Cape Fear Skies The Cape Fear Astronomical Society Newsletter - Editor Debbi Hayden This Month's Meeting will be: Sunday, October 2, 2005 NOTE LOCATIONS: The business meeting of CFAS will begin at 7:00 pm in Bryan Auditorium in Morton Hall on the UNCW Campus as usual, and presentaion will begin at approximately 7:45 pm, and will be held in DeLoach Hall (just across the parking lot from Morton Hall). October’s Meeting will feature Dr. Brian Davis of the UNCW Physics Department. He always gives a wonderful program, so don’t miss this one! Gastronomy! Join us before the meeting for dinner at Golden Corral restaurant on New Center Drive at 5:15pm! Meeting Minutes for September 11th, 2005 - by Ronnie Hawes and Debbi Hayden President Ronnie Hawes called the September meeting of the Cape Fear Astronomical Society to order at 7:10pm. Ben Steelman gave a brief treasurer's report, and Ronnie continued on to Old Business. The Society Cookout was discussed and planned for September 17th. (It was later changed to September 24th by an electronic meeting.) Sunday, October 9th, we will be having a "private" viewing session at the retirement community Plantation Village in Porter's Neck. If anyone would like to help Ronnie with this, please let him know! The Community Cornucopia is set for Saturday, October 15th from 10:00am until 4:00pm. We will have a display set up inside the building, and if weather permits, we will have a telescope outside for solar viewing. Lunch will be provided. Under New Business, Ronnie will be having a procedure done on his right ear on October 28th. He has a small cyst on his eardrum, and will be missing only a day or two of work. We will be having a public viewing session on Friday, October 29th at the Carolina Beach State Park from sunset until "whenever". The rain date will be November 5th. Ronnie made some personal comments about the victims of Hurricane Katrina and how humans boast about being able to dominate the earth, and this may be a wake-up call. He also discussed that this day is the four-year anniversary of September 11th. We also lost a member of our club, Patsy Racine, on August 5th, 2005. She will be dearly missed. Tom Jacobs showed a video of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon. News Cluster We will have the business meeting at 7:00pm in Bryan Auditorium of Morton Hall as usual, then we will walk across the parking lot to DeLoach Hall for Brian Davis' program. A big THANK YOU to Becky Lewis and her family for hosting the Society Cookout at their farm in Castle Hayne! Everyone had a great time! Viewing session at Plantation Village on October 9th. Please see Ronnie if you can help! Community Cornucopia on Saturday, October 15th. Volunteers are needed, and lunch is provided! Public Viewing Session at the Carolina State Park on October 29th from sunset until "whenever". Remember that we are taking nominations for the officers of 2006 at this month's meeting! Sky Calendar Sept. 30/Oct. 1 - CFAS Group Viewing Sessions Oct 02 - CFAS October Meeting at 7:00pm Oct 03 - New Moon at 6:28am EDT Oct 7/8 - CFAS Group Viewing Sessions Oct 08 - Draconid meteor shower peaks. The parent comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner            reached perhelion this summer, so this could produce hundreds of            meteors per hour! Oct 10 - First quarter Moon at 3:01pm EDT Oct 15 - Cape Fear Museum: Community Cornucopia 10:00 am - 4:00 pm            formerly Spring Science Spectacular) Oct 17 - Full Moon at 8:14am EDT Partial lunar eclipse for the eastern part            of North America before the Moon sets at 7:21am. Oct 21 - Orionid meteor shower peaks Oct 24 - Last quarter Moon at 9:17pm EDT Oct 28 - CFAS Group Viewing Session Oct 29 - Mars is closest to Earth (43.1 million miles away) at 11pm.            Public Viewing Session for Mars, Carolina Beach State Park. Volunteers            needed! Starts at sunset until whenever! (rain date Nov. 5) What's Up Down Under? (News from our Sister Society in Albury-Wodonga, Australia) Members of the ASAW are getting membership cards They were recently treated to the Borealis Australis (Southern Lights)! Bob Price informed members that he would like ASAW Inc. and the CFAS to establish a joint visual viewing and recording (astrophotos and/or drawings) program for the close approach of Mars at the end of October. Their Astronomer of the Month presentation was on Edmund Halley, 1656-1742. ____________________________________________________________ All content unless otherwise stated Copyright (c) 2002-2005 CAPE FEAR ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. All Rights Reserved.