May 2018

This month Carla LaFave had a special treat for us. Carla gave a wonderful
talk on "The Sun." This was the first presentation she's given to our group and she did a fantastic job.
Carla was able to take a very complex discussion and break it down into manageable chunks
that were informative as well as entertaining. Ron Yelton gave a short talk on his astrophotos.
Thanks to Carla LaFave and Bill Weaver for the photos.

	Carla LaFave in her debut role in "The Sun"
Jerry and Carla LaFave	Carla and Barbara Swerdlow with a photo of the total solar eclipse from August 2017 taken by Jim Wronkiewicz
Barbara Swerdlow and John Combes	Ken Klein, Kathy and Gary Markil
Bill Weaver and Jerry LaFave	Ron Olson, Ron Yelton, Richard Sandler and Bob Collins
Bill Weaver and Sam Megason	Morey Lewis and Elayne Walther
Jim Fulcomer	Carol and Al Witten wearing their Sun shirts
	Elsa Paszek giving away this month's door prize - "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene
Dave Wood doing "What's New in Astronomy" - "Jupiter's Shrinking Red Spot"	Richard Sandler giving an announcement regarding our upcoming trip to Blue Canyon
Dave Wood	Jim Fulcomer reading a couple of his astronomical poems. Always a treat!
Carla's stage	Carla with a poster of folks that helped out with the eclipse last August
Carla set up her talk on "The Sun" - in layers - left to right	Cindy Van Buren as "The Core"
Morey Lewis as "The Radiative Zone"	The first three layers of the Sun - Morey, Elayne and Barbara
Jim Fulcomer as "The Photosphere"	Carol Witten as "The Chromosphere"
Al Witten as "The Transition Region"	Elsa Paszek as "The Corona"
Sam Megason as "The Heliosphere"	Ron Yelton showing some of his astophotos