Astronomy Club Meeting, Minutes, and Problems of the Week

Meeting Minutes

• Game Night with SEDS
• Friday at 7pm in N305
• Sabino Canyon Star Party
• This Saturday
• Meet in the parking lot south of Steward Observatory at 4:30pm
• American Astronomical Society 218th Meeting
• Abstracts due tomorrow!
• Projects
• Extrasolar Planet Project
• Talk to Jake (turner@email.arizona.edu)
• Meet at 6:30pm on Thursday in the computer lab
• Binocular Telescope Project
• Talk to Blythe (bguvenen@email.arizona.edu)
• Outreach Materials (i.e. for Biosphere 2 trips
• Talk to Katie (kljpyro@email.arizona.edu)
• Meet at 3pm on Friday in the club office
• Astronomy Problems of the Week
• Thought provoking questions, see below
• Meet on Friday at 4pm in Steward 450
• Talks
• If you are interested in presenting your research, talk to Tim (tmc1@email.arizona.edu)
• Membership
• Dues are $10 per semester to support projects and club events
• If you have not already, fill out a membership form at http://astroclub.as.arizona.edu/membershipform.html

Astronomy Problems of the Week:

1. What's the final letter in this sequence: B, G, L, S, ...?

2. Imagine you buy some items for $13.59 and you give a $50 bill to the cashier. The two of you stare at each other in amazement. Why?

3. Our Telescope Control Systems display "LST" (local sidereal time). Estimate the value of LST at this very moment (in your head!) using only your understanding of its meaning.