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Year End Synopsis A new year begins and with that, a time to reflect on the past year, the International Year of Astronomy.
International Year of Astronomy The Peterborough Astronomical Association was very active in participating in the goal of the National IYA group to achieve one million Galileo Moments during the year. A Galileo Moment as defined by the IYA website is “an engaging astronomy experience” during IYA2009. Our club reported 2575 Galileo Moments for the year, a significant number for a club our size. The events contributing the largest numbers included (in chronological order):
A very big thank you to all that helped make these possible.
Astronomy on the Hill The traditional Astronomy Day was turned into a two-day event as a trial last year. A public observing session on the Saturday evening followed up by Sunday, planetarium, solar viewing, face painting, rockets for the kids, lectures and displays. A very successful event, which will now be the model for future “Astronomy Days”.
Annual General Meeting The year ended for the club with our Annual General Meeting. The highlight of this being the election or acclamation of the clubs executive along with the Christmas goodies. The executive for the coming two-year term are as follows: Completing their final year of office: Past President – John Crossen (A big “Thank you” to all the executive members that completed their terms in office: Vice President: Robert Fisher; Secretary: Pat Smallman; Membership Director: Harold Briggs)
Moving Ahead to 2010 As we begin the new year we can look forward to a repeat of some of the activities from last year, as well as focus on some new ones. The two-day Astronomy on the Hill will undoubtedly be repeated along with the annual telescope raffle. The staff and campers at Emily Provincial Park have asked that we return this coming summer. One could see this as an annual event. We will be continuing our monthly club observing sessions at various observatories in the area too.
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