meetings
Our indoor, or Business Meeting, is held the first1 Thursday of every month, beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the ETV Telecommunications Center, at 1041 George Rogers Boulevard2. Our newsletter will advise of any changes in date or location. The meeting includes some club business (usually a small part of the meeting), a report of astronomical events (which includes a report on previous observing sessions and information too recent to be in the monthly publications), and featured speakers (with topics suggested by the membership). Three times each year (Spring, Summer, and Fall) MAC has an AstroPhoto Contest with the annual run-off of the year's winners in November. We also try to include some time for Show & Tell near the end of each meeting to give members a chance to show off new equipment and related bits of information. After each meeting we have time for refreshments and fellowship.
1 Except when there is a USC football game or other major program at the Coliseum or Fairgrounds. The revised date will be noted on the homepage and in the calendar.
2 Except in December where it is held at a special location.
General Meeting Location
The monthly meetings are currently held at
ETV Telecommunications Center
1041 George Rogers Boulevard
Next Meeting
1.05.2012
Speaker: Hap Griffin
Topic: Mars Science labratory Launch
Annual Holiday Party
The year-end party is another opportunity for club members and their families to have fun. Awards, door prizes, games and food are part of the festivities.
Details 2012
When: Thursday, 6 December, 7:00 pm
Location: TBA try to be seated by 7:00 pm
RSVP: ??
Speaker: N/A
Topic: N/A
Past Meetings & Minutes
| MM.DD.YYYY | Speaker/topic | Minutes | |
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| 01.05.12 | GS: Mark Yeager | 12.01.2011 | Holiday Dinner |
| 11.03.2011 | GS: Dr. Varsha P. Kulkarni Life of a Star MP: Astrophoto Runoff |
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| 10.06.2011 | GS: Paul Wieber History of the space program | ||
| 09.01.2011 | GS: John Hodge Juno Mission to Jupiter | ||
| 08.04.2011 | GS: Rick Boozer Using Remote Robotic Telescopes for Astrophotography
MP: Doyle, Hap, Alex, Stuart Last Shuttle launch |
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| 07.07.2011 | MP: Charles H. China Trip
MP: Paul R. Stellarium tips and tricks |
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| 06.02.2011 | MP: Summer Astrophoto Contest | ||
| 05.05.2011 | GS: Gayle Riggsbee The History of the Discovery of Neptune | ||
| 04.07.2011 | GS: Dr. Safko Exo-Planets
MP: Martin B. Prague Astronomical Clock MP: Bob L. CyberSky astronomical software |
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| 03.03.2011 | MP:Joe R. software Starry Night
MP:Hap G. Astro Photo Processing MP: Spring Astrophoto contest |
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| 02.03.2011 | MP: Tom Falvey Night at the Museum | ||
| 01.06.2011 | MP: Doug Lybrand How to dress for cold weather
MP: Joe Bowers Astronomy Software MP: Video Cosmic Collisions |
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| 12.02.2010 | Holiday dinner and raffle
MP: Christopher Edwards Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life in Our Universe |
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| 11.04.2010 | The Blast Video | ||
| 10.07.2010 | GS: Elizabeth Warner,UM, EPOXI and Observing Comet Hartley | ||
| 09.09.2010 | GS: Dr. Varsha P. Kulkarni, Interstellar Matter Across Time
MP: Joe B. Astronomical League Award Program |
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| 08.05.2010 | Al Parker, Colliding Galaxies | ||
| 07.01.2010 | Dr. John Safko Exoplanet discoveries update
MP: Beginner's Corner: Observing weather resources |
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| 05.06.2010 | Chris Edwards Scientific Methods Used to Determine the Age, Size and Composition of the Universe
MP: Beginner's Corner: Reflecting Telescopes: Newtonians and Catadioptrics |
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| 04.01.2010 | John Hodge Mercury and the NASA Messenger Mission
MP: Beginner's Corner: Refracting Telescopes |
