Where: 475 Bluff Road, Avonport, N.S.
When: Saturday, Nov 09 at 7 pm AST
Speaker #1: Nathan Gray
Topic: My Supernova Discovery
Nathan Gray is a family member of the RASC through his father Paul
Gray. Nathan has been looking to the sky since he was a young boy
attending summer star parties at camping weekends with his parents.
He has attended the Mount Carleton Star Party twice, the Dam Star
Party near Fredericton 6 times, Starfest in Ontario twice, Nova East
three times, and one General Assembly of the RASC. He enjoys looking
at the Milky Way and constellations in the night sky, and more
recently began supernova hunting. Having seen his sister search for
and find a supernova, Nathan has wanted to do the same, with his
sights set on her world age record for discovering a supernova. Last
week (October 30th), after several months of searching, Nathan found
his first supernova at the age of 10 years, 9 days, beating his
sister by more than 30 days.
Speaker #2: Roy Bishop
Topic: Comet ISON
Comet ISON is presently near the orbit of Venus and diving toward the
Sun. No one knows if ISON, a Sun-grazer, will survive its perihelion
passage on November 28, and if it does survive, how bright it will
appear in our dawn sky in early December. By our next meeting
(December 14) we will know whether “The Great Comet of 2013” hype was
justified. Roy will describe ISON’s path through the Solar System,
and where, when, and how to view it.
NOTE: Bring a flashlight to the meeting! Here is why:
Use the parking lot at #475, and if that is full, park at my home
next door (#465), not along the Bluff Road. If you do park next door,
a gravel path to the meeting begins beside my garage. No need to walk
on the Bluff Road, but you will need a flashlight to follow the path.
(The solar lights along the path do not last long at this time of year!)