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June 13 CAA Monthly Meeting

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Photo: Paul Harding - CWRU
Paul Harding – CWRU

The Cuyahoga Astronomical Association will conduct its monthly club meeting beginning at 7:30 PM, Monday, June 13 at the Cleveland Metroparks’ Rocky River Nature Center. Nonmembers are welcome to attend.

The night’s speaker Dr. Paul Harding, Observatory Manager, Department of Astronomy at Case Western Reserve University will discuss “Expanding the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to the Southern Hemisphere.”

November 9 Membership Meeting, plus: “How Astronomy and Physics Collide at CERN”

James Guilford , , , ,

Photo: Dr. Glenn D. Starkman. Credit: CWRU
Dr. Glenn D. Starkman
The Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (CAA) will have our monthly membership meeting this coming Monday (Nov. 9) at 7:30 PM in the Rocky River Nature Center.  Our speaker at 7:30 will be Dr. Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy at Case Western Reserve University.  His topic will be: “The Big Bang to the Milky Way: How Astronomy and Physics Collide at CERN.” Non-members are invited to attend this timely talk. As usual, the monthly general membership meeting will take place following the presentation. A Board Meeting will be held at 6:30 PM before our regular meeting. Board meetings are open to all CAA members.

NOTE: This will be the final membership meeting for 2015. In December the CAA organizes a members-only holiday gathering in place of a formal meeting.

Cluster galaxies to be subject of January 13 meeting lecture

James Guilford , , , ,

The first club meeting of the New Year will take place this coming Monday (January 13), 7:30 PM, at the Rocky River Nature Center.

As usual, our speaker’s lecture will come first at 7:30. We will welcome Dr. Chris Mihos, professor of astronomy at Case Western Reserve University, who will discuss “The Violent Lives of Cluster Galaxies.”

The business portion of the meeting will take place following the lecture and a brief intermission.