis, Assistant
Special Interest Group Telescope Workshop June 22: 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 6040 North Cutter Circle, Swan Island John DeLacy, SIG Leader Don Peckham, Assistant
Special Interest Group Astro-Imaging July 10: 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Beaverton Public Library 12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton Greg Marshall, SIG Leader
Special Interest Group Downtowners July 12: 12 Noon Location: India House, 1038 SW Morrison, Portland Margaret McRae, SIG Leader
Officer Reports Secretary, Duncan Kitchin Treasurer, Larry Godsey VP Membership, Ken Hose VP Community Affairs, Jim Higgs VP Programming, Mark Martin VP Observing, Vacant
Officer Reports Membership Renewal July June Renew by: PayPal online (link on RCA website) Cash / check at meeting New this year - make additional donation to: Student Scholarship Fund Observing Site Fund
Officer Reports Secretary, Duncan Kitchin Treasurer, Larry Godsey VP Membership, Ken Hose VP Community Affairs, Jim Higgs VP Programming, Mark Martin VP Observing, Vacant Develop Star Party Schedule Coordinate SP logistics Identify & secure observing sites
Director Reports Youth Program, Kathy Kornei Book Library / Sister Clubs, Jan Keiski Telescope Library, David Horne Merchandise Sales, Herry Tedja Newsletter, Scott Kindt IDA Liaison, Dawn Nilson New Member Advisor, Howard Knytych Media Relations, Diana Fredlund
Youth Astronomy Academy Applications now being accepted Grades 5-8 2013 Schedule: August 17 September 21 October 19 November 16 Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., Portland, OR Hours: 9:30 11:30 a.m. (Saturday mornings)
Director Reports Youth Program, Kathy Kornei Book Library / Sister Clubs, Jan Keiski Telescope Library, David Horne Merchandise Sales, Herry Tedja Newsletter, Scott Kindt IDA Liaison, Dawn Nilson New Member Advisor, Howard Knytych Media Relations, Diana Fredlund
Monthly Observing Report. David Nemo
The Sun
Current Sunspot Activity June 17, 2013 Source: www.spaceweather.com
Current Auroral Oval June 17, 2013 Source: www.spaceweather.com
John Eklund: June 7, 2013 @ Mt Adams, Washington USA
The Sun Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2013 total: 0 days (0%) 2012 total: 0 days (0%) 2011 total: 2 day (<1%) 2010 total: 51 days (14%) 2009 total: 260 days (71%) Source: www.spaceweather.com
Hump Day (June Solstice) June 20 @ 10:04 PM PDT June 21: 1 second less daylight / 1 second more darkness Source: www.gaisma.com
Hours of Daylight (dawn to dusk) June 17: 16h 57m + 1 week: 16h 58m (+ 1m) + 2 weeks: 16h 53m (- 4m) + 1 month: 16h 31m (- 26m Hours of Darkness (dusk to dawn) June 17: 7h 03m + 1 week: 7h 02m (- 1m) + 2 weeks: 7h 07m (+ 4m) + 1 month: 7h 29m (+ 26m) Source: www.gaisma.com
The Moon
Lunar Phases (Portland) First Quarter: June 16 @ 10:24 AM (Sun.) Full Moon: June 23 @ 4:33 AM (Sun.) * Third Quarter: June 29 @ 9:54 PM (Sat.) New Moon: July 8 @ 12:15 AM (Mon.) * Biggest full Moon of 2013 (diameter = 33.462 ) Source: www.timeanddate.com
The Planets
Planet Viewing Evening Sky Midnight Sky Morning Sky Mercury (NW) Venus (NW) Jupiter (NW) Saturn (S) Saturn (SE) Mars (NE) Neptune (SE) Uranus (E) Source: www.astronomy.com
June 18 @ 9:30 p.m.
Asteroid / Comet Chasing Hannes Pieterse, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Near Earth Asteroid Watch Source: www.spaceweather.com
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery /index.html?media_id=164201881
Comets To Chase
Comet C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) Magnitude ~ 12.9
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) Magnitude ~ 10.7
Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) Magnitude ~ 9.1
Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) Magnitude ~ 9.1
Comet ISON Watch Magnitude 14.0 (14.1 month ago)
Meteor Showers
Meteor Showers 2013 Source: www.almanac.com
Astro-Imaging SIG Image of the Month
Greg Marshall: Antares region, June 2013, Skyview Acres Camera: QSI583, 200 mm lens; exposure approximately 4 hours (over 2 nights)
Things we wished we had seen!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ufgqvog L5M&feature=youtu.be
http://goldpaintphotography.com/2 013/06/02/without-warning/ Crater Lake, June 1, 2013
Rooster Rock SP, June 15, 2013
Astronomy News www.rosecityastronomers.com Alien s Favourite Newspaper Since 2013 Ailing NASA Telescope Spots 503 New Alien Planet Candidates NASA's Kepler spacecraft has spotted 503 new potential alien worlds, some of which may be capable of supporting life as we know it. The latest haul brings Kepler's tally of exoplanet candidates to 3,216. Just 132 of them have been confirmed by follow-up observations to date, but mission scientists expect at least 90 Artist Concept percent will end up being the real deal. www.space.com
Astronomy News www.rosecityastronomers.com Alien s Favourite Newspaper Since 2013 A New Class of Variable Stars Discovered in Constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). www.scitechdaily.com Astronomers using the Swiss 1.2-meter Euler telescope at ESO s La Silla Observatory in Chile have detected very tiny changes in the open cluster NGC 3766, which lies about 7,000 light-years from Earth. Observations revealed previously unknown properties of these stars that defy current theories and raise questions about the origin of the variations.
Astronomy News www.rosecityastronomers.com Alien s Favourite Newspaper Since 2013 Mystery of X-Ray Light from Black Holes Solved In a new study, astrophysicists from The Johns Hopkins University, NASA and the Rochester Institute of Technology conducted research that bridges the gap between theory and observation by demonstrating that gas spiraling toward a black hole inevitably results in X-ray emissions. www.sciencedaily.com
Upcoming Star Parties
Haggart Public Night June 22 / July 6 Details @ RoseCityAstronomers.org
Trout Lake Star Party July 12-13 Details @ RoseCityAstronomers.org
July 20 Stub Stewart SP Rooster Rock SP Details @http://www.omsi.edu/starparties
Astronomy Day June 30 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Next Meeting - July 15, 2013