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Past Special Events

Family Astronomy: Aurigid Meteor Watch Sat., Sept. 1, 8:30 p.m. (2007)
The Aurigid Meteor Shower was a nice evening to pull up a blanket, lawn chair and be with friends and family. Although the peak was later in the night, the 30 or so in attendance  did see a stray or two every now and then. Thanks to Joann for bringing refreshments and all those who volunteered in the observatory, parking lot and on the sundial.

Family Astronomy: Perseid Meteor Watch Sat., Aug. 11, 9:30 p.m. (2007)
The Perseid Meteor Shower is one of the most active meteor showers of the year, with an estimated predicted fall of 40-80 meteors an hour! Unlike last year, the Moon didn't  interfere with viewing. We started at dark, but the viewing was best after midnight. About 40 people brought a comfortable lawn chair and/or blankets for the evening chill. Thanks to Joann for bringing refreshments and all those who volunteered in the observatory, parking lot and on the sundial.

Romantic Moonlight Serenade - (6/18/07) The AEB was open again for the 5th anual event.  The clouds parted and over 250 guests saw the moon, Venus, Saturn and Jupiter through the clubs telescopes. Thanks to Brian Gray, John Waechter, Bill and Nancy Castro for helping in the observatory.

Club Star Party - Held on the night of March 10th at Mohican State Park. A great time was had by all. Check out these images taken that night by Mike Unsold on his web site:
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http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/Temp/HorseHead.html - Stack of 30 x 120" exposures at ISO 800, Canon 20Da, Tak ED-180 on G11 unguided, IP acquired and processed.
http://www.mlunsold.com/examples/Temp/M101Wide.html - Here is a wide field view of M101 from Mohican Saturday night. Several other galaxies are visible. NGC 5422 top left, NGC 5473 left center, NGC 5485 lower left, NGC 5474 lower right and others that are not on my charts?? Image Detail: 39 x 150" at ISO 800, Canon 20Da, Tak ED-180 on G11 unguided, IP acquired and processed.

http://www.mlunsold.com/ - Mike's web page and ImagesPlus info.

Perseid Meteor Watch - Perseid meteor watch was held on Friday, August 11, 2006. We had over 50 guests and observed from The Wilderness Center's parking lot and observatory. Thanks to Joann Ballbach for coordinating and to Rick and Norma Breehl, Bill Castro, Brian Gray, Fred Grosse, Denny Hann, Gene Rickenbrode, Dave Ross, Ken Schneller, Barb Vaughn, John Waechter and John Weiss for helping.

2005 TWC Family Day - Pictures of The Wilderness Center's Family Day on August 13, 2005

Romantic Moonlight Serenade - (6/18/05) The evening was a big success. The clouds parted and we observed the moon and Jupiter through the clubs telescopes. The new Stellacam EX integrating video camera and TV monitor (donated by Lockheed Martin – MS2 in Akron) was used to display the moon and point out lunar details to over 250 guests. Thanks to Brian Gray, Gene Rickenbrode, Barb Vaughn, Bill and Nancy Castro for helping in the observatory. See TWC web page or more details of other TWC events that evening.
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Images from TWC's "Romantic Moonlight Serenade". Top - Brian and Gene check focus on the monitor. Bottom Left - Brian explains lunar features, Right - Gordon checks it out.

From 2004 TWC members meeting.
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Gene Rickenbrode, John Waechter and Dave Ross with their Distinguished Service Awards.

TWC Awards - One of the highest honors that The Wilderness Center gives to members and volunteers is its annual Distinguished Service Awards presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the members.

Mars Watch pics - (use your browsers back button to return.) Pictures from the Mars watch at The Wilderness Center Astronomy Club's Public Viewing nights on August 1st, September 5th and October 3rd.
Mars by Fred Grosse and Bill Castro.Tom Gardner pic of a TV screen image of Mars.
Left-Fred Grosse and Bill Castro video image of Mars. Right-Tom Gardner digital camera pic of the TV screen image image on left. More Mars pics at WCAC Mars Photo Gallery

TWC Open House - Pictures available. TWC open house was on May 4, 2003 at The Wilderness Center. We had fair weather for solar observing, sundial talks and a solar system walk. The white light filters were in operation in the observatory's Keller and Resetar scopes. John's 4 inch Takahashi refractor was fitted with the Coronado Hydrogen Alpha filter. For those who didn't want to venture out into the sun, a live video feed of the sun was on display in the planetarium and video tape of previous sunspots and partial eclipse were continuously running. Planetarium shows were at 1:30 and 3 pm.

WCAC 20th birthday party - January 31, 2002 at The Wilderness Center.

Darrell Romick: Genuine Space Pioneer - Article in the Canton Repository,
Friday, November 8, 2002 By DENISE SAUTTERS Repository Living section writer.

Gene, click to enlarge, close new windo to returnTWC Special Achievement Award - Presented to Gene Rickenbrode
 

Dick, click to enlarge, close new windo to returnWCAC Special Achievement Award - Presented to Dick Emmons

Saturn Science and Technology Workshop - Reference material and links for the workshops.

WCAC Presentation - The club's presentation to The Wilderness Center's Board.

TWC Family Day - Pictures of the WCAC display. A HUGE success!! It was Saturday June 29, 2002. We had good weather for solar observing and sundial talks. The Hydrogen alpha filter and white light filter were in operation in the observatory. For those who didn't want to venture out into the sun, a live video feed of the sun was on display in the planetarium and video tape of previous sunspots and partial eclipse were continuously running.  Dave Gill did an extra planetarium show by popular demand. Shows were at 1, 2 and 3 pm.

TWC Grand Opening - Pictures from the WCAC display at the TWC Grand Opening on April 22, 2001.  We had the Keller 3 inch guide scope fitted with a Baader white light solar filter and a 4 inch Takahashi refractor fitted with the Coronado Hydrogen Alpha filter. Great sun spot detail and a solar prominence were video taped at the event. Mike Rossetti gave two well received planetarium shows. (This link might take a while to load. Lots of pics.)

5391 Emmons index - Notes, observations, images, plots and articles of  "Dick's Pet Rock".

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