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2024 Meeting Journal

January 3 GM Tom Jones on NASA's astronaut, underwater training facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
January 15 CIG The Properties of Stars.
January 10 TIG Sunset at 17:32.   Jupiter and Saturn will be prominent.



February 7 GM Michal Warzecha on the first 18 months of James Webb photos.
February 19 CIG Jupiter, open clusters, and galaxies. 
February 9 TIG Sunset at 18:03.  Jupiter and Uranus will be prominent.



March 6
GM Anthony Oreglia on the Milky Way Galaxy.
March 18 CIG
The various methods used to detect and analyze exoplanets.
March 9 TIG Sunset at 18:33.  Jupiter and Uranus will be prominent.



April 3 GM  Ron Yelton on narrow band processing of ngc3293 in the Hubble palette.
April 15
CIG Simple stellar models.
April 8
TIG  Sunset at 20:03.  Jupiter will be prominent.



May 1
GM Professor Charles Hunt on ITER, the international project to generate electricity from fusion.
May 20
CIG Dark Matter.
May 12
TIG Sunset at 20:38.  The moon was prominent.



June 5
GM Tim Unruh on the science of meteorites; the history, definitions, nature, types, and notable terrestrial impact events.
June 17 CIG Special Relativity.
June 12 TIG Sunset at 21:02.  The moon was prominent.



July GM On vacation.
July CIG On vacation.
July TIG On vacation.



August 7 GM Raj Dixit on the life, work, and celestial objects discovered by Caroline Herschel, sister of William Herschel.
August 19 CIG Meeting cancelled.
August 3 TIG Star party cancelled due to heat.



September 4 GM Michal Warzecha on the latest news about and results from the James Webb Space Telescope.
September 16 CIG Formation of the elements.
September 30 TIG Sunset at 19:15.  Venus was prominent.



October 2 GM Anthony Oreglia on the new race for the moon.  Who owns it? A new space race means it could be up for grabs.
October 21 CIG History of the universe.
October 30 TIG Sunset at 18:34.  Saturn was prominent.



November 6 GM Charles Dailey on the earth's 5 major extinction events, their likely causes, and their consequences.
November 18 CIG Cosmology.
November 30 TIG Sunset at 17:14.  Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn prominent.



December  GM  No activity scheduled.
December CIG  No activity scheduled.
December TIG  No activity scheduled.