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9/21 - The Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society held its September Membership Meeting on
Thursday, September 20th at the Adventure
Science Center in Nashville. We had several speakers this month, including our own
Kris McCall, Joe Boyd, Lonnie Puterbaugh and new member Drew Gilmore.
Their presentations gave us incredible front-seat perspectives of the technological
immensity of the U.S. space program and the natural wonder of Barringer Crater.
Atendance was excellent, and the discussions were lively and entertaining.
Thanks to everyone who attended, and we hope to see you all at our next event! |
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9/16 - The Tennessee Star Party ends today! The skies
were occasionally spectacular, the speakers were consistently great, and the fellowship was
wonderful as always!
Thanks to everyone who planned, volunteered, participated and attended this year! |
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8/31 - The September Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
August board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for September and October, announcements
of upcoming events and more! Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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The Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society held its August Membership Meeting las
Thursday, August 16th at Adventure
Science Center in Nashville. Our speaker this month was Mike Benson, Chairman
of the Southeast Region (SERAL) of the Astronomical League.
Mr. Benson discussed the League's current projects and provided a video presentation
of a recent AL trip.
Thanks to everyone who attended, and we hope to see you all at our next event! |
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7/10 - The July Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
June board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for July and August, announcements
of upcoming events and much more! Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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6/22 - The June Membership Meeting was held last night at the
Adventure Science Center in Nashville. We were fortunate to have as our speaker Miss Taffy O'Neal of Greenbrier High School in Robertson County, a winner of the BSAS-funded Astronomy Award at this year's Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair. Miss O'Neal will presented her winning project, "Star-Streak Photography for the Accurate Calculation of Stellar Declination," to a very appreciative audience. Miss O'Neal and her entourage stuck around to discuss her project and sign copies of Stoodie, her first novel. Thanks for addressing us Miss O'Neal, and good luck in all your endeavors! |
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6/18 - the BSAS Annual Picnic was a HUGE success! Saturday night's
gathering at Spot Observatory was well
attended, with tables full of food, a field full of telescopes and a sky
full of stars! The seeing was wonderful all night, and gallons of Tennessee dew did nothing to dampen the spirit or shorten the party, the last members going home at 5:30am on Sunday. Thanks to everyone who came and made this such a great day, and we hope to see you at our next event! |
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6/2 - The June Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
May board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for June and July, announcements
of upcoming events and much more! Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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4/30 - The May Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
April board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for May and June, announcements
of upcoming events and much more! Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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4/20 - The April Membership Meeting was held on Thursday the 20th at the
Adventure Science Center in Nashville.
Our speaker was Lonnie Puterbaugh, avid
amateur astronomer, accomplished astrophotographer and noted science outreach evangelist.
Lonnie's presentation covered his recent visit to the observatory complex at Mount Palomar.
Everyone enjoyed the presentation and learned a lot about the storied astronomical facility.
Thanks to Mr. Puterbaugh and everyone else who attended, and we look forward to seeing you all again in May! |
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4/20 - The April Membership Meeting was held on Thursday the 20th at the
Adventure Science Center in Nashville.
Our speaker was Lonnie Puterbaugh, avid
amateur astronomer, accomplished astrophotographer and noted science outreach evangelist.
Lonnie's presentation covered his recent visit to the observatory complex at Mount Palomar.
Everyone enjoyed the presentation and learned a lot about the storied astronomical facility.
Thanks to Mr. Puterbaugh and everyone else who attended, and we look forward to seeing you all again in May! |
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4/4 - The April Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
March board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for April and May, announcements
of upcoming events and much more!
Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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3/16 - The March Membership Meeting was held on
Thursday, March 15th at the Adventure Science Center
in Nashville. Our guest speakers were Dr. Keivan Stassun,
assistant professor of astronomy at Vanderbilt University and
Erika Grundstrom of the
Georgia State University Department of Physics and Astronomy. A former NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Stassun gave a wonderful presentation on the latest theories of star formation, and also discussed his co-discovery of 2M0535-05, the first known brown-dwarf eclipsing binary. The presentation was both enlighening and entertaining, and we are grateful to Jaime that he let his papa present it to us! Erika Grundstrum's presentation outlined the exciting research she has done while compiling a spectroscopic survey of "Hot Stars with Disks"—Be stars hosting active and enigmatic gaseous equatorial disks. The Q&A discussion was lively, and Grundstrom's enthusiasm for her subject was quite contagious! After finishing her Ph.D. at GSU, Erika Grundstrom will join Vanderbilt this fall on a LSI post-doctoral fellowship in conjunction with the Peabody College of Education and Human Development. We wish Erika great success with her thesis, and hope to have her with us again soon! |
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3/1 - The March Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
February board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for March and April, announcements
of upcoming events and much more!
Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |
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2/16 - The February Membership Meeting was held last night in the theater of the
Adventure Science Center in Nashville. Our guest speaker
was APSU astronomer
Dr. J. Allyn Smith,
who gave a wonderful talk on stellar evolution to a large and appreciative audience. Thank
you for coming, Dr. Smith!
Next month, Vanderbilt astronomer and former NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Keivan Stassun will speak to us about his own work, including the discovery of a rare brown-dwarf eclipsing binary. We hope to see you there! |
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2/5 - The February Eclipse is out! This issue includes reports from the
January board and membership meeting, BSAS & astronomical
event calendars for February and March, announcements
of upcoming events and much more!
Email subscribers have already been sent the link to the latest issues, and members subscribing to the print version should be receiving their copies in the mail shortly. Links to the three most recent issues are also conveniently posted in the BSAS Member Forum. While current issues are available only to members, anyone can peruse the last five years of newsletters online in the Eclipse Archive. |