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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:18:35 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>2010-11 Astronomy Club</title>
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      	A new school year has started and we are gearing up for another year of CMS Astronomy Club.&nbsp; This year we are trying to schedule our meeting dates ahead of time like we did two years ago.&nbsp; You can click on the &quot;Astronomy Club&quot; tab in the navigation bar to see when those dates are.&nbsp; We look forward to seeing CMS students (and their parents) again this year!
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      <title>Elementary School Visits</title>
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      	Three Eastside Elementary school classes visited the observatory during the last two weeks.&nbsp; How fun to see the enthusiasm and interest these young people have for astronomy!&nbsp; In addition to these third grade classes, all of the fifth graders in our district took a brief tour of the facility during their middle school visit last week.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:19:01 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Astronomy Club Meeting</title>
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      	Last night a small group of students (about a dozen) met at the CMS Observatory for our monthly astronomy club meeting.&nbsp; It was a beautiful night with clear skies and no wind.&nbsp; Students enjoyed great views of all of the constellations we\'ve studied in science class as well as views of Mars.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:46:38 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Astronomy Club</title>
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      	The CMS Astronomy Club met Jan. 28th and enjoyed viewing, drawing, searching moon maps, and listening to moon lore.&nbsp; The seeing conditions were not very good (Mars looked like a flickering red candle through our turbulent moist atmosphere) but kids still captured some images.&nbsp; We will post some when the kids get a chance to process the video clips they took.&nbsp; For now I posted a shot of Tycho Crater.&nbsp; We will meet again next month.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:06:58 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>January - Great for Observing!</title>
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      	This month promises to be a great month for observing!&nbsp; According to Astronomy magazine, Mars makes its best show in 26 months.&nbsp; It is the brilliant red-orange &quot;star&quot; visible in the SW in the early morning.&nbsp; Jupiter is still visible after dark and is an extra special target this month as January marks the 400th anniversary of when Galileo discovered of the 4 giant moons of Jupiter.&nbsp; For those interested in constellations, Orion, the hunter, is visible most of the night.&nbsp; Enjoy!
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:55:26 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>C-14 and computer on speaking te</title>
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      	After a long hiatus while work was being done on it, the big scope and its controlling computer are again on speaking terms!&nbsp; Over Christmas break I reconnected it, synced the scope, did a short mapping run and&nbsp; used the computer to point the scope at various stars to check the pointing and tracking.&nbsp; A new mapping model needs to be run since so many things have been adjusted, but the pointing was close and the tracking was great.&nbsp; Having been re-collimated last school year, it is also seeing clearly again.&nbsp; Hurray!
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:31:54 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Jupiter Moon Show</title>
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      	For those with telescopes you might want to peer through it at Jupiter on the evening of October 24th at 7:18 pm.&nbsp; For about 8 minutes or so Io, Jupiter\'s volcanic moon, will pass in front of another huge moon, Europa.&nbsp; It should be neat watching the two points of light merge together and then separate a few minutes later!
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:36:46 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Orionid Meteor Shower</title>
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      	The Orionid meteor shower peaks during the morning hours of October 21st.&nbsp; As the name suggests, the radiant (point that the meteors appear to originate from) is the constellation Orion, the hunter.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:32:40 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Astronomy Club Sets Sights on Ju</title>
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      	Weather permitting, the Cody Middle School Astronomy Club will meet the evening of October 22nd to look at Jupiter and its largest moons as well as take a look at our own moon.&nbsp; For more details see the Astronomy Club tab in the navigation bar.
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:34:16 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Ready for Another School Year!</title>
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      	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The nights are cooling off and the length of daylight is shortening.&nbsp; That means it is time for school to start and the CMS Astronomy club to begin it\'s second year.&nbsp; The \'big\' scope has had some adjustments and is ready for students to look through and we have a new computerized base for the 8&quot; scope plus the smaller scopes are ready for student use again.&nbsp; Once school is underway we will have information about which nights our club will meet.&nbsp; That information plus a registration form will be available on the &quot;Astronomy Club&quot; link in the navigation bar on the left side of this web page.<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the mean time, be sure to look up and enjoy great views of Jupiter.&nbsp; The giant planet is visible in the east after sunset and is the brightest it has been since 1999.&nbsp; Neptune and Uranus trail behind Jupiter as they march across the ecliptic during the night.
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:36:08 -0600</pubDate>
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