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September, 2010:

The September 2010 business meeting will be held will take place on Friday the 10th at 7pm at th KSC Student Union Center. After the meeting, we will adjourn to classroom (380) in the Science Building, where Past President Keith Goodale will do a presentation on "GALAXY ZOO". This is a presentation on identifying all the galaxies in the universe through the Hubble telescope and how we can be a part of this process.All members and interested non-members are invited.

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Welcome to the Keene Amateur Astronomers Club!

What We Do...

The Keene Amateur Astronomers Club is a group of people whose goal is the enhancement of Amateur Astronomy by fellowship, sharing knowledge and enjoyment of the hobby. The KAA Club provides outreach programs when asked and holds monthly viewing sessions at our own observatory. Regular monthly club meetings are held at the Keene State college. Anyone interested is invited to attend. Our membership is open to students, parents, beginners, backyard amateurs and also experienced professionals. And we provide opportunities for our members to grow in one of the greatest hobbies in this world or any other!

Founded in 1957, our club has a long and distinguished history. We are also members of the Astronomical League. And we actively participate in the annual Stellafane Convention which is consistently rated as one of America’s Top Star Parties!

September, 2010:

The September 2010 business meeting will be held will take place on Friday the 10th at 7pm at the KSC Student Union. After the meeting, we will adjourn to classroom (380) in the Science Building, where Past President Keith Goodale will do a presentation on "GALAXY ZOO". This is a presentation on identifying all the galaxies in the universe through the Hubble telescope and how we can be a part of this process. Observing will follow at the club's Sullivan Observatory. Saturday, the 11th, at the Observatory. All members and interested non-members are invited.

If you need directions, contact Bob Taylor, our club Secretary, by telephone at 802.257.9358 or by email. See you there!

"KAA Site of the Month"

The current featured site is the: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "Do not go where the path may lead," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Go instead where there is no path, and leave a trail." That could be the motto of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Trailblazing has been the business of JPL since it was established by the California Institute of Technology in the 1930s. Currently, JPL has 20 spacecraft and nine instruments conducting active missions. All of these are important parts of NASA's program of exploration of Earth, the solar system and the universe beyond.
We encourage you to fly over to the JPL site and learn about their missions and other exciting endeavors.
We will be featuring a different web site periodically for your interest. If you have a site you really like and think it has wide interest, please send it along to us.

The ISS

You can find the daily viewing times and tracks of the International Space Station by logging into NASA and plugging in your zip code.

The Current Background Image: The Pelican Nebula - In Mapped Color

This image(©) of a portion of the Pelican Nebula, in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan was taken by Russell Croman. The "mountains" in this image are formed by an area of denser gas and dust that is slowly being eroded away by the ultraviolet radiation from nearby young, hot stars, forming what is known as an ionization front. By using special filters to isolate the light from individual chemical elements, and assigning these elements to different colors, subtle variations in the energy levels within the cloud can be brought into stark detail. Light from oxygen atoms is shown as blue, and represents the highest energy. Red represents sulphur, and details the areas of lowest energy level, right at the boundary that is the ionization front. The light from hydrogen atoms is used for the green channel and represents an intermediate energy level. To view the current background image, click here.

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