Big Bear Valley Astronomical Society

October 2018 Agenda Welcome:

New members or 1st time visitors? none Present: John, Claude, Teresa, Josh, Jane, Tom, Dick, Byron, Randy, Vatch, Deanna, Bill Any new Agenda Items? none

Announcements: none Treasurer/Membership Report: current balance: $638.50 Scholarship Fund Report: “same as last month”…. Approx. $1,200 Librarian Report : see attached inventory report Comments, reports, discussions, reviews:

Virtual Lecture Sept 20th, Dr Ron Oliversen "Juno Mission update". Very good presentation Urban Assault Fri Sept 14th in the Village. Teresa/Claude and Bill… lots of visitors’ w/questions Star Party, Oct 6th. Randy was there… cold and windy Teresa & Claude attended SolarFest at Daystar. Very good visit and good recap John Day Memorial… attended by most club members. Club sent flowers.

Activities

Global Astronomy Day Sat Oct 13 in the Village. Solar noon-2pm, stellar 7-9pm. Lots of advertising, need telescopes! All set up and ready go to… weather permitting.

Urban Assault Fri Oct 19 in the Village? OK for now… weather permitting. Oct 25 - Virtual Lecture, Tim Thompson *in person*, "History of Women in Science &

Astronomy." Anyone working on the AL Lunar Project (besides Bill, Deanna, Jane & Teresa)? Or the Outreach

Award? (Claude & Teresa, Steve & Josh Johnson)? Josh received Certificate. Club Spring tour (Palomar? JPL? SOFIA?)… TBD

Chief observer report.

What’s up this month? Not much… December may have naked eye comet.

Scheduling: Nov. Virtual Lecture – Scott Roberts? Star Party, Nov 10? Where?

- Agreed… location: at the end of the road to the Transfer station near 3N16. Next beginner talk? Teresa on eyepieces, unless preempted by 8th grade student event.

General Discussion:

Beginner Talk: Supposed to be Teresa on eyepieces….will be in November, sorry . Bill on apps.

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BBVAS Books & Videos for Check-out Please e-mail deannapoulsen@mac.com to receive your items for the next meeting!

Boo ks - Title Date Subject Description

1 A Guide to Backyard Astronomy 1997, Burnham ... Guide to starhopping/exploring the universe

2 Advanced Amateur Astronomy 1991, G. North For those who want to go beyond basics

3 Auto Star CCD Photometry 2007; Hopki ns Lea rn Autostar softwa re

4 Build Your Own Telescope 1992; R. Berry Anyone can build a telescope; 5 plans

Amateurs can see more than 10,000 deep sky 5 Deep Sky Observing with Small Telescopes 1989, Eicher objects

6 Guide to the Sun 1992, K. J.H. Phillips Author: Rutherford Appleton Lab., NASA, etc. ,

7 Horizons - Exploring the Universe 2008; M. Seeds Instructor's edition; Build your own course

1976; Short, Lowman, I

8 Mission to Earth: LANDSAT Views the World Freden Earth Resources Tech. Satellite

9 Nearby Galaxies Atlas 1987; Tully/Fisher First attempt to map outside the Milky Way

10 Planet Earth- The Solar System 1985, Time Life Books The Sun Machine, Nea r Neigh bors, etc. Star Myths of the Greeks & Romans: A Full details on the ancient constellation

11 Sourcebook 1997, Theony Condos legends ...

12 The Astronomy Book 2017, Random House Big ideas simply explained

13 The Big Bang 2001; J. Silk A grand sweeping tour of the universe

14 The Cambridge Atlas of Astronomy (2nd Edit.) 1988; /Audouze/lsrael Results ofthe most recent space missions

15 The Home Planet 1988; K. Kelley Beautiful photos of Earth from space

16 The Messier Objects 1998, S.J. 0' Meara Wonderful guide to the Messier Objects

17 The New Solar System 1982, J. Beatty, B. O'Leary The sun, surfaces, atmospheres, etc.

18 The Observer's Sky Atlas 1999, E. Karkosshka With SO Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky

19 The Sun 1990, Time Life Books Solar anatomy, winds, etc.

20 Touring .t.heUniverse 2002; K. Graun Complete guide to the cosmos

Videos '

Title Subjects

1 Alien Planets Types of Worlds, Hot Jupiters, Extreme Weather, Strange Worlds, Super Telescopes

2 Astrobiology History of Life on Earth, Looking for Life on Mars, Plate Techtonics and Saturn's Moons, Milky Way ..

3 Biggest Things in Space Space Clusters, Galaxies, Diameter, Mass, Asteroids

4 Constellations Distance Between Stars, The Changing Night Sky, Astronomy, Companion Stars, Star Motion

5 CosmiC Collisions Collision Families, Collision in Our Solar System, Mass Extinctions, Permo-Triassic Extinctions ...

6 Cosmic Holes Worm Holes, Time Travel, White Holes & Black Holes, Collison of Super Massive Black Holes, ...

7 Cosmic Phenomena Auroras, Cosmic Rays, The Sun, Ultraviolet Rays, Rainbows

8 Dark Matter/Dairk Energy Elusive Dark Matter, The Search for WIMPS, Backbone of the Visible World, Mysteries ...

9 Deadly Comets & Meteors Dangerous Impacts, Icy Bodies, Asteroids & Comets, Jupiter: Planetary Shield, Ongoing Threats

10 Eclipse of the Century Imperfect Eclipses, Preparing for the Eclipse, The NASA Experiment, Final Prep., The Eclipse ...

