Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri

Regular Digital Special Interest Group Meeting

Viewing Mercury before the meeting through Glen’s binoculars	Discussing Signal to Noise
Jim, Bob and Barbara getting ready for live imaging demonstration	M-13 captured with Meade DSI camera and 8-in LX-200

Astronomy program presented to 135 fifth graders plus about 20 conselors and teachers at Camp Sherwood Forest in Cuivre River State Park. As it was cloudy and rainy, we presented a slide program on cosmology.

We presented an astronomy program to some 85 fifth graders plus their counselors and teachers from the Forest Park School of the Fort Zumwalt District at Camp Derricotte in Cuivre River State Park.

Alan W. readies his 5-inch Celestron	Jim R. prepares his 10-inch Meade SCT
Jim T. with his 16-inch Dob	The kids were full of interesting questions before the telescope session

Public star gazing event at Quail Ridge Park. Jointly sponsored with St. Louis Astronomical Society.

Regular Monthly meeting of Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri.

Picnic before the meeting was popular	Harold awaits dark with his home-made 8-in
Jim’s big Dob	Cook and his home-made 8-inch

The regular monthly meeting of the Digital SIG started at 7:00 pm at the Weldon Spring Interpretive Site. Eight people were in attendance. We looked at some Mars images taken by Jim Melka and Jim Roe with their ToUcam cameras the same morning. Mars is less than 11 arcsec in diameter, but the detail possible is astounding (at least to old hands who remember the old days).

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