Notice of Monthly Meeting The Monthly Meeting of the Johannesburg Centre of the Astronomical Society will be held in the Sir Herbert Baker Library, 18a Gill Street, Observatory, on Wednesday the 10th of April, 2002 at 20:00. Basic Quantum Theory By: Rob Scott |
Future Meetings
The following ideas/topics are currently being pursued:
A talk on SALT by one of the team members.
A visit and talk by Mark Shuttleworth -
South Africa's first Astronaut ( Cosmonaut? ).
If you have any ideas for topics or subjects that you feel should be presented at future meetings of the Johannesburg Centre, please contact one of the Committee members, or email us with the details thereof.
Telescope Making Classes
Would you like to make your own telescope?…or finish off a partially finished one? Well your opportunity has arrived (once again). Join the Telescope Making Class being held under the guidance of Brian, Evan and Chris. Contact Brian on (016) 366-0955 if you are interested.
ASSA Jo’burg Telescope Making Class list server
A list server has been set up to facilitate communication between parties interested in the telescope making activities. By this means, a single message sent to the server will be forwarded to all subscribers to the list. Late-breaking news (e.g. the cancellation of the class for a given day) can be easily disseminated.
The list server also acts as a forum for discussion among those interested in the technicalities of telescope making, the sharing of telescope-related information, a means to offer suggestions or ask questions, offer links to interesting web sites, inform one's class mates of the availability of parts and materials, and so on. It will of course only be useful if people actually participate in this spirit, so it is up to you.
To subscribe to the mailing list, merely send an email to assa_telescopemaking-request@list.to with the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. It will mail you back asking for confirmation - just follow the instructions.
To send mail to all subscribers to the list, merely send a single message to assa_telescopemaking@list.to and the list server will distribute the message to everyone concerned.
Chris Stewart
Public Viewing ( weather permitting )
Public viewing nights are held subject to suitable weather conditions on the Friday nearest First Quarter, and are held at the Old Republic Observatory, 18a Gill Street, Observatory, Johannesburg. Starting time around 19:30. See the ASSA event calendar for the proposed viewing dates.
A tiny thought for the day.
If doctors spend 7 years getting their qualification, why is it that where they work is called a "Practice"?