Lee Cole, his son Adam and Bill Wilson of the MAS kick of a summer of reading adventure at a Memphis Public Library. See details and pictures on the MAS New web page.
Ric on June 29th 2008 in General Topics
Due to the snow, CBU has canceled all campus activities. See you in April.
Ric on March 7th 2008 in General Topics
WOW! I have just discovered “Astronomy podcasts”. These are great.
I recently rejoined the gym and got an mp3 player to listen to FM radio and my vast collection of CDs that I have “ripped” to mp3 files. Well, I got bored with my music collection pretty quick and was looking at audible books and other media and decided to give podcasts a try. These are basically short stories that are available for FREE on the internet. Well, it turns out there is some great content available on the subject of Astronomy.
I think I can get some links up here on the blog.
Ric on January 26th 2008 in General Topics
Roy Tucker, a former member of the MAS, will be the speaker at the August meeting. There’s an article about amateur asteroid hunters, of whom he is apparently the dean, in Discover magazine and on their website: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/the-asteroid-hunters
Ric on July 26th 2007 in General Meetings
If the weather permits, we will have our semi-annual public observing session at Village Creek State Park near Forrest City, AR this coming Saturday, May 19th at 7:30 pm at the Park’s Visitor Center. The public is encouraged to attend.
Call Ric Honey at 901-218-5578 for details.
Ric on May 17th 2007 in Observing Sessions
Hi all,freddydiaz on May 1st 2007 in General Topics
Dr. Verschuur is a well known pioneer and author in the field of radio astronomy. Among his books is the recently published The Invisible Universe: The Story of Radio Astronomy.
In addition to his seven books on the subject, he has published numerous research papers and articles, and holds several patents. He has spoken to audiences throughout the world, lecturing widely on astronomical topics.
Dr. Verschuur will be speaking on the subject of Radio Astronomy as well as discussing several of the remaining issues in Cosmology.
Ric on April 30th 2007 in General Meetings
The members of the MAS are invited to attend the May Meeting of the Memphis Archaeological and Geology Society. The program “Meteorites: Clues to Solving Mysteries of the Solar System” will be presented by James Hill of the Rainwater Observatory.
The Meeting will be held on Friday May 11th at 7:30 P.M. at Shady Grove Presbyterian Church
located at 5330 Shady Grove Road. Directions are available on their web site
http://www.memphisgeology.org/directions.htm
Ric on April 6th 2007 in General Topics
Hi all,
I read on the calendar that the French Camp will be from 4-11 to 4-14, I have never been on one of these events, even when I imagine that it will be explained on the next general meeting, would like to have more information on how these camps work and what are the plans this year.
freddydiaz on April 5th 2007 in Observing Sessions
I have established an email distribution group on Google Groups. Hopefully this will replace our current email list and allow the members to subscribe or un-subscribe to email notices as they please. You can sign up at:
http://groups.google.com/group/MemphisAstro
Ric on April 5th 2007 in General Topics