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Announcements:
2012 Northern Indiana Regional Science and
Engineering Fair
The fair will take place at
Notre Dame University on March 3rd.
Flint Thomas was at our meeting
on Sept. 19th to present a workshop on astro-photograph acquisition and
processing.
Hello, all --
This coming Monday Flint Thomas will be with us to show us how to acquire
and process digital astro-imagery. He has suggested that participants bring
laptops, if possible, with pre-download files from sites he provides in the
following excerpt from his e-mail. Let me know if you have questions.
I propose to first discuss issues related to planetary image acquisition. I
will bring in the camera, filter wheel, and barlow that I use in my imaging
train. I will describe some of the problems that I've encountered and how
I've solved them. One thing that I've tried recently to combat poor
atmospheric seeing is imaging through an IR filter. I'll discuss some early
successes I've had with that approach. The balance of the session will be
devoted to image processing. I will post three compressed .AVI files of
Jupiter taken in red, green and blue light at the following URL: http://www.nd.edu/~fthomas/MAS/JUPITER/
The three files will be designated red.ZIP, green.ZIP and blue.zip. These
can be downloaded in advance of the workshop by anyone interested. I will be
using Registax version 5 to stack and wavelet process the images. This is
freeware which can be downloaded by participants at the following URL:
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/download.html
There is a more recent version 6 but I will use 5 (I am more familiar with
it).
Final processing to combine the R G and B images in a color composite will
be done in MaximDL which is licensed software which I cannot distribute.
Let me know if there are any questions. I will bring a Windows laptop and
will need an LCD projector. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone on
September 19.
Flint
Ruth Craft
Michiana Astronomical Society @ Science Alive 2011
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About Us
The Michiana Astronomical Society, founded in 1974, is a group of
individuals from the South Bend/Mishawaka area who share a common interest in astronomy. Our meetings take place on the third
Monday of each month at 7:00 PM at the
Mishawaka Public Library. Meetings are held in the Lions room. The meetings are open to the public and new members are always
welcome. For our extraterrestrial visitors that's: Latitude 41.6608 North,
Longitude 86.1783 West
During the warmer months, the Michiana Astronomical Society presents star
parties. These star parties are a wonderful way of introducing the joy and
wonders of astronomy to you and/or your family. At each star party there is
an opportunity to ask questions and view the sky through various telescopes.
Members also meet monthly on the weekend before the new Moon at one of
our group's dark sky observing sites. These dark, moonless nights and
remote locations provide a great opportunity to observe dim celestial
wonders such as galaxies, nebula and star clusters.
If you are interested in learning more about our group, please join us at
one of our monthly meetings or
contact us. Our address is:
Michiana Astronomical Society
PO Box 262
South Bend, Indiana 46624
If you are interested in joining, our membership fees are:
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Membership Fees |
| Associate |
$15.00 |
| Student |
12.00 |
| Senior |
12.00 |
| Family |
20.00 |
Officers elected August 2011:
News Letters
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Last Edited on
February 03, 2012
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