Cape Fear Skies The Cape Fear Astronomical Society Newsletter - Editor Debbi Hayden Sunday, November 7, 2004 Meeting Featuring Terry Herrin's next two DVD 30-minute episodes of the Hyperspace series. Gastronomy! Join us before the meeting for dinner at the Outback Steakhouse on College Road at 5:00pm! Meeting Minutes for October 3, 2004 by CFAS Secretary Terry Herrin Due to Dr. Brian Davis' schedule, the business meeting was rescheduled until after Dr. Davis' presentation on meteorites. At 7:15pm meeting attendees reconvened in DeLoach Hall, where Dr. Davis gave a presentation on meteorites, complete with many excellent examples for close inspection. After the presentation, attendees walked back to Morton Hall, where President Ronnie Hawes called the business meeting to order at 9:15pm. Under officers' reports, Ben Steelman said the club has $816.00 in its checking account. The club voted unanimously to move $100 from checking to savings. Under old business, it was decided to postpone the next cookout until the spring. The club also discussed holding the December meeting at the Christmas social. Under new business, a presentation by Dr. Davis on Stonehenge was discussed for next year. Conrad Pope will be displaying some of his pictures at the Ingram Planetarium in Sunset Beach. A club field trip to the planetarium was considered. The county fair will be held from 10/28/04 to 11/6/04, and a club booth was discussed. Ronnie will discuss the details of the Bald Head Island presentations for the Nature Conservancy with Tommy Puckett. Ronnie stated that WECT is working on a program about light pollution. The club has been asked to help. Nominations were held for club officer positions for 2005. Nominations will also be held at the November meeting, and the election will be during the December meeting. The current nominees are:        President - Ronnie Hawes        Vice-President - Terry Herrin        Associate Vice-President - Alan Hilburn        Treasurer - Ben Steelman        Secretary - Billy Kidney        Newsletter Editor - Debbi Hayden After the nominations Ronnie asked if there were any other club business, and having none, adjourned the meeting at 10:00pm. News Cluster Nominations will continue at this month's meeting. We will vote for all offices at the December meeting during our Holiday Social. T-Shirts and sweatshirts are in! Please see Joe and Shelley Callahan to pick yours up. Another big THANK-YOU to them for coordinating their sales and delivery. Sky Calendar Nov 01 - Opportunity! Jupiter's moons Io, Ganymede, and Callisto              grouped on one side of the planet. Nov 05 - Photo Opportunity! Venus and Jupiter are 0.6 degrees apart              45 minutes before dawn.              Last quarter Moon is at 12:53am EST. Nov 5/6 - CFAS Group Viewing Sessions. Moon rises on 6th at 12:15am. Nov 07 - CFAS November Meeting at 7:00pm Nov 09 - Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon around 11:30am EST. Nov 11/12 - Taurid meteor shower peaks. Nov 12 - New Moon at 9:27am EST Nov 12/13 - CFAS Group Viewing Sessions. Nov 17 - Leonid Meteor Shower peaks. Nov 19 - First quarter Moon at 12:50 EST. Nov 26 - Full Moon at 3:07pm EST. Coming Up this Month A lot of interesting sights are coming our way this November! We are all aware of the Leonid meteor shower that always occurs in November, and the peak is on the morning of November 17th. The quarter Moon will not be an issue this year because it is not due to rise until just after noon that day, and will have set at 9:07 pm the evening before. No increased activity is predicted this year, but that is always difficult to predict. The best time to view is after the radiant, within the constellation Leo, rises after 3:00 am. There is also the Taurid meteor shower peaking on November 11/12. The Moon is new at that point, so the conditions will be great! This shower, although it doesn't produce many meteors, occasionally will produce fireballs! Saturn makes its appearance in the evenings this month. It will be easily seen in the east around 11:00 pm at the beginning of the month, and rising as early as 8:00 pm by the end of November. Venus and Jupiter form a beautiful pairing, that is especially close on November 4th-5th - only 0.7 degrees apart for the west coast on the morning of the 4th, and 0.6 degrees of separation for us on the east coast before dawn on the 5th. An interesting daylight spectacle will occur on November 9th - Jupiter will pass behind the Moon for observers east of Florida! It begins in Atlanta at 11:24am EST. There's a lot to enjoy this month, so bundle up and go outside! All content unless otherwise stated Copyright (c) 2002-2004 CAPE FEAR ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. All Rights Reserved.