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| 03.04.2010 | Spring Astrophoto Contest
Gayle Riggsbee Construction of the Hale 200" Telescope MP: Beginner's Corner: The Messier Marathon |
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| 02.04.2010 | Chris Edwards, Evolution of Our Universe
MP: Beginner Corner: Basic telescope types |
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| 01.07.2010 | Frank Barnes, Remote Astrophotography
MP: Raffel,Items did not make the Dec meeting MP: Show and Tell MP: Macware is in |
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| 12.3.2009 | Brian Peterson Astro Adventures in Tanzania | ||
| 11.05.2009 | .doc | ||
| 10.01.2009 | .doc | ||
| 09.03.2009 | Fall AstroPhoto Contest
Al Parker Saturn |
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| 08.06.2009 | Tom Falvey Night at the Museum
SC State Museum 301 Gervais Street |
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| 06.04.2009 | .doc | ||
| 03.05.2009 | Spring AstroPhoto Contest
Adrienne Huffman Windows to New Worlds |
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| 02.05.2009 | Chris Edwards Scientific Methods: Understanding Our Universe Through Reason and Evidence | .txt, .doc | |
| 01.08.2009 | Brian Peterson Astro Adventures in Tanzania | .txt, .doc | |
| 12.04.2008 | James Spurck Has the Bethlehem Star Mystery Been Revealed | ||
| 08.07.2008 | Elizabeth Warner, UM, NASA Missions & Amateur Astronomers | ||
| 07.03.2008 | Hap Griffin Astronomical Coordinate Systems and Basic Astronomical Motions
Steve Foster Planetary Imaging |
minutes | |
| 06.05.2008 | Summer AstroPhoto Contest
Mary Riley A Brief History of Celestial Navigation John Hodge II Light Curve Analysis of Cataclysmic Variable Star Systems: CAM VAR 06, FS AUR, HT CAS, IP PEG, and EQ AQR |
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| 05.01.2008 | |||
| 04.03.2008 | |||
| 03.06.2008 | Spring AstroPhoto Contest | ||
| 02.07.2008 | minutes | ||
| 01.03.2008 | John Hodge, SSA, Hot Topics in Planetary Science: Liquid Water on Enceledus, Rivers on Titan, Voyager update, and the Kitchen Sink | minutes | |
| 12.06.2007 | Elizabeth Warner, UM, Behind the Scenes: Deep Impact, Dawn, EPOXI | ||
| 11.01.2007 | AstroPhoto Runoff
Hap Griffin Astrophoto Processing 101 |
minutes | |
| 09.06.2007 | Fall AstroPhoto Contest
Adrienne Huffman The OPT Project |
minutes | |
| 08.02.2007 | Dr. John Safko Recent Progress in the Searches for Extra-Solar Planets | ||
| 07.05.2007 | AstroPhotography Basics | minutes | |
| 06.07.2007 | Summer AstroPhoto Contest
MP: The Dawn Mission and Vesta MP: MAC-Hunter AstroPhoto Highlights |
minutes | |
| 05.03.2007 | Marcus Goodkind History of Manned Space Flight | minutes | |
| 04.05.2007 | John Hodge Rock Glaciers and Lava Flows in the High Andes of Chile: An Analogue for Mars | ||
| 03.01.2007 | Spring AstroPhoto Contest
Dr. V. Kulkarni, USC, Quasar Spectroscopy and Galaxy Evolution |
photos | |
| 02.01.2007 | MP: Comet McNaught, Hubble | photos | |
| 01.04.2007 | Christmas Show & Tell
Winter Weather Wear |
minutes
photos |
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| 12.07.2006 | John Hodge WWII B-25 from Lake Murray
Hap Griffin New construction at MAC-Hunter |
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| 11.02.2006 | Elisabeth Benchich, UNCC, Galaxy collisions and mergers | ||
| 10.05.2006 | Hap G. Star Gazing Video
John H. Practical Problems Landing Large Payloads (Humans) on Mars |
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| 09.07.2006 | Fall AstroPhoto Contest
Johnny Horne His latest astrophotography approaches |
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| 08.03.2006 | Gayle Riggsbee History of the observation of the rings of Saturn | ||
| 07.06.2006 | |||
| 06.01.2006 | Summer AstroPhoto Contest
Dan Overcash, USC, ?? |
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| 05.04.2006 | Neil Carroll, Starbuckets Telescopes | ||
| 04.06.2006 | John Hodge Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Agents of Geological Change | ||
| 03.02.2006 | Spring AstroPhoto Contest
Elizabeth Warner, UM, Results from Deep Impact |
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| 01.05.2006 | Christmas Show & Tell
Winter weather survival |