11 Einstein's Dream A Theory of Everything, Newton's Embarrassing Secret, A New Picture of Gravity, A Strange New ...

12 Gravity Effects of Mass, Unlocking the Secrets of Gravity, Using Gravity, Artificial Gravity, G-Waves

13 It Fell From Space Asteroid 2008, Impacts, Extinction, Meteorites, Space Debris

14 Jupiterthe Giant Planet A Churning Ball of Gas, The Red Spot, Secrets of Europe, The Magnetic Field, listening to ...

15 life and Death of a Sta r Forces of Gravity, White Dwarfs, All from the Stars, Explosive Collisions, Failed Stars

16 Mars the Red Planet So Much like Mars, Early Speculation, A Closer Look, life on Mars, Spirit and Opportunity

17 Milky Way The Neighorhood, Technology, Gas & Dust, Gravity, Expansion

18 Monster of the Milky Way A Galactic Times Square, I n Need of a New Law of PhYSiCS, Calactic Cannibalism, The Spice .. .

19 Mysteries of the Moon The Lunar Surface, Effects on Behavior, Different Perceptions, What if there were no Moon?.

20 Nebulas Different Kinds of Nebulas, How We See Nebulas, The Hubble Pallet, Planetary Nebulas, Super. ..

21 Parallel Universes Multiple Universes, Cosmic Bubbles, other Dimensions, Evidence, Travel Between Universes

22 Pulsars and Quasars Pulsating Stars, Crab Nebula, Vela Pulsar, When Galaxies Collide, Active Galactic Nuclei

23 Runaway Universe A Needle in a Cosmic Haystack, The Right Kind of Supernova, The Redshift, Dark Matter/Energy

24 Saturn, Lord of the Rings The Gas Giant, The Mysterious Rings, Exploring ntan, Geysers on Enceladus, Search for life

25 Secrets ofthe Sun Introduction, A Celestial Blockbuster, The Power of Plasma, Forecasting Solar Threats, A Perfect ...

26 Spaceship Earth Impacting on Earth, Crashing into Existence, Origins of life, Complex life on Land, Ice Caps Peril

27 Strangest Things Molecular Clouds, Exoplanets, Neutrinos, Ulirgs, Dark Matter

28 String's the Things Two Conflicting Sets of Laws, One Master Equation, The Birth of String Theory, etc.

29 Supernovas Agents of Change, Exploding Stars, Core Collapse, Great Supernovas, Sweeping Sky

The End: Earth Deep Space 30 Threats Our Planet Cosmic Threats, Harmful Rocks, Gamma Ray Bursts, Turning up the Heat, The Big Rip

31 The Moon Lunar Extremes; Time, Tides and Origins, lunar Theories, Lunar Samples, Giant Impact Theory

32 The Search for Cosmic Clusters Star Clusters, Superclusters, Globular Clusters, Galaxy Clusters, Future Clusters

33 To the Moon Intra, Sputnik, Project Mercury, The First Man in Space, First American in Space, JFK's Race to ...

34 Unexplained Mysteries Earth's Mass Extinction, Time Travel, Antimatter, Water on Mars, The Bang

Welcome to the 11th 35 Dimension The Wild West of Physics, The Potential of String Theory, Getting to One Theory, Parallel Univ ..

36 Wildest Weather in the Cosmos Motion in the Atmosphere, Winds, Tornados, Rain, Biggest Storms

Magazines

1 National Geographic: The Space Aug. 2017 The next moon shot, Voyager 40 years later, Best Eclipse in a Century

Issue

2 Reflector (Astronomical League) Mar. 2018 Size of the Sun, Let the standing stones rise again

3 Astronomy Jan. 2017 Top 10 Space Stories of the Year; Planetary Nebulae, Planet Nine, Radio bursts

4 Astronomy Feb. 2017 Explosive Origins- Our solar system's violent past/Charles Messier

5 Astronomy March 2017 How hypervelocity stars escape the galaxy/Tips for observing galaxies

6 Astronomy April 2017 Hunting for Earth's cousins- Exoplanets larger than our world

7 Astronomy May 2017 Understanding the strangest stars- 50 years of Pulsars

8 Astronomy June 2017 Our Trillion Galaxy Universe/ 25 Eclipse Products/ Women scientists

9 Astronomy July 2017 Water on Mars- How it became a desert/ How to observe Pluto

10 Astronomy Aug. 2017 Great American Eclipse- viewing guide

11 Astronomy Sept. 2017 Solving the mysteries of Pluto/Secrets of off-season globular clusters

12 Astronomy Oct. 2017 40 years later- Remembering Voyager/ Unsolved mysteries of the ice giants

13 Astronomy Nov. 2017 Gravitational Waves/ Discover Autumn's brightest galaxies

14 Astronomy Dec. 2017 What Happens When the Sun Goes Quiet? Field guide to fantastic stars

15 Astronomy Jan. 2018

16 Astronomy Feb. 2018 The Mystery of Fast Radio Bursts/ Explore Orion/Magellanic cloud

17 Astronomy March 2018 What Cassini reveals about Saturn/Huygens lands on Titan

18 Astronomy April 2018 How Dark Matter Could Change Earth/Nightscape Photography

19 Astronomy May 2018 Secret origins of the solar system; Pluto defined; Deep sky gems in Leo

20 Astronomy June 2018 Secrets exoplanets reveal; Discover galaxies; CCD cameras

21 Astronomy Sept. 2018 Photo gallery- New views of Mars/ The Barely Visible Universe

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