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SLAS Regular Meeting
Friday, July 17th - 7:30 pm
McDonnell Hall, Washington University

Dark Components of the Universe Observed

by

Ta-Pei Cheng
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri - St. Louis

Meeting Description and Agenda

Upcoming SLAS meeting topics:

August - Dr. Angela Speck, UMSL

Do you usually take Hwy 40 to get to SLAS meetings?
Click here for Alternative Routes

| Meeting Location | Past SLAS meetings |
McDonnell Hall, Room 162, Washington University
accessible from Forsyth Blvd. via Tolman Way

All SLAS regular meetings are FREE and open to the public!

MSRAL Convention Web Site

The SLAS Web Resource Guide

The SLAS Astronomy Resources Handout

SLAS Astrophotography Resource Guide

  

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MSRAL 2006 Convention Group Photo

 

NEWS & EVENTS

SLAS Calendar

SLAS Board Meeting: July 9th - Wired Coffee

Here are the links for Jim Trull's presentation from the June meeting

What's Up Tonight, Doc? Spreadsheet
http://www.astronomyclub.org/wud.htm

Saguaro Astronomical Databasehttp://www.saguaroastro.org/content/downloads.htm


Here is the official US website for the International Year of Astronomy 2009:

www.astronomy2009.us

GLOBE at Night project

Data submission for the GLOBE at Night project is now over.  Check the website to see the results!  Watch this site for ways to continue our efforts to measure light pollution in our area.

Link to convert Sky Quality Meter readings to magnitude for skies and vice versa.

The response for Galileoscopes is tremendous! They will be shipping in mid-June with orders being filled as they were received.  Here is a link with an information page on the Galileoscope site:

https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/content/galileoscope-production

https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/

ASP Education materials to allow students to duplicate the observations of Galileo

Science Friday piece about the debris field left from the collision between two satellites

N2YO Real Time Satellite Tracking

AL Observing Earth Orbiting Satellites Club Page

Hosting a Star Party for your organization or school?  Want some help learning how to use/teach with a Galileoscope? SLAS can help!  Contact Mike Malolepszy to set up an event with our crew of volunteer astronomers. Donations are accepted for services.

Have a question that deals with Astronomy??
Ask the Astronomy Experts from the UK!

Interested in Buying a Telescope?
Here are some resources to assist.

Space Shuttle Headquarters for NASA

Observing tonight?  Check out Allan Rahill's page which has a forecast for seeing conditions and numerical system for recording conditions

SLSC Night Sky Update

Got a question about astronomy? Try Cornell University's "Ask an Astronomer" web site

Images
A gallery of members' astronomical pictures.

Want to help reduce sky glow in our area? Here's how to do it with Ameren UE's assistance.

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