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Date registered: October 2, 2010

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  1. Big Science in Small Packages — December 13, 2016
  2. Dimming stars, erupting plasma, and beautiful nebulae — November 12, 2016
  3. One Incredible Galaxy Cluster Yields Two Types of Gravitational Lenses — September 13, 2016
  4. Is there a super-Earth in the Solar System out beyond Neptune? — August 21, 2016
  5. NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) to revolutionize Earth-watching — May 15, 2016

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May 17

May 2005

Board Meeting – May 17, 2005 Present: Pete Burkey, Carson Mantooth, Mark Logsdon, Larry Logsdon Treasurer’s Report: $495.59 Old Business: Astronomical League dues have been paid Noted the November observing date was incorrectly listed as 10 of 2005. Revised to 11 of 2005 Great Lakes Star Gaze III is scheduled for Sept. 30th – Oct. …

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May 01

May 2005

  Whats Up in the Sky May 2005 History shows a woman’s place is in outer space Remember the old Beach Boys’ lyric, “And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar”? They were referring, of course, to their little deuce coupe. For centuries men have been referring to ships and machines with …

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Apr 21

April 2005

  Board Meeting – April 21, 2005 Present: Pete Burkey, Jim Reier, Mark Logsdon, Larry Logsdon, Carson Mantooth Treasurer’s Report: $529.94 Old Business: Astronomical League membership has been paid Logo status – Terry indicated it will be Summer before he has time to work on the logo Great Lakes Star Gaze III is scheduled for …

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Apr 01

April 2005

Whats Up in the Sky April 2005 Good science measures age of universe Last month I asked readers to send in questions that I would attempt to answer today. My thanks to Albert Holthof whose question dealt with the age of the universe and how it is determined. As soon as I received his question, …

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Mar 17

March 2005

Board Meeting – March 17, 2005 Present: Pete Burkey, Jim Reier, Mark Logsdon, Larry Logsdon Treasurer’s Report: $561.28 Old Business: Get Sky & Telescope subscriptions of $32.95 in by the April meeting. If you have received an invoice, give it to Mark Logsdon International Dark Skies payment has been made Clear Sky Clock has been …

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