Through Larry Phipps's hard work, the new WASP is available. Inside you will find horror, sensationalism, and even a bit of Star Trek. This issue is chock full of event announcements and event reporting from all of the IYA stuff going on now.
Pick it up here.
Monday, April 13, 2009
April WASP Is Available
Sunday, April 12, 2009
WAS Jackets Make a Comeback
UPDATE: The ordering period is over and the orders have been submitted. If you'd like the club uniform apparel, let us know and we'll start putting together a new order. Prices may increase if we have to make fewer at a time.
If you're newer to the WAS, you may have noticed the "uniform" jacket many members have. They feature a huge silkscreen of the Society's very elegant "Newton's reflector" logo, the club colors of blue and gold, and a nice solid construction. There are two makes: the light windbreaker, which is not insulated and makes a perfect top layer for summertime; and the quilted jacket (shown here), which is insulated and can make a good top layer most of the year. Their nicest feature is the giant logo, which can easily be seen in the dark - making it easier for the public and your fellow members to find you.
We are commissioning a new run of jackets for our newer members (like yours truly) and for members who need a replacements or extras. The pricing scheme is as follows:
| Item | Normal | Embroidered Name |
| Quilted Jacket, S-XL | $61.00 | $67.00 |
| Quilted Jacket, XXL | $65.00 | $71.00 |
| Quilted Jacket, XXXL | $68.00 | $75.00 |
| Windbreaker, S-XL | $22.00 | $29.00 |
| Windbreaker, XXL | $25.00 | $31.00 |
| Windbreaker, XXXL | $27.00 | $34.00 |
At this time, we can only offer jackets to paid members in good standing. If you are interested in purchasing jackets, you may wish to consider bringing your checkbook to the meeting Thursday. We are trying to get the jackets by Astronomy Day, so we are aiming for a deadline for orders of Monday, April 20. Due to past issues with unclaimed merchandise, prepayment is required. (If you are a member of some years and cannot make a meeting by the deadline, we can probably make an exception.)
One proviso: If we cannot reach the minimum orders for each make of jacket, we may have to delay the merchandise schedule. We are currently only about halfway there.
If you have any questions, please drop us a line.
More photos after the jump.
Apologies for the poor photos!
Read more...
Here comes Radio JOVE
The Society's radio telescope receiver is assembled and ready to go. Now the challenge will be to figure out how to create a usable, portable antenna. Hopefully we will be able to demonstrate the radio somehow for Astronomy Day. Actual scientific work may be further out, and could depend on a computer running at Stargate and a permanent antenna mounting. But this is a start! If you're interested in helping the Society with its radio astronomy experiments, just contact us.
More photos and details after the jump.
Radio JOVE is designed primarily for monitoring radio emissions from Jupiter and the sun. They have different emission waveforms caused by different conditions in the body - see sample graphs and hear audio here. No, it's not Arecibo; we're not really even competing with the RATZ. But it's a different way of "observing" and a potentially interesting outreach tool.
Friday, April 3, 2009
100 Hours Of Astronomy - web updates
100 Hours of Astronomy is underway, with three major events tomorrow to get the word out. For now, though, there are some new WAS things afoot on the web:
- We're on Twitter now.
- And on Facebook. (You must be signed up there and logged in.)
- The WAS photo galleries (the new-style astroimage galleries and historical) have gotten a facelift to make them more usable and modern. They should work no matter what kind of browser you have, but let us know if you have any issues.